KIEV, Jan. 15 ??“ Pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on Monday resumed pressure on Foreign Minister Boris Tarasiuk, a pro-Western ally of President Viktor Yushchenko, to step down, further escalating political tensions in Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 13 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke about the constantly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine and stressed that the international community must invest in a reliable reconstruction of Ukraine so that this crisis does not escalate into poverty, hunger, poverty for millions of Ukrainians.

KYIV, Dec 13 – Despite the war, 61% of Ukrainians do not plan to give up New Year's shopping, while more than 60% intend to spend part of the holiday budget to help the army and victims of hostilities, according to a study by Deloitte in Ukraine.

PARIS, Dec 13 - Dozens of countries and international organizations threw their weight and more than 1 billion euros (dollars) in aid pledges behind an urgent new push Tuesday to keep Ukrainians powered, fed, warmed and moving as winter approaches.

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 - The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official.

KYIV, Dec 13 – President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the participants of the international conference of solidarity with the people of Ukraine in Paris with six practical initiatives to overcome Russian energy terror: power equipment and LED lamps, import of 2 GW electricity and 2 billion cubic meters of gas, EU energy supply and the Paris Coordination Mechanism.

KYIV, Dec 14 – Ukraine’s Parliament has fulfilled all the recommendations of the European Commission necessary to start negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, Chairman of the Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk has said.

KYIV, Dec 14 – Following the Standing with the Ukrainian People conference in France, Ukraine will be provided with assistance worth EUR 415 million to restore its energy sector, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko has said.

KYIV, Dec 14 – The French government will provide EUR 99.4 million guarantees on loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in the amount of EUR 150 million and to NJSC Naftogaz in the amount of EUR 300 million.

STRASBOURG, Dec 14 - The people of Ukraine and their representatives were handed the European Union’s top human rights prize Wednesday for their resistance to Russia’s invasion and defiance during the ongoing war.