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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stresses the need to implement energy efficiency measures in the housing stock, as they will help reduce energy use and, as a result, reduce the cost of utilities.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasizes the necessity of reducing tariffs for heating given the decrease of gas prices. “We know that gas prices have fallen by almost 30%. And, unfortunately, tariffs haven’t. Ukrainians do not understand this,” the Head of State told during a meeting of the Council for Development of Communities and Territories.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with representatives of companies - participants of the fuel market, oil and gas industry, and gas station networks.

The return of captives will have taken place by the end of this year, as agreed at the Normandy summit in Paris on December 9. This was reported by the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group Valeria Lutkovska following the continuation of negotiations with all parties on Monday, December 23, in the skype-conference mode.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with newly appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Volodymyr Yelchenko. During the meeting the prospects of further development of Ukrainian-US relations were discussed.

The Head of State thanked Andrzej Duda for Poland's active position in support of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. The President of Poland noted that his state would continue to advocate the continuation of sanction pressure on the Russian Federation until full implementation of the Minsk agreements and restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty.

During his conversation with the Ambassador of Greece, Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked for the consistent support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. During his meeting with the Ambassador of Canada, the President stressed that enhancing the Special Partnership relations with Canada was a priority for Ukraine.

At the last meeting in Minsk on December 18, the participants of the Trilateral Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine agreed to continue consultations by the end of the year, in particular through video conferences, as stated by representative of Ukraine in the TCG political subgroup on political issues Oleksiy Reznikov.

On Saint Nicholas Day, Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited two kids - Artem Kyryliuk and Mykyta Baula, whose parents were killed during hostilities in Donbas, for a cup of tea in his office.

The children of the National Scout Organization of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Guides passed the Peace Light of Bethlehem on to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The scouts recalled that they had been bringing this symbol of harmony, goodness and prosperity to Ukraine for over 10 years and expressed content that they could pass the Light of Bethlehem on to the President on Saint Nicholas Day.