Business associations partners of Ukraine Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy, issued an open letter in which they called on all companies of the European Union not to extend existing and not to conclude new transport contracts until Polish carriers unblock the Ukrainian Polish border.

   The Kyiv Court of Appeals has reserved a preventive measure in the form of detention for MP Oleksandr Dubinsky, suspected of treason, until January , , Suspilne reports.

   The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy expects the culture of cooking Ukrainian borsch to be included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind as soon as possible, the Ministry’s press service reported following a meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental...

   The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is working on the development of a national strategy for the development of inclusive education.

   The EU authorities, in negotiations with China, reiterated that Beijing should not supply Russia with goods for military use and give it the opportunity to avoid sanctions, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday.

   Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, Supreme Commander of the United Armed Forces of NATO in Europe Christopher Cavoli and commander of the Security Assistance Group of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto, held a meeting in the United States.

   The G Group of Ambassadors believes that the reform of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine is a chance to show the world that Ukraine manages international aid well.

   Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kamyshin, has announced an agreement with two American leading companies on the joint production of mm ammunition in Ukraine.

   Ukraine and the United States have signed a Memorandum on Join Defense Production and Exchange of Technical Data, the defense production will be located in Ukraine, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak has said.

   The government and power engineers call on Ukrainians to cut down on electricity consumption due to a generation capacity shortage in the power grid, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said.

   Representatives of the Danish Red Cross have held an effective leadership training for their colleagues from the Ukrainian Red Cross Society URCS .

   The occupation authorities issued the so called instruction to ban activities of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church UGCC and social service organizations in the captured part of Zaporizhia region, the Information Department of the UGCC has said.

   Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin has described the fact that the United States brought charges against four servicemen associated with Russia as a historic result and said that the American colleagues will bring new charges to Russian war criminals soon.

   President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has put into effect the decision of the National Security Council on new sanctions against Russian citizens and companies there are more than individuals and the same number of legal entities on the list.

   The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine established a special border regime and prohibited the free entry, stay, residence and movement of persons in the border zone.

   Russian officers who participated in the Ukrainian Russian war will have a major influence over the future direction of Russia’s military in the coming years, according to British intelligence.

   Due to hostilities and technical reasons in Ukraine, settlements were without power as of Thursday morning, the Ministry of Energy reported on the Telegram channel.

   As part of their visit to the United States, Head of the President’s Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

   Japan will provide additional financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of billion and is ready to increase the total amount of assistance to . billion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

   Washington intends to help Ukraine in the development of the defense industry, and has already provided Kyiv with data to begin production of FrankenSAM hybrid air defense systems, the White House said.

   A bill to allocate a large package of financial assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan did not pass a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate.

   On December , the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund IMF will consider the issue of second review under the extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility EFF for Ukraine and the third disbursement of SDR million about million at the current exchange rate .

   U.S. President Joe Biden assured on Wednesday that the G countries are ready to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine.

   The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has announced additional assistance to Ukraine in the amount of million, the State Department reports.

   Georgia wants NATO to offer it clear approaches for the country’s accession, and the organization should follow the European Union’s example by giving specific recommendations followed by assessment based decisions to the country, Shalva Papuashvili, speaker of the Georgian parliament, said.