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.

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.