VILNIUS, Nov. 24 –Ukraine is facing large difficulties while it implements complicated reforms, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said during a working visit to Kiev.

"Today Ukraine is facing huge challenges - part of its territory is torn off, soldiers and civilians are being killed in the war in its eastern region. At the same time, this country has to implement difficult but necessary reforms. This is a difficult time for Ukraine. And we must and can help it," the press service of the Lithuanian president reported, citing Grybauskaite.