Ukrainian Prime Minister Groysman said that he was to initiate the dismissal of the head of the state enterprise "Ukroboronprom." Practically simultaneously in the Western press there appeared accusations of the enterprise management in corruption, and NABU begins check of the company for corruption. 

The Ukrainian media has analyzed the work of the Verkhovna Rada, including on the basis of polling the deputies. The achievements included the "reform slide", and among the major failures are the dominance of oligarchs and the lack of culture in the Ukrainian parliament.

On December 22, the Verkhovna Rada registered the so-called bill on collaborators, which is a package with the introduction of changes to the criminal code of Ukraine. According to the latter, for collaboration it will be possible to receive up to 15 years in prison. The draft laws are presented by the deputies of the Popular Front Party.

The oil and gas industry of Ukraine has long been, in fact, under external management. The latest appointments in Naftogaz and its subsidiary Ukrtransgaz once again confirmed this fact. So, according to the Ukrainian media reports, on December 23, Pole Pavel Jozef Stanchakwas appointed head of PJSC Ukrtransgaz, 

The official Kiev is trying to reduce the level of claims to the authorities regarding corruption and price increases by distractions, in particular by using public opinion polls. 

US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said that "Russia and its puppets are a source of violence in the east of Ukraine." Also, the United States calls on Russia "to put an end to the attacks in the east of Ukraine and to agree to an effective UN peacekeeping mission."

The Ukrainian press constantly informs about all new 'achievements' of the country's economy. This week, for example, the director of the Financial Stability Department (although it is be better to say the instability) of the NBU (National Bank of Ukraine) Vavrishchuk told that Ukraine has set a new world record – in the number of accumulating debts on loans.

According to the latest published data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, the birth rate in the country has fallen drastically. The increase in prices for utilities, medical and pension reforms did their job – in just three quarters of 2017 the number of people in Ukraine decreased by 150 thousand people.

The leadership of Ukraine already directly and straight from the shoulder recognizes that the trade and transport blockades of the Republics have negatively affected the economy of the 'independent'. Only in 2017, its economy has lost 1.8 billion dollars. Previously, Groisman claimed that Ukraine was losing from 2 to 4 billion UAH a month from the trade blockade of the Republics.

The UN published the 20th report on the condition of human rights in Ukraine, which covers the period from August to November 2017. The report deals with the situation throughout Ukraine, it raises issues of violation of freedom of speech, judicial arbitrariness and persecution of Ukrainian judges, impunity of the organizers of the fire in the House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014, in Odessa, and much more.