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.

Heiko Thoms, Germany's ambassador to Ukraine, has announced that Germany will soon deliver 33 mobile combined heat and power plants to Ukraine.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has summoned Hungarian ambassador Antal Heizer and expressed a formal protest over recent remarks by Hungarian officials who have accused Ukraine of supposedly interfering in Hungary's parliamentary elections.

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka has indicated that the government's opposition to transferring L-159 light attack aircraft to Ukraine is linked to Czech President Petr Pavel's unwillingness to appoint Filip Turek as Minister of the Environment.

The Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union, has said there are doubts within its ranks about the prospects of Ukraine joining the EU.

Latvia's Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB) has published an unclassified section of its 2025 annual report and has warned that Russia may try to influence Latvia's elections this year.

Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remarks about Europe made during his speech at the forum in Davos.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Europe should also aim to build large armed forces given Russia's plans to expand its army to 3.5 million personnel, adding that such an effort cannot succeed without the experience of Ukraine's military.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the Ukrainian army could form the backbone of a future European Joint Force, but that Ukraine "does not have time for this" because of the ongoing war.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that EU leaders at an EU summit were presented with a confidential European Commission document that envisages Ukraine joining the European Union by 2027.

Finnish military intelligence has reported that Russia retains the capability to operate in the Baltic Sea and may continue attempts to damage undersea communications.

Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy, has announced that he will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday 22 January. The Kremlin has confirmed this information.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will not send troops to Greenland, citing three reasons: the ongoing full-scale war, the absence of a request from Denmark and the fact that Ukraine is not a NATO member.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he is currently staying in Kyiv, which was hit by a Russian attack, and named the presence of concrete results as a condition for a meeting with the US side.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that temporarily occupied Crimea is "no less important for Russia's security" than Greenland is for the United States.

US President Donald Trump has invited 49 countries and the European Commission to join a "Board of Peace" for Gaza, with Ukraine among the invitees, but Kyiv has not yet responded.

The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency has reported the suspension of operations at Lublin and Rzeszów airports amid a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has shared an excerpt of correspondence with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the Truth Social platform.