KYIV, Jan 17 — Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has listed economic growth, human capital development, security, defense, measures to boost Ukraine's energy independence, and stepping up the crackdown on corruption among the government's priorities for 2019.

"We have set out our priorities—economic development, human capital development, security and defense, energy independence, and counter-corruption measures. These are the priorities that will make Ukraine strong," Groysman said at Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's meeting with the heads of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Ukraine in Kyiv in the evening of January 16.