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9:00 PM EST - Ukraine Crisis in Mind, Lithuania Establishes a Rapid Reaction Force - New York Times
7:45 PM EST - Obama Orders Trade Ban on Crimea for Russian 'Occupation' - Voice of America
7:30 PM EST - Hacker wars in the Ukraine conflict - BBC News
6:15 PM EST - Lukashenko kicks the wounded lion - Euromaidan Press
6:00 PM EST - Obama orders ban on Crimea trade - BBC News
5:30 PM EST - Police reform in Ukraine: serve and protect?  - Euromaidan Press
5:00 PM EST - Obama to block exports of goods, technology, services to Crimea - Reuters
4:45 PM EST - G7 Officials to Discuss Ukraine Funding Gap - Wall Street Journal - via Google News
4:00 PM EST - UN: Children Bearing Brunt of Ukraine War - Voice of America
3:45 PM EST - Klymenko: Donbass 'is part of Ukraine' - CNN Video
3:45 PM EST - Dmitry Tymchuk: Operational data regarding Russian “PSY OPS” - Voices of Ukraine
3:15 PM EST - Dmitry Tymchuk: Military updates, 12/19 (10th “Day of Silence”) - Voices of Ukraine
3:00 PM EST - Belarusian, Kazakh Leaders Headed To Ukraine - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
3:00 PM EST - Bloomberg: Under-equipped Ukrainian soldiers get aid from volunteers - Kyiv Post
2:30 PM EST - EU Leaders on Russia: After Sanctions, What Next? - Voice of America
2:30 PM EST - UN News Center: 'Extremely serious' situation for over a million children in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine - UN - Kyiv Post
1:45 PM EST - Schedule of press briefings in Ukraine Crisis Media Center for December 20, 2014 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
1:45 PM EST - DNR terrorists open fire on people in aid queue, girl dead - Euromaidan Press
1:30 PM EST - Forbes: Ukraine needs new security guarantees - Ukraine's ambassador to the US - Kyiv Post
1:30 PM EST - The Economic Times: Ukraine allows firms to import electricity due to power crisis - Yatsenyuk - Kyiv Post
1:15 PM EST - Ukraine Needs New Security Guarantees - Forbes - via Google News
1:15 PM EST - Russia says deeply disappointed Obama signed new sanctions bill - Reuters
1:00 PM EST - Kuzmin accuses Kuchma of paying a $1 billion bribe to be cleared of Gongadze murder charges - Kyiv Post
1:00 PM EST - Business Insider: The 50 most unforgettable photos of 2014 - Kyiv Post
12:45 PM EST - This Year in Pictures - msnbc
12:45 PM EST - Obama gets bigger stick against Russia, but will he use it? - Kyiv Post
12:45 PM EST - Financial Times: S&P cuts Ukraine rating to CCC on default fears - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - S&P downgrades Ukraine to 'CCC-', outlook changed to negative - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - Bloomberg: Ukraine rating cut by S&P as bailout delay raises default risk - Kyiv Post
12:15 PM EST - Fiscal service official: Ukrspyrt distillery head kidnapped from hospital - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Ukraine International Airlines intends to push new market rules through court - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Russian special services planned terrorist attack in central Kyiv - Euromaidan Press
12:00 PM EST - The Committee on European Integration upholds the draft law on amendments to several laws of Ukraine re Ukraine’s refusal from implementing non-aligned policy - Rada.gov.ua
12:00 PM EST - Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Hanna Hopko met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cyprus to Ukraine Vassos Chamberlain - Rada.gov.ua
11:30 AM EST - President of Ukraine has held a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier - President.gov.ua
11:30 AM EST - Yatsenyuk: Power cuts should be uniform across Ukraine, including in rebel-controlled areas - Kyiv Post
11:30 AM EST - Yatsenyuk says all power market operators allowed to import electricity - Kyiv Post
11:15 AM EST - All power market operators allowed to import electricity - Interfax Ukraine
