Once EU leaders reach agreement on the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's benefit, the European Parliament will resort to an emergency procedure to speed up the adoption of a "reparations loan" for Ukraine.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced plans to supply Ukraine with Sidewinder missiles to strengthen its air defence.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has announced the largest single-year investment of £600 million to boost Ukraine's air defence at the opening of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting (also known as the Ramstein format).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to arrive in the Netherlands on Tuesday 16 December on an official visit.

Germany is preparing a comprehensive weapons partnership with Ukraine that is expected to benefit both countries.

It has emerged that US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pressed Ukrainian representatives during talks in Berlin on Sunday 14 December to give up the part of Donbas still under Kyiv's control.

Latest US proposals on a "peace plan" do not include a call for Russia to withdraw its troops from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine to create a demilitarised zone.

Slovenia plans to allocate about €43 million by the end of the year to purchase US weapons for Ukraine's defence forces under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.

The White House has published a national security strategy that includes a point on preventing "the reality of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance" and criticises Europe.

The UK government has proposed unfreezing £8 billion in Russian assets held in the country in order to support Ukraine.

The Wall Street Journal, citing diplomats, has reported that in recent days European leaders have issued a stern warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: do not make concessions to Russia without solid security guarantees from the United States.

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed that China support a moratorium on strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure this winter.

Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has allocated an additional €100 million via the development bank KfW to help restore Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky has claimed that Ukraine has lost the war from a military perspective, reiterating views he has expressed since last year regarding the war and his government's position.

The Swedish government has announced a new package of civilian assistance for Ukraine worth more than 1.1 billion Swedish kronor (€100 million) to address the country's most urgent needs in recovery and strengthening resilience.