KYIV, Dec 15 – During the occupation, Russian troops destroyed and plundered Chornobayivka poultry farm (Kherson region) of Ukrlandfarming agricultural holding, 4.4 million birds died at the enterprise, and the total damage is estimated at UAH 12 billion or $330 million.

KYIV, Dec 16 – Ukraine's priorities in the European Union's Eastern Partnership project include border modernization, digital transformation and energy efficiency, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said at the plenary session of the sixth summit in Brussels.

KYIV, Dec 16 - A Russian court has acknowledged the country's armed forces are present in the eastern part of Ukraine. The Kremlin has persistently denied the presence of Russian forces in the Donbas region, DW reported.

KYIV, Dec 16 - Russia may be in economic decline, but it still poses a formidable military threat — particularly in the realm of advanced weaponry and cyberwarfare, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, CNBC reported.

KYIV, Dec 15 - Parliament has voted to restore the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Agency (NAZK) as Kyiv is seeking to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to fight a sharp economic slump triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Dec 15 - One police officer was knocked unconscious and 40 others received chemical eye burns from gas on Tuesday in clashes between police and thousands of people protesting a government lockdown to fight the coronavirus, Reuters reported citing the interior ministry.

KYIV, Dec 14 – The Finance Ministry will finance the cost of free vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) disease and inpatient treatment for it in 2021, Head of the parliamentary committee on public health, medical assistance and medical insurance Mykhailo Radutsky said.

KYIV, Dec 14 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a list of lockdown restrictions that will have effect throughout Ukraine from December 19, 2020.

According to the press service of the government, from December 19, 2020, new restrictions will apply throughout Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 14 - European Union leaders have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months over Moscow's aggressive actions in Ukraine.

The decision, announced on December 14 at an EU summit, will extend current restrictions against Moscow until July 2018.

KIEV, Dec. 15 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Polish President Andrzej Duda say they view the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project as political, rather than economic, in its nature, and, therefore, insist that it should not be implemented.