Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has said that it was too early to speculate on a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

Dmytro Kuleba, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister, has said that UK Prime Minister Starmer has reduced the UK's support for Ukraine.

Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has stated that peace must first be achieved before talking about sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, emphasising that Russia is not ready for such a development.

The Constitutional Court of Romania has invalidated the results of the first round of the presidential election held on 1 December.

Finland will provide Ukraine with the 26th batch of defence aid with winter defence materiel. The Finnish president made the decision on 5 December based on a proposal from the government.

Dmytro Kuleba, the former minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine, has become a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School in Harvard.

Russia decided to close the Consulate General of Poland in St. Petersburg in response to the closure of its consulate in Poznań.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for encouraging unemployed Ukrainian refugees in Germany to find jobs or return to Ukraine.

An incident has occurred in the Baltic Sea involving a Russian vessel and a German military helicopter.

The Norwegian government has agreed to send F-35 fighter jets and NASAMS air defence systems to Poland to protect Rzeszów, a crucial Ukrainian assistance hub.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, responding to a question about the concessions Russia would need to make during potential negotiations, said Russia should "sod off".

Russia is conducting a "staggeringly reckless campaign" of sabotage in Europe, as well as increasing nuclear sabre-rattling to deter other countries from helping Ukraine.

The Finnish group of defense and security technologies Summa Defense Ltd is creating a drone production plant in Finland in cooperation with Ukrainian partners.

The capital of Lithuania has extended free public transport for Ukrainians fleeing the war for another year.

The Lithuanian government has allocated €5 million to install solar power plants in Ukraine after Vilnius approved a programme to support the country's energy sector.