US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated that Europe should take responsibility for providing the majority of lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine in the future.

The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the remaining restrictive measures against Russia as part of the European Union’s 15th package of sanctions, approved in December 2024.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that he is not concerned about reports of possible contacts between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

A drone was discovered in a field near the settlement of Salcia in Taraclia District, Moldova.

Russia could be ready for a large-scale war in Europe within the next five years if the war in Ukraine were to end or freeze, and NATO refrains from rearming.

Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, will visit Ukraine next week.

Gert Jan Koopman, the European Commission's Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR), has said that Ukraine should consider changes to its wartime regulations.

A court session in the case of the murder of two Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Murnau is taking place in Munich, Germany. The suspect, a Russian citizen, pleaded guilty.

Norwegian police have arrested a ship with a Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in the damage to a fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden in the Baltic Sea.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has once again threatened to veto EU sanctions against Russia in six months if Ukraine does not resume the transit of Russian gas by then, which he claims he was guaranteed to be restored. 

US President Donald Trump has promised to impose 100% tariffs on the BRICS nations if they decide to create their own currency to replace the US dollar.

European officials have started discussing the idea of returning to gas purchases from Russia as part of a potential settlement of the war in Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly in Washington on 29 January.

Lithuania recognised 598 Belarusians and 125 Russians as a threat to national security in 2024.

New US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made new exceptions in his decision to freeze foreign aid funding.