KYIV, Dec 8 – The latest list of American weapons that Ukraine needs to fight the Russian army includes modern air defense systems, F-18 fighters, drones, Apache and Blackhawk helicopters, Reuters reported, citing documents seen by the agency.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 - President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White House on Tuesday as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress to provide billions more in aid to Kyiv in its war with Russia.

KYIV, Dec 11 - Sweden is transferring 1.4 billion kronor ($133 million) to Ukraine, which, among other things, will be used to support the population in the winter.

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kicked off a quick visit to Washington on Monday, warning in a speech at a defense university that Russia may be fighting in Ukraine but its “real target is freedom” in America and around the world. He also issued a personal plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued support for Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 14 - Ukraine's parliament approved on Tuesday a draft law that allows foreign troops to take part in military exercises on the territory of the former Soviet republic in 2022, a move likely to infuriate Russia, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky to revive the “Normandy format” involving their two countries plus Russia and Ukraine for talks aimed at ending the conflict, AP reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 - President Volodymyr Zelensky urged European Union leaders on Wednesday to swiftly impose new sanctions on Russia before it invades his country and warned that acting after any conflict would be far too late, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to extend regulations giving limited self-rule to separatist-controlled eastern regions, a prerequisite for a deal to settle the five-year conflict there, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - The U.S. Congress is poised to allow the sale of coastal defense and anti-ship weapons as part of future security assistance packages to Ukraine, through the 2020 defense policy bill, Defense News reported.

KYIV, Dec 12 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has outlined five components of the formula for the future of Ukraine: achieving peace, effective institutions and transparent rules of the game, investment, new infrastructure and democracy, and promises that in all these areas the pace of change will only increase in 2020.