KYIV, Dec 15 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the achievements at the EU summit of the fundamental decision on the creation of the Ukraine Facility in the amount of EUR 50 billion for 2024-2027, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

KYIV, Dec 16 – The German government, through the KfW, will provide NPC Ukrenergo with EUR 32.5 million to rehabilitate eight high-voltage substations in southern and western Ukraine, the company has said.

BRUSSELS, Dec 16 - The European Union said Friday its latest round of sanctions will hit Russia’s military-industrial complex, as well as people and groups that are attacking Ukrainian civilians or kidnapping children.

KYIV, Dec 19 - President Volodymyr Zelensky said protecting Ukraine's borders was a "constant priority" and his country was ready for all possible scenarios with Russia and its ally Belarus, which Kyiv has warned could be drawn into the 10-month conflict.

KYIV, Dec 16 - One of Ukraine’s best known veteran politicians, Gennady Kernes, died in Germany in the early hours of Thursday from complications caused by the coronavirus, local authorities and members of his family said, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 18 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he views the clashes over land bills, which occurred in the center of Kyiv on Tuesday, as a manifestation of "the old elites'" resistance to the reforms of the new authorities.

KIEV. Dec 15 – Pechersky District Court in Kiev at a closed court hearing on Wednesday upheld the prosecutor's request for permission to detain former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said.

KIEV, Dec. 16 - Japan has always supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine and insists on maintaining sanctions against the Russian Federation, and the country also sees opportunities for investment, Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi said.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden supports the decision by the Ukrainian side to turn over 15 prisoners from a list of representatives of various districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and hopes Russia and pro-Russia militants will react to the goodwill gesture.

KIEV, Dec. 18 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday said that Ukraine averted ‘bankruptcy’ and ‘social collapse’ by signing an agreement with Russia on $15 billion loan and lower natural gas prices.