11:15 AM EST - Ukrspyrt distillery head kidnapped from hospital – fiscal service official - Interfax Ukraine
11:00 AM EST - Security Service says Russian-orchestrated terrorist plot foiled in Kyiv - Kyiv Post
10:45 AM EST - Defense Ministry Spokeswoman: “Support the Ukrainian Army” campaign collected over UAH 152 million - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
10:45 AM EST - Andriy Lysenko: Militants are redeploying manpower and equipment - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
10:45 AM EST - Pushylin: Participants in video conference of Kyiv, militants, OSCE fail to agree on Minsk group meeting date - Kyiv Post
10:45 AM EST - Loss of Ukraine's banks in Jan-Nov reaches UAH 22.4 bln - NBU - Interfax Ukraine
10:30 AM EST - ATO spokesman: Militants are firing at the positions of Ukrainian military - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
10:30 AM EST - Lukashenko to visit Kyiv on December 22 - Kyiv Post
10:30 AM EST - First meeting of the working group on matters of settling currency loan restructuring was held in the Committee on Financial Policy and Banking - Rada.gov.ua
10:30 AM EST - Lukashenko to visit Kyiv this Sunday - Interfax Ukraine
10:15 AM EST - Pope says ‘he will go to the house of the father’ in two or three years - UNIAN.info
10:15 AM EST - UIA intends to reach self-sufficiency in 2015 - Interfax Ukraine
10:00 AM EST - Agence France-Presse: Donald Tusk says EU needs long-term Russia strategy - Kyiv Post
10:00 AM EST - Army of volunteers contribute to Ukraine military success - UNIAN.info
10:00 AM EST - OSCE broadens Russian border checkpoint observer mission - UNIAN.info
10:00 AM EST - Avakov: Drug dealer who killed three Kyiv policemen detained - UNIAN.info
10:00 AM EST - Volume of controlled transfer pricing deals in 2013 comes to UAH 1.142 trl – fiscal service - Interfax Ukraine
10:00 AM EST - IMF mission to come back to Kyiv in January to continue discussion - statement - Interfax Ukraine
10:00 AM EST - US welcomes EU Council's new sanctions on Crimea – Department of State - Interfax Ukraine
9:45 AM EST - President has congratulated the police on the professional holiday: People's trust is in the first place - President.gov.ua
9:45 AM EST - Venture investments in Ukrainian startups decreased twofold in 2014 - Kyiv Post
9:45 AM EST - NBU expects financial assistance from IMF to be increased by $15 bln - UNIAN.info
9:30 AM EST - Admiral James Stavridis - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
9:30 AM EST - Bloomberg: Ten killed in Ukraine clashes as fighting flares - Kyiv Post
9:30 AM EST - The Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as a basis the draft law on the development and state support to small and medium-size entrepren - Rada.gov.ua
9:15 AM EST - O. Filatov: Draft law on ensuring the right to fair court is a real beginning of the judicial reform in Ukraine - President.gov.ua
9:15 AM EST - DTEK executives say government should agree to coal supplies from separatists - Kyiv Post
9:15 AM EST - The Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as a basis and in entirety the refined draft law on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine re peculiarities - Rada.gov.ua
9:15 AM EST - Chair of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations Hryhorii Nemyria participated in the panel discussion “Geopolitical, economic and humanitarian consequences of - Rada.gov.ua
9:15 AM EST - Poroshenko supports Interior Ministry reform, transforming militia into police - Interfax Ukraine
9:15 AM EST - Court returns 30% stake in gas production on Sakhalynske field to Nadra Ukrainy - Natural Resources Ministry - Interfax Ukraine
9:00 AM EST - Ten Killed in Ukraine Clashes as Fighting Flares - Bloomberg - via Google News
9:00 AM EST - Crimea becomes a military base - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
9:00 AM EST - Yatseniuk, Steinmeier discuss financial, economic situation in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
