KYIV, Dec 13 - Rex Tillerson, the U.S. Secretary of State, calls on the Ukrainian government to fulfill its early promises regarding the creation of an anti-corruption court and to continue other reforms, officials of the State Department for International Relations said at the hearings in the Senate Committee.

OTTAWA, Dec. 13 - Canada said on Wednesday that defense contractors would be allowed to sell weapons such as automatic firearms and electric stun guns to Ukraine, a move the government in Kyiv has long pressed for, Reuters reported.

KHARKIV, Dec. 13 - The presidents of Ukraine and Poland have pledged to overcome bitter historical disputes and strengthen their strategic partnership, which both see as a key alliance in eastern Europe against a belligerent Russia, the Irish Times reported.

KYIV, Dec 13 – The European Commission will delay indefinitely the third tranche of the macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – Batkivschyna and Nash Kray (Our Land) parties have received the majority of votes in the elections to the newly created merged territorial communities on December 11, the Committee of Voters of Ukraine said on its Facebook page.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 15 - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to spell out limits to a landmark cooperation accord with Ukraine to address Dutch concerns and prevent the landmark deal from unraveling, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - Ukraine since the beginning of 2014 has received assistance from Japan in the amount of $1.85 billion, and these funds were issued both for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other areas not related to defense and security, the Defense Ministry of Ukraine has said.

KIEV, Dec. 14 - Nearly half of Ukrainians - 47.2% - would vote for Ukraine's accession to NATO, and 33.6% are against such accession, as is seen from a public opinion poll conducted by the SOCIS social and marketing survey center and the Rating sociological group.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – Some 16.9% of Ukrainians polled said a repeat of the Maidan protests is "very likely" in the near future, while 38.3% said "likely," according to a sociological survey conducted by the Socis Center for Social and Marketing Research and the Rating sociological group.

KIEV, Dec. 15 – Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov during a working visit to the Netherlands has signed an agreement on strategic and operational cooperation with Europol.