The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the Strategy for the Development of Border Infrastructure with the EU and Moldova until 2030 and the Strategy for Reforming Psychoneurological and Other Residential Care Facilities until 2034.

Ukraine's progress toward European Union membership is impressive, but difficult work is yet to come. — Ukrinform.

The European Union has transferred the second tranche of grant aid of €150 million to Ukraine's budget for rapid reconstruction. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on Wednesday, 25 December, as reported by European Pravda Details: The funds will be used to provide free meals for primary school children (€65 million),

Back then, in the first weeks of the war, Russia and Ukraine conducted several rounds of talks in person and online aimed at ending the conflict; although a framework for peace called the Istanbul Communiqué was drawn up,

Ukraine seeks to return up to 10 million refugees and migrants who left the country due to the war with russia.This is reported by El Pais.The publication

European Union leaders insist no decisions can be taken about the future of Ukraine without its consent or behind their backs

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico of helping Vladimir Putin finance his war in Ukraine. The Slovak leader met with the Russian president in Moscow on Sunday as part of his country’s bid to ensure their access to Russia supplied energy, of which Slovakia is one of the biggest importers in the EU.

European Union leaders reaffirmed on Thursday that no decisions regarding Ukraine's future can be made without its direct involvement. The declaration came during a summit in Brussels with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, emphasizing solidarity with the war-torn nation.

There are risks of North Korea sending additional troops and military equipment to the Russian army,” Zelensky said. “We will have tangible responses to this.”

Moldova has been allowed to increase its quota for electricity imports from the EU amid a possible shortage that will arise if Russian gas supplies to Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway region,

Alle Dorhout, Dutch Ambassador to Ukraine, stated that the Netherlands has already given Ukraine €3.8 billion and plans to donate another €6 billion. Source: Alle Dorhout in an interview with Ukrinform,