9:00 AM EST - Experts: ‘Revolution in Russia’ to be initiated by oligarchs - UNIAN.info
9:00 AM EST - Anti-terrorist operation staff reports rifle shootouts in Donbas - Interfax Ukraine
8:45 AM EST - EU expands list of goods banned for export to Crimea - UNIAN.info
8:45 AM EST - Ukrainian Security Service ready for 'all for all' prisoner exchange, says ten captives can't be transferred - Interfax Ukraine
8:45 AM EST - Ukrgazvydobuvannia sells 400 t of oil on Ukrainian Energy Exchange - Interfax Ukraine
8:45 AM EST - Bill on improving transfer pricing administration based on OECD rules, IMF, World Bank - Interfax Ukraine
8:30 AM EST - Donetsk People's Republic, Kyiv begin online conference - Kyiv Post
8:30 AM EST - Danielle Craig: Essential reading on the EuroMaidan Revolution - Kyiv Post
8:30 AM EST - Nazarbayev to visit Kyiv on Dec. 22 - Kyiv Post
8:30 AM EST - Steinmeier: Video conference on resolving Donbas conflict underway - UNIAN.info
8:30 AM EST - Donbasenergo re-registers from ATO zone - Interfax Ukraine
8:15 AM EST - Hungary to finance exports to Ukraine and send its experts in reform– foreign ministry - Interfax Ukraine
8:15 AM EST - EBRD could provide $18.7 mln to branch of GNT Olimpex Holding to build grain drying complex at Odesa port - Interfax Ukraine
8:15 AM EST - Lukashenko, Poroshenko to meet on Dec 21 - Interfax Ukraine
8:00 AM EST - Ukrainian media digest 19 December 2014 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
8:00 AM EST - State budget for 2015 should be adopted before Dec. 26 - Hroisman - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - Hungary ready to invest in Ukrainian economy - foreign minister - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - SBU: Bodies of MH17 victims ‘contain missile fragments’ - UNIAN.info
8:00 AM EST - Nazarbayev to visit Kyiv on December 22 - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Underfunded Ukraine Soldiers Get Helmets With Christmas Pies - Bloomberg - via Google News
7:45 AM EST - Ukrainian media digest 18 December 2014 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
7:30 AM EST - Mandatory collection of biometric data for Schengen visas to be introduced in Ukraine from late Jan - Kyiv Post
7:30 AM EST - Five Ukraine army soldiers killed, seven injured in east in past 24 hours - NSDC - Kyiv Post
7:30 AM EST - Citizens or Half-Citizens? - UNIAN.info
7:15 AM EST - Kyiv not confirming Kazakh nationals' participation in Ukrainian hostilities - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - Agence France-Presse: Five Ukrainian soldiers killed ahead of peace talks - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - Ukrainian Security Service links MH17 flight inquiry deadlines to detectives' access to crash site - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - SBU detains Luhansk woman ‘planning terrorist attack in Kyiv’ - UNIAN.info
7:00 AM EST - Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, seven injured in conflict zone in last day - UNIAN.info
6:45 AM EST - EU, Council of Europe sign agreement worth 33.8 million euro to provide aid to Eastern Partnership countries - Kyiv Post
6:45 AM EST - Sevastopol parliament speaker says preparations for Crimean takeover started in 2004 - UNIAN.info
6:30 AM EST - 'Ukraine Catholics being driven underground,' say Church leaders - Catholic Herald Online - via Google News
6:30 AM EST - Panicked Russians withdraw cash from banks - UNIAN.info
6:30 AM EST - Meetings of interns with Ukrainian political and public figures, as well as foreign experts have began within the framework of Internship Programme for 2015-2015 in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and c - Rada.gov.ua
6:30 AM EST - President supports Interior Ministry reform - Interfax Ukraine
6:15 AM EST - Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed despite truce: Kiev military - Reuters
