President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in person to settle two key issues in peace talks – territories and future control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Tuesday 27 January.

The White House has dismissed as false media reports claiming that the United States is ready to offer Ukraine security guarantees only in exchange for Kyiv agreeing to withdraw its troops from Donbas.

US security guarantees for Ukraine will depend on whether Kyiv agrees to withdraw its troops from the non-occupied part of Donbas.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a report from the Ukrainian delegation after it returned to Kyiv following talks in the United Arab Emirates with US and Russian representatives.

The European Commission is in constant contact with the negotiating teams of Ukraine and the United States who took part in talks with the Russian side in Abu Dhabi (UAE), in order to stay informed about the course of the discussions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that trilateral talks are to take place between Ukraine, the US and Russia on Friday and Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.

Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy, has said he is satisfied after a meeting with the Ukrainian delegation in Davos, adding that talks on ending the Russian-Ukrainian war are at the "final stage".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January to meet with US leader Donald Trump.

Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy, has announced that he will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday 22 January. The Kremlin has confirmed this information.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not believe that the talks between the Ukrainian and US teams, which took place in Florida last weekend, have reached a dead end.

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.

Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has said that this week he will visit the Swiss resort of Davos and hold meetings with members of the US delegation on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.

Czech President Petr Pavel has said that Ukraine has to make "painful concessions" to end the Russo-Ukrainian war.

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said that the UK does not support the idea put forward by the leaders of France and Italy to resume direct talks with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that it is Russia that has rejected a US peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, not President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are planning to visit Moscow in the near future for a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.

Some European governments are pressuring the EU to appoint a negotiator to represent their interests regarding Ukraine, as they are concerned that the US will strike a deal with Russia behind their backs.

Nerijus Aleksiejūnas, Lithuania's Ambassador to the European Union, has said that his country opposes proposals to resume dialogue between the EU and Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed his negotiating team to finalise a document on security guarantees from the United States and submit it for consideration by the presidents of both countries.

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.

US President Donald Trump has said he is the only trump card Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has and that without him there would have been a "total disaster".

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said that Europe needs to restore direct communication with the Kremlin in order to have leverage in negotiations on ending the Russo–Ukrainian war.

US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to assume commitments regarding US participation in future security guarantees for Ukraine because he believes that Russia will not attempt another invasion.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has said that the Coalition of the Willing declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine is far removed from a peaceful settlement, and that Russia will view Western troops deployed in Ukraine as "legitimate military targets".

The French newspaper Le Monde has reported that Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin representative in talks with Washington regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war, was in Paris on 7 January.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has not specified how many British troops might be sent to Ukraine to support peacekeeping operations.

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.

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.

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has spoken of "tangible results" after talks in Paris.