On 21 January, the European Parliament approved a proposal for a Council of the EU decision allowing the activation of enhanced cooperation to establish a Loan for Ukraine in the amount of €90 billion for 2026-2027.

At a plenary session in Strasbourg on 20 January, the European Parliament approved the use of an urgent procedure for three draft laws that would open the way for the EU to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan in 2026-2027.

Work on security guarantees for Ukraine, which the European Union and the United States plan to provide after a peace deal is signed, has continued at full speed despite EU-US discussions over Greenland.

The European Parliament will vote in plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday 20 January on applying an accelerated procedure to approve a €90 billion European Union loan to Ukraine for 2026–2027.

The Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) held on 14 January an initial discussion on European Commission proposals to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan over 2026-2027, with some diplomats raising technical questions after the debate.

The European Union has said it is still considering a "reparation loan" for Ukraine based on immobilised Russian assets and has not dropped this approach.

The European Commission has approved a package of legislative proposals that paves the way for the European Union to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan to cover its financial and military needs in 2026 and 2027.

Intensifying Russian attacks on civilians and Ukraine's infrastructure, including the use of the Oreshnik missile, have underlined the need to urgently supply Ukraine with air defence systems and interceptor missiles.

Negotiations involving Russian leader Vladimir Putin will have to take place at a certain stage of the peace process in Ukraine, and the EU will also participate.

A reference to US commitments to support multinational forces in Ukraine in the event of a renewed Russian invasion has been removed from the final text of the Paris Declaration of the Coalition of the Willing.

A special coordination centre in the US-Ukraine-Coalition of the Willing format will be established on the basis of the operational headquarters of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris.

Leaders of 27 countries are taking part in the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris on Tuesday 6 January. Another four countries are represented at the level of ministers, four at the level of ambassadors and special envoys, and the heads of the EU and NATO are also present, the Ukrainian delegation said.

The summit of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris on 6 January will begin with a working lunch between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron, together with US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

An Élysée Palace official has revealed that leaders of the Coalition of the Willing at their meeting in Paris on Tuesday 6 January will commit to supporting Ukraine across five areas, including the deployment of multinational armed forces on Ukrainian territory.

Hungary and Slovakia did not sign the conclusions of the December European Council meeting on Ukraine, approved on the night of 18-19 December.