KYIV, Dec 20 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has had a telephone conversation with President of Poland Andrzej Duda, during which they discussed the implementation of the peace agreements reached at the Normandy summit of leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia in Paris on December 9, Zelenskiy’s press service reported.

KYIV, Dec 21 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has welcomed the signing of the defense budget, which includes sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, by U.S. President Donald Trump.

KYIV, Dec 23 – Nord Stream 2 would have to seek alternative vessels and contractors to complete the remaining section of pipe in Danish waters if the sanctions are enacted, the U.S. S&P Global Platts said on Sunday.

KYIV, Dec 23 – Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko, during his first official visit to Berlin, discussed with his German counterpart Heiko Maas bilateral issues and energy security, the ministry reported.

KYIV, Dec 23 – Some 47% of respondents named President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a politician in the outgoing year of 2019 during an opinion poll conducted by the sociological group Rating on December 13-17.

KYIV, Dec. 23 - Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists said on Monday they would carry out a prisoner exchange by the end of the year, following high-profile peace talks in Paris, AFP reported.

KIEV, Dec. 19 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has ordered relevant ministries and agencies to reduce the number of rolling blackouts in Ukraine by the start of 2015.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Belarus has always advocated peace in Ukraine and is ready to continue assisting the peace talks with Minsk acting as a neutral platform, President Alexander Lukashenko said at talks with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kiev on Sunday.

KIEV, Dec 23 - Ukraine's Finance Minister forecast the economy will shrink by 4.3 percent next year and warned of the huge challenge of getting state finances in order, as she presented a draft budget to parliament on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 23 - The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday renounced Ukraine's "non-aligned" status with the aim of eventually joining NATO, angering Moscow which views the Western alliance's eastward expansion as a threat to its own security, Reuters reported.