MINSK, Dec. 30 – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, during his recent visit to Ukraine, discussed with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko the separation of the conflicting parties in Donbas, and the functioning of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

KIEV, Dec. 30 – Ukraine will soon synchronize with Europe its sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says.

"Positions almost on all clauses of European sanctions are or will be adequately reflected in the Ukrainian [sanctions] soon," he said at a press conference in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 30 - Ukraine expects the International Monetary Fund to disburse new and delayed loans after a visit next month and still hopes a $17 billion bailout program can be expanded, its central bank governor said on Tuesday. Reuters reported.

KYIV, Nov 29 – By now, electricity generation in the country covers 70% of needs, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

"Despite the constant shelling of our energy system, it remains integrated. All regions of Ukraine are powered, except for Kherson region. Currently, electricity generation in the country covers 70% of consumption needs, and 30% is a deficit, corrected by consumption restrictions," he said at a government meeting on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 29 – President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking via video link at the 17th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), proposed to hold EXPO 2030 in Odesa.

BUCHAREST, Nov 29 - NATO doubled down Tuesday on its commitment to one day include Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. The world’s largest security alliance also pledged to send more aid to Ukrainian forces locked in battle with Russian troops.

KYIV, Nov 29 – Ukraine can meet less than 10% of electricity demand through imports, Andriy Gerus, head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on energy and housing and communal services, said during the Telethon on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 30 – The main Christmas tree of Ukraine decorated with energy-saving garlands powered by generator will be put up on Sofiyska Square in Kyiv downtown, the mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko, has said.

BRUSSELS, Nov 30 - The European Union proposed Wednesday to set up a U.N.-backed court to investigate possible war crimes Russia committed in Ukraine, and to use frozen Russian assets to rebuild the war-torn country.

BUCHAREST, Nov 30 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday condemned Russia’s weeks-long assault on Ukraine’s power grid and other infrastructure as an attempt to “freeze and starve” its people, with the war-torn country’s foreign minister renewing a call for advanced missile systems.