Russia's Foreign Ministry has said that the Coalition of the Willing declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine is far removed from a peaceful settlement, and that Russia will view Western troops deployed in Ukraine as "legitimate military targets".

The French newspaper Le Monde has reported that Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin representative in talks with Washington regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war, was in Paris on 7 January.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has not specified how many British troops might be sent to Ukraine to support peacekeeping operations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is on a visit to Cyprus, has had a meeting with Moldova's President Maia Sandu to discuss the two countries' path towards the European Union.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived on Tuesday in Paris, where a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing will take place.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen believes that a possible forcible seizure of Greenland by the US would bring the North Atlantic Alliance to an end.

The real world is governed by power, and the United States is a superpower, so it will act like one, said Stephen Miller, one of US President Donald Trump's aides and White House Deputy Chief of Staff, commenting on the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Czech chargé d'affaires for talks over what it described as unacceptable statements made by Czech parliamentary speaker Tomio Okamura.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Serhii Kyslytsia as first deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, led by Kyrylo Budanov, on 5 January.

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán has urged people to vote for his party in the 2026 elections so that the country does not get drawn into a war.

Russian authorities have claimed that they have handed over alleged "evidence" to the US purporting to show that Ukrainian forces attempted to strike the Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's residence in Russia's Novgorod Oblast with drones.

The Russian government has formally sent a diplomatic request to the US demanding that it stop pursuing an oil tanker bound for Venezuela.

A poll by The Economist/YouGov has found that 49% of respondents in the United States "somewhat" or "strongly" disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling Russia's war against Ukraine, while 30% support his approach.

The head of the EU Delegation to Kyiv, Katarína Mathernová, has welcomed the approval of four independent members of the new supervisory board of Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company, and said the EU expects the formation of the board to be completed in January.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been set to take part in the 18-19 December European Council meeting in Brussels in person, a senior European official has told journalists.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said that talk of an allegedly inevitable clash between Europe and Russia is "lies and delusion", accused NATO states of building up their arsenals and boasted about Russia's nuclear forces.

Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs, has drawn attention to the fact that the Russian economy is facing significant challenges and, in this context, has called on Western countries to intensify sanctions pressure on Russia, outlining how this can be achieved.

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Turkmenistan that at least a partial ceasefire is needed in the war against Ukraine, along with a halt to strikes on energy infrastructure and ports.

Financial Times has reported that the version of a peace proposal submitted by Ukrainian and European officials to Washington includes a clause stating that Ukraine must become a member of the European Union by 1 January 2027.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that, following signals from the United States, he asked members of Parliament to prepare legislative amendments enabling elections to be held under martial law.