Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides, whose country has begun its presidency of the Council of the EU.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said for the first time that Madrid may send troops to join a post-ceasefire peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he may "re-establish contact" with Russia's leader Vladimir Putin in the coming weeks.

Anti-Ukrainian remarks made in the New Year address by Tomio Okamura, the speaker of the lower house of the Czech parliament, have led to a significant increase in donations by Czechs for weapons for Ukrainian troops.

Canada could potentially deploy its troops to Ukraine if a peace agreement is reached, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said.

US President Donald Trump has said the US will be able to get back all or "even more" of the funds spent on assisting Ukraine in the war.

Antonín Kolář, a teacher and mayor of the village of Semněvice in Czechia, has initiated an open letter apologising for anti-Ukrainian statements by Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura.