KYIV, Dec 19 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he’s certain the United States will make good on its promise to provide billions of dollars in further aid for Kyiv to continue its fight against Russia, and he bluntly replied “No,” to a question about whether his country might lose the war.

KYIV, Dec 20 – SOE Defense Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine intends to purchase 1,016 pickup vehicles by March 15, 2024 for the expected amount of UAH 1.749 billion.

KYIV, Dec 20 – The Ukrainian economy continues to grow even despite the fact that last month Polish truckers blocked ground border crossing points for road cargo, but the growth rate in November this year slowed compared to November last year to 4%, the Ministry of Economy reported.

KYIV, Dec 20 – In the coming 2024, the United States will continue to support Ukraine and work with allies and partners to combat challenges from Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said on Wednesday.

KYIV, Dec 20 – More than half of Ukrainians – 55% – want to punish corrupt officials as soon as possible, even if it happens in violation of the laws, according to the results of the survey "How to punish corrupt officials" conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) from November 29 to December 9.

BRUSSELS, Dec 20 – The European Union is prepared for the contract on Russian natural gas transit by Ukraine ceasing to be valid at the end of 2024, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson said.

KYIV, Dec 17 – The draft U.S. budget for 2022 provides for a total of $756 million in aid to Ukraine, but Ukraine's goal of $1 billion in U.S. support remains unchanged, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, Dec 20 - Ukraine can afford a gradual increase in public debt from 52.3% of GDP in 2021 to about 60% of GDP by 2024-2025, Danylo Hetmantsev, the head of the parliamentary committee on finance, taxation and customs policy, believes.

WASHINGTON, Dec 21 – The United States and Great Britain have sent to Ukraine groups of experts who are specialists in combating cyberattacks, The New York Times said.

KYIV, Dec 21 - Ukraine's armed forces are heavily outnumbered and outgunned by Russia's but could put up a level of resistance that would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to pay a price of many thousands of Russian lives for any new invasion, Reuters reported.