Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stated that there has been notable progress in documents concerning security guarantees for Ukraine; however, Russia continues to put forward unfounded territorial demands.

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has reported details of a joint operation with Moldovan partners to expose an organised group that was plotting to carry out contract killings of well-known Ukrainian citizens and foreign nationals.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes that normalisation of Ukraine-Hungary relations is possible only after Russia's war against Ukraine ends.

European intelligence chiefs are pessimistic about the chances of a deal to end Russia's war against Ukraine being reached this year.

A joint investigative team of Moldovan police and Ukrainian law enforcement authorities is probing the preparation of the assassination of several public figures in Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he has little hope for a rapid end to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

Finland is set to increase humanitarian aid to Ukraine to €22 million and also send an additional 52 generators during February.

The second day of Ukraine-US-Russia talks on the settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine has begun in Geneva, Switzerland.

French President Emmanuel Macron is the only foreign politician trusted by more than half of the Czechs.

A 25-year-old Moldovan national was detained in Pulawy, Poland, after attempting to halt a freight train carrying oil to Ukraine.

French prosecutors have announced the release of the Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker which was detained in January.

Alain Berset, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has arrived in Ukraine and has already met Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

Tomio Okamura, the President of Czechia's Chamber of Deputies and Head of the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party, has said his party's ministers would vote in government against a draft measure that would allow refugees from Ukraine to apply for a special long-term residence permit this year.

Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has dismissed claims that Estonia is among Europe's most vulnerable countries as "fake news" and said that if Russia invades and Estonia resists, the war would be taken onto Russian territory.

Armin Papperger, Chief Executive Officer of German weapons-maker Rheinmetall AG, believes that Russia is not interested in ending the war.

Western intelligence has reported that recruiters and propagandists formerly working for the Russian private military company Wagner have become a key channel for Kremlin-backed sabotage operations in Europe.

US forces in the Indian Ocean have detained the tanker Aquila II for violating the sanctions regime introduced by the administration of US President Donald Trump.

Rob Jetten, incoming prime minister of the Netherlands, has ruled out negotiations with Russia over the war in Ukraine while presenting a new government programme that includes firm support for Ukraine.

The first batch of generators sent by the Polish government to support Kyiv and the surrounding hromadas has arrived in the city.

Italy has delivered the first shipment of energy aid pledged by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in October 2025, supplying industrial boilers and electric generators to help Ukraine mitigate the energy crisis caused by Russia's deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure.