KYIV, Nov 30 – Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Hanke Bruins Slot has announced the allocation of EUR 2.5 billion in assistance to Ukraine for the next year.

KYIV, Nov 30 - Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said Thursday, killing at least two people and burying families under rubble as the Kremlin’s forces continued to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons.

KYIV, Dec 1 – Oleksiy Chernyshov, the head of the board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, at a meeting with G7 ambassadors and the EU delegation assessed the country's need for gas imports at 3 billion cubic meters (bcm) during this heating period, taking into account war risks.

KHERSON, Dec 1 - Russian shelling cut off power in much of the recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson on Thursday, just days after it was restored amid Moscow’s ongoing drive to destroy key civilian infrastructure as freezing weather sets in.

In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned the capital’s millions of residents that they should stock up on water and preserved food to see them through a winter that could prove miserable if more energy infrastructure is damaged, The Associated Press reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 - Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron vowed to maintain a united front against Russia on Thursday amid growing worries about waning support for Ukraine’s war effort in the U.S. and Europe.

KYIV, Dec 1 – The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. corporation Raytheon Technologies have signed a contract to manufacture six more National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the press service of the U.S. Defense Department reported.

BERLIN, Dec 1 - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised the “heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people” against Russia’s attacks, saying that with the help of allies “Ukraine has made significant gains” on the battlefield.

KYIV, Dec 2 - Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are due to hold talks “in the near future” after their top diplomats made no apparent progress in Stockholm towards defusing a standoff over Ukraine, amid fears of a Russian invasion, The Guardian reported Thursday.

KYIV, Dec 2 – An overwhelming majority of Ukrainians, 58%, support introduction of strict lockdown measures during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, according to an opinion poll released by the Rating group.

KYIV, Dec 2 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy remains to be the most trusted Ukrainian politician, but Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and former Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman have emerged as potential challengers, opinion poll shows.