WASHINGTON, Dec 18 - An aid package scheduled for Ukraine later this month will be the final one unless Congress approves additional help, the White House warned Monday, CNN reported.

KYIV, Dec 20 – Almost half of Ukrainians (47%) believe that the Ukrainian authorities did not have any achievements in 2021, according to the results of the sociological study "Results-2021 and Forecasts-2022," conducted by the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (UIF) in the period from November 28 to December 10, 2021.

KYIV, Dec 20 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal assured President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday that the government will not allow disruption of the energy sector despite ongoing coal shortages.

KYIV, Dec 20 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved on December 17 a EUR 300 million Second Economic Recovery Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Ukraine, the bank has reported.

KYIV, Dec 20 - Ukrainian authorities placed former president Petro Poroshenko under formal investigation for high treason on Monday, accusing him of links to financing separatist forces in the eastern Donbass region, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 17 - Ukraine and the EU within the next two years will sign an agreement on the mutual recognition of Conformity Assessment and Acceptability of Industrial Products (ACAA, an "industrial visa-free" agreement), President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

GENEVA, Dec 19 - A report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council criticized Ukraine’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and warns that the Russian-backed conflict in eastern Ukraine threatens efforts to curb the pandemic.

KYIV, Dec 20 – The approval of the new 14-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for $3.9 billion by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ukraine will contribute to macrofinancial stability in the country and successful payments on external debt, bankers said in a poll.

KYIV, Dec 20 – Growth of Ukraine's GDP in July-September 2018 was 2.8% year-over-year, which equals to the preliminary assessment by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine published in the middle of November.

KYIV, Dec 20 – The European Union (EU) continues the U-LEAD with Europe: Ukraine local empowerment, accountability and development program and would provide EUR 50 million for the implementation of the second phase of the program.