Colonel Ants Kiviselg, Head of the Estonian Defence Forces’ Intelligence Centre, believes that Russian troops in Ukraine have begun to experience problems with their artillery systems.

Former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland has decided to run for leader of the Liberal Party. The new leader will head the Canadian government after Justin Trudeau's resignation.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Michal Šimečka, the leader of Progressive Slovakia, the main Slovak opposition party, who arrived in Kyiv on Friday, 17 January.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated that Bratislava is still working to agree upon the date of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Advisers to US President-elect Donald Trump are developing a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to help resolve Russia's war against Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to personally participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, scheduled for 20–24 January.

On Friday, 10 January, New York Judge Juan Merchan sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge in the case involving hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official and one of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's closest associates.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian opposition, has called on Western countries not to recognise the upcoming so-called presidential elections in Belarus.

The US Department of the Treasury on 31 December announced sanctions against individuals from Iran and Russia for involvement in meddling in US elections.

Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu, who took office on 23 December, has had his first telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha.

Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha held his first phone call with Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, the newly-appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, on 31 December.

In his traditional Christmas message on 25 December, Pope Francis mentioned the war in Ukraine, calling for an end to it and for negotiations for a just peace.

The European Union has transferred the second tranche of grant aid of €150 million to Ukraine's budget for rapid reconstruction.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has stated that a Russian missile violated Moldova's airspace on the night of 24 December.