LONDON, Nov 25 - Britain sanctioned 30 ships in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet that have been skirting restrictions to transport billions of dollars of petroleum, the Foreign Office said Monday.

BERLIN, Nov 25 - Europeans will step up military support for Ukraine, Germany's defense minister pledged on Monday after talks with his British, French, Italian and Polish counterparts on how to foster defense efforts as Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Nov 25 – The updated Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies of Ukraine signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) contains an obligation to implement effective and transparent judicial reform consistent with European judicial standards.

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 - Two U.S. senators are pushing to boost shipments of lethal weapons to Kyiv as the West nervously watches Russian troops and equipment mass along Ukraine’s eastern border, Politico reported Thursday.

KYIV, Nov 24 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its estimate of Ukraine's GDP growth in 2021 to 3.2%, compared with 3.5% in the October forecast, according to Ukraine's memorandum with the fund, released on November 24.

KYIV, Nov 25 – Ukraine’s taxi drivers and passengers are now required to fasten seat belts according to new traffic rules that have come into force on Wednesday.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said that there is no corruption on a top level in Ukraine as of today.

"Today, there is absolutely no corruption in Ukraine among top officials. I am sure there would be no corruption at all levels very soon. We have good macroeconomic indicators today, the level of inflation decreases, every year the indicators in the ratings of reputable international agencies improve," he wrote on Facebook following a participation in the First Investment Forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

KYIV, Nov 25 – A priority for work of the Health Ministry in 2020 will be improvement of the quality and affordability of healthcare, Zoriana Skaletska, the healthcare minister, said at a press conference in Zhytomyr last week.

KYIV, Nov 23 – The Cabinet of Ministers continues discussing the issue of increasing the price of gas with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the issue is a key condition for approval of the new cooperation program with the IMF, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said.

KYIV, Nov 23 – Parliament passed a bill on the national budget of Ukraine for 2019 with the deficit within 2.3% of Ukraine's GDP.

"The budget remains balanced and realistic. The deficit is within 2.3% of GDP. This will enable us to confidently enter 2019," Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said.