KYIV, Dec 26 – The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed that the Verkhovna Rada toughens responsibility for military offenses, in particular for violation of the rules of military registration and legislation on defense, conscription and military service, mobilization training and mobilization.

KYIV, Dec 26 – Ukraine received $1.34 billion as the Sixth Additional Financing under the World Bank project Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance in Ukraine (PEACE in Ukraine), the Ministry of Finance announced in a press release on Monday.

KYIV, Dec 26 - Ukrainian warplanes destroyed a big Russian ship loaded with ammunition moored in the Black Sea off Crimea, bolstering Ukrainian morale after battlefield disappointments and doubts about the future of Western aid.

WASHINGTON, Dec 21 - President Volodymyr Zelensky told cheering U.S. legislators during a defiant wartime visit to Washington on Wednesday that against all odds Ukraine still stands, thanking Americans for helping to fund the war effort with money that is “not charity,” but an “investment” in global security and democracy.

KYIV, Dec 22 – The most difficult situation with electricity supply in the country remains in the city of Kyiv due to the lack of 60% of transformers due to shelling by Russian aggressors, CEO of the YASNO electricity supply company Serhiy Kovalenko has said.

WASHINGTON, Dec 22 – The White House said Thursday that the Wagner Group, a private Russian military company, has taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster its forces as it fights side-by-side with Russian troops in Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 22 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that between 5 million and 7 million Ukrainians remain abroad, and they will return more actively in the spring.

KYIV, Dec 22 – Attacks on the power system could worsen the dynamics of Ukraine's gross domestic product for 2023 by 3-9 percentage points (p.p.), so the forecast depends on the intensity of shelling and how allies are ready to provide air defense systems, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

KYIV, Dec 22 – G7 finance ministers on Thursday confirmed a joint approach to coordinated budgetary and economic support to Ukraine next year and announced the mobilization of up to $32 billion already and continued efforts to further progress in this direction, calling on Ukraine and the IMF to conclude a program with funding as soon as possible.

KYIV, Dec 22 - Due to the full-scale Russian invasion, wind power generation capacity in Ukraine has grown by only 71 MW instead of the projected 800-1,000 MW, Andriy Konechenkov, the chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), said.