KYIV, Dec 4 – Some 79% of Ukrainians support idea of mass testing of the population and mandatory isolation of identified patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to results of a survey conducted by the Sociological Group Rating from November 27 to December 1.

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 - The annual U.S. defense policy bill unveiled by lawmakers late on Thursday contains sanctions that backers say will halt one of Russia’s biggest projects in Europe: the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 5 - The possibility that martial law in Ukraine will be extended depends on Russia's actions, but there is no reason to cancel it at the moment, despite some de-escalation in the Kerch Strait, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said.

MILAN, Dec 6 - Ukraine urged a gathering of dozens of foreign ministers on Thursday to increase sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of ramping up aggression against Kyiv and sowing “instability and insecurity” across the West, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 5 - Cargo flow at the Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov have more than halved, and the ports have had to shift to a four-day workweek and cut the number of employees, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan wrote on Facebook.

KYIV, Dec 6 – Parliament has adopted a measure on the adjacent zone of Ukraine, which will actually increase the territory of control in the Black Sea.

The corresponding bill (No. 8361) in the second reading and in general was supported by 244 deputies at a plenary session of parliament on December 6.

KYIV, Dec 5 - The Cabinet of Ministers proposed increasing the ceiling deficit of the 2018 national budget by UAH 3.9 billion, to UAH 81.8 billion, according to the amended draft law on the 2018 national budget.

KYIV, Dec. 5 - Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Kiev and called for the ouster of Ukraine's president following a botched attempt Tuesday by authorities to arrest Mikheil Saakashvili, a former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader, AP reported.

SIMFEROPOL, Dec 4 - About 5.18 million tourists visited Crimea in January-November, which was 3.7% less than a year ago, the Crimean Ministry of Resorts and Tourism said on Monday.

KYIV, Dec 4 – The doubling of the minimum wage in 2017 to UAH 3,200 per month is not among the factors of inflation growth this year, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko stated.