6:15 AM EST - SBU counterintelligence foils terrorist attack in central Kyiv - Lubkivsky - Kyiv Post
6:15 AM EST - 3,283 soldiers gain status of ATO participants - UNIAN.info
6:15 AM EST - Militants attack 4,311 times during ‘ceasefire’ - UNIAN.info
6:00 AM EST - EBRD to increase grants to small and medium business to 110 minimum in 2015 - Kyiv Post
6:00 AM EST - Obama signs Ukraine Freedom Support Act - UNIAN.info
6:00 AM EST - Assets continue to flee Russian market - UNIAN.info
5:45 AM EST - Russia's Lavrov criticizes Ukraine statement on neutral status - Reuters
5:45 AM EST - Kremlin-led insurgents fire on Ukrainian positions nine times in past 24 hours - Selezniov - Kyiv Post
5:45 AM EST - EC summit: EU to impose new sanctions if necessary - UNIAN.info
5:45 AM EST - DTEK believes quickest way to plug shortage of coal is coal removal from ATO zone - Interfax Ukraine
5:45 AM EST - Kyiv awaiting German foreign minister's visit - Interfax Ukraine
5:45 AM EST - Government approves bill on dissolving convention with Cyprus on avoiding double taxation - Interfax Ukraine
5:30 AM EST - Finland’s Prime Minister: nobody wants to do business with Russia due to its policy in east Ukraine - UNIAN.info
5:30 AM EST - Cabinet to close down state executive service - UNIAN.info
5:15 AM EST - Why it's so hard to know when oil will bounce back: Don Pittis - CBC.ca
5:15 AM EST - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr B. Groysman met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto on Friday - Rada.gov.ua
5:00 AM EST - Online conference of Ukraine Contact Group to begin at 3 p.m. on Dec. 19 - Kyiv Post
5:00 AM EST - Bill to support Ukraine will hurt US relations with Russia, says Lavrov - UNIAN.info
5:00 AM EST - France ‘not to deliver Mistrals to Russia in near future’ - UNIAN.info
5:00 AM EST - Militants fire on Ukrainian positions nine times in past 24 hours – Selezniov - Interfax Ukraine
4:45 AM EST - Merkel names conditions for lifting sanctions against Russia - UNIAN.info
4:45 AM EST - Volodymyr Groysman: The 2015 budget has to be adopted not later than December 26 - Rada.gov.ua
4:45 AM EST - Naftogaz head assesses potential capacity of Ukrainian GTS gas hub at 20 bcm a year - Interfax Ukraine
4:30 AM EST - Tombiński: Ukraine not yet ready for visa-free regime with EU - UNIAN.info
4:30 AM EST - EU formally publishes anti-Crimean sanctions - Interfax Ukraine
4:15 AM EST - International Business Times: EU leaders warn of long-term confrontation if Russia doesn't retreat from Ukraine - Kyiv Post
4:15 AM EST - Despite ceasefire, Ukrainian forces face daily attacks, says Turchynov - UNIAN.info
4:15 AM EST - The Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy scrutinized the draft law on amendments to several laws of Ukraine on Public television and radio broadcasting of Ukraine and the bill on the - Rada.gov.ua
4:15 AM EST - President dismisses Portnov, Khoroshkovsky from NBU Council - Interfax Ukraine
4:00 AM EST - Odesa penitentiaries making products for army fighting in Donbas - Kyiv Post
4:00 AM EST - EU needs strategy towards Russia for more effective response to situation - Interfax Ukraine
3:45 AM EST - Tusk says EU needs strategy towards Russia for more effective response to situation - Kyiv Post
3:30 AM EST - EU leaders ready to support Ukraine in reform process - Kyiv Post
3:15 AM EST - Divided opinion in Russia after Putin's end-of-year address - euronews
3:15 AM EST - Obama signs Ukraine Freedom Support Act - White House - Kyiv Post
2:30 AM EST - Will 2015 be the year Russia backs down? - Aljazeera America
2:00 AM EST - Bloomberg: Underfunded Ukraine soldiers get helmets with Christmas pies - Kyiv Post
1:45 AM EST - Ukraine: Attacks Require Better Investigation - Human Rights Watch - via Google News
12:30 AM EST - Financial Times: EU leaders hold firm on Kremlin sanctions - Kyiv Post
12:00 AM EST - Ukraine forms 'ministry of truth' to regulate the media - The Guardian
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