KIEV, Dec. 15 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman and Polish President Andrzej Duda met in Kiev on Tuesday to discuss prospects for further development of bilateral relations and importance of conducting reforms.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – The Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine has emphasized that it is important to select employees of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) in a transparent way and the agency must start operating in a timely manner.

MINSK, Dec. 16 - Ukraine's Association Agreement with the European Union, which will come into effect as of January 1, 2016, is not creating risks for Russia alone, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said.

NAIROBI, Dec. 16 - Kiev believes it will succeed in reaching an agreement at three-party consultations at the ministerial level, to be held in Brussels on December 21, allaying Russian concerns over Ukraine's association agreement with the EU, Ukrainian Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Natalia Mykolska told journalists on Wednesday on the sidelines of the WTO conference in Nairobi.

KIEV, Dec. 15 - At least 4,707 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the middle of April, the United Nations said.

According to the latest estimates of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization, at least 4,707 people were killed and 10,322 were wounded in the conflict-ridden areas of eastern Ukraine from the middle of April through December 12, says the eighth report of the UN human rights monitoring mission posted on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – Ukraine’s international donors are not satisfied with the pace of reforms in the country, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said at a meeting with representatives of the largest banks in Ukraine held at the NBU on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – President Petro Poroshenko told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden over the phone that he welcomes the adoption of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 by the U.S. Congress, the Ukrainian leader's press service reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 16 – New restrictive measures for Crimea and Sevastopol are in the works, the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels confirmed at its Monday meeting.

KIEV, Dec. 16 - Ukraine's separatist east passed the night into Tuesday without any shooting, President Petro Poroshenko said, hailing the first such stretch of calm as a positive signal for the next steps in a peace plan, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 16 - Russia would violate international agreements if it placed nuclear weapons in Crimea, which it annexed from Ukraine, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.