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.

KYIV, Dec 20 - Ukrainian MPs passed a law on Thursday that could force the Moscow-backed church in Ukraine to add "Russian" to its name, aimed at curbing the influence of priests whom the authorities call a threat to national security, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 - The Trump administration has approved the first ever U.S. commercial sale of lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine, in a clear break from the de facto U.S. ban on arms sales that dates back to the Obama administration, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

KYIV, Dec 19 - The current Extended Fund Facility program (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ukraine is working and there is the opportunity to obtain more than two tranches under the program in 2018, Finance Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk believes.

KYIV, Dec 19 - Acting Head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii is currently the only candidate for the post of NBU governor, Bloc of Petro Poroshenko MP Vadym Denysenko, who represents the Cabinet of Ministers in parliament, said.