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.

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.