KYIV, Dec 26 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk on Thursday defended the stronger hryvnia, suggesting the trend is caused by growing economy and rising foreign investments in the country.

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 - Russia can finish the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany within a couple of months, Reuters reported Thursday citing Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

KYIV, Dec. 26 - Ukraine will purchase a second consignment of U.S. Javelin anti-tank missiles and launch units, Reuters reported Thursday citing the Defense Ministry.

KYIV, Dec 21 – Three leaders of electoral sympathies of Ukrainians for the country's presidency include Head of the Batkivschyna Party and parliamentary faction Yulia Tymoshenko, current head of state Petro Poroshenko, as well as rock musician, leader of the Okean Elzy band Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, according to a public opinion survey conducted by the Rating Sociological Group.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 - Ukraine will soon have more lethal American-made weapons, including deadly Javelin anti-tank missiles, to help it fight Russian-backed separatists, The Associated Press reported Saturday.

KIEV, Dec. 26 –U.S. President Barack Obama has signed the U.S. budget for the needs of national defense for 2017, increasing aid to the Ukraine security sector to $350 million.

KIEV, Dec. 25 - Ukraine called in Israeli ambassador to Kiev for clarification after Israel’s decision to cancel a scheduled visit by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman over a vote in the UN Security Council, The Jerusalem Post reported.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – The meeting of the Board of the International Monetary Fund which will consider granting Ukraine the next tranche under the EFF program may be held in late January, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – If presidential elections in Ukraine were held in the near future, 17.7% of the voters would vote for Batkivschyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko, 13.5% for incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, and 10.4% for Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction leader Yuriy Boiko, as is evident from a poll of 2,000 respondents the Rating sociological survey service conducted in Ukraine on December 8-18.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – The United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in early 2017 will start considering Ukraine's claim against the Russian Federation alleging violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by Moscow.