KIEV, Dec. 29 – Russian security services have waged a cyberwar against Ukraine by launching 6,500 attacks on critical infrastructure and government agencies over the past two months, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 21 - Ukraine is ready to purchase gas from Russia in Q1 2016 only if prices are reduced to under $200 per 1,000 cubic meters, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 21 – The last round of three-sided negotiations at the ministerial level between Russia, the EU, and Ukraine for easing Russian concerns in connection with the introduction of the economic part of the Association Agreement with Ukraine and the EU on 1 January have finished without compromise, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said at a briefing in Brussels at the end of the consultations on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – The European Commission initially planned to include several conditions in its report on the implementation of the Action Plan on Visa Liberalization (VLAP) by Ukraine but these were avoided through negotiations, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - President Petro Poroshenko is confident that the launch of a new Rivne nuclear power plant–Kiev substation power grid will allow the government to avoid rolling blackouts in Kiev and Kiev region.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – Parliament has passed a draft decision on abdication of People's Front faction member Mykola Martynenko of his deputy powers.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - The delay in the adoption of the national budget for 2016 agreed with the International Monetary Fund poses a threat to the economic and financial stability of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine said on its website.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities as part of its efforts to pressure Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury Department said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – The government on Tuesday submitted a compromise bill amending the Tax Code (No. 3688) on provision of the balance of budget revenues in 2016, which envisages setting a 22% single social security tax and revoking the 3.6% single social security tax imposed on salaries of employees, starting from 2016.

KIEV, Dec. 29 – Parliament, in the early hours of Monday morning, passed a bill on measures to facilitate the capitalization and restructuring of banks in Ukraine.