NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that alliance states have become Russia's next target and has urged immediate action.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced new talks and meetings with partners this week, which may bring news regarding an end to the war.

EU ambassadors (Coreper I) have approved a plan for the Union to completely phase out imports of Russian gas by the end of 2027.

EU member states' permanent representatives have agreed upon new sanctions against Russia.

French Navy personnel opened fire on drones on Thursday 4 December over the area where France's nuclear submarines are stationed.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Foreign Minister, to discuss the negotiation process, with a particular focus on the United States.

Bloomberg has learnt from European diplomats that the United States lobbied several EU nations to block plans to tap frozen Russian central bank assets to finance a substantial loan to Ukraine.

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, during his visit to Kyiv on 4 December, pledged support for Ukraine on its path to the EU.

Ukraine's Consul General in Gdansk Oleksandr Plodystyi has responded to the beating of Ukrainian school students from the Slupsk Construction School and to xenophobic comments made by a local teacher about Ukrainian children, stressing that Ukraine places great emphasis on ensuring the case is examined fairly and impartially.

The European Commission will present a legislative proposal early next year to introduce a full ban on imports of Russian oil into the EU.

Ukrainian representatives are set to brief national security advisers to European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday 3 December on the outcomes of Tuesday's US-Russia talks.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi has said that Ukraine has had no involvement in the incident with the tanker Midvolga-2, which was reportedly attacked while sailing from Russia to Georgia with a cargo of sunflower oil.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the US delegation, comprising US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, will convey signals to Ukraine immediately after their meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

French President Emmanuel Macron has commented on the recent corruption scandal in Ukraine, which culminated in the resignation of Andrii Yermak, the now former head of the Office of the President, on Friday 28 November.