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.

Moldovagaz, a Moldovan national gas operator has signed an agreement to provide a loan of 3 million cubic metres of natural gas to Tiraspoltransgaz, a gas operator in unrecognised Transnistria.

The National Electronic Mass Media Council of Latvia has decided to block access to seven more websites that spread Russian propaganda.

The European Union will not include a complete ban on the purchase of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a new sanctions package against Russia.

José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived in Ukraine for an official visit on Tuesday, 28 January.