NEW YORK, Jan. 20 ??“ President-elect Viktor Yushchenko has accepted an invitation to address the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland this month.

KIEV, Jan. 20 ??“ Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram Thursday to congratulate pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko with victory at the Ukrainian presidential election after a court had rejected an appeal from his Moscow-backed rival.

KIEV, Jan. 20 ??“ Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as the Ukrainian president Sunday, according to Parliamentary vote Thursday, hours after Yushchenko??™s election victory announcement had been published by two official newspapers.

BRUSSELS, Dec 20 – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirms that if Ukraine continues to do its homework on moving towards EU membership, Brussels will be ready to open the first cluster of accession negotiations early next year.

KYIV, Dec 20 – Russia's cyber aggression does not mean that Ukraine should abandon digitalization and progress, in particular the idea of electronic elections, says Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

KYIV, Dec 20 – Norway will contribute GBP 186 million (about NOK 2.6 billion or $232.5 million) as its contribution to aid to Ukraine. The funding will provide much-needed military equipment through the International Fund for Ukraine, the Norwegian government press service said.

KYIV, Dec 20 - The World Bank will provide Ukraine with more than $2 billion: $1 billion in the form of a non-repayable grant, another $1.05 billion in the form of a loan guaranteed by the governments of Japan and the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Dec 22 - Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian fuel depot for the second time in just over a week on Sunday, according to a senior Russian regional official, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow’s military.

KYIV, Dec 22 – Almost half of Ukrainians called the coronavirus epidemic and 12% the war in Donbas a negative "event of the year," Ukrainians' expectations of 2021 in the socio-economic situation are also negative.

KYIV, Dec 19 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s foreign policy aide Andriy Yermak has announced that a meeting between the Ukrainian leader and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled for early January 2020.