Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, has expressed confidence that Ukraine will have an additional opportunity to achieve a just peace immediately after the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said that since February 2022, the number of casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian war has exceeded one million people killed and wounded.

US President-elect Donald Trump does not understand why Washington allowed Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with US missiles.

US President-elect Donald Trump has emphasised that he would continue to support Ukraine in his efforts to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian war.

During a press conference on Wednesday, 11 December, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that he would visit Ukraine early next year and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would visit Poland in turn.

European Union ambassadors agreed on 11 December on the 15th package of sanctions in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

Politico has confirmed through its sources that French President Emmanuel Macron plans to discuss the deployment of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine – should the current phase of the war come to an end – with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has announced financial support for six European countries bordering Russia and Belarus to bolster their efforts in border protection.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not pass any messages from US President-elect Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation.

Peace talks on the war in Ukraine may begin as early as this winter, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on 10 December.

Kaja Kallas, the new EU foreign policy chief, openly clashed with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during the NATO summit in Washington in July, back when she was serving as Estonia’s prime minister.

On 9 December, Vadim Krasnoselsky, the leader of the unrecognised Transnistria, signed a decree declaring an economic emergency due to the potential disruption in Russian gas supplies to the province.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told German chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz in Kyiv on Monday that the Ukrainian side expects Berlin to strengthen Ukraine's long-range capability. 

The EU Council has approved a new payment of €50 billion to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility programme. The decision stilpulates that Ukraine will soon receive more than €4.2 billion in grants and loans to support its macro-financial stability.

On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, during which the chancellor shared details of his telephone conversations with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Ukraine and its supporters to explore, alongside other options, diplomatic pathways to ending the war initiated by Russia.

Georgia is now a mirror image of Ukraine in November 2013, believes former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has responded to the actions of security forces against protesters in Tbilisi who gathered on 28 November to peacefully protest against the government's refusal to negotiate with the EU.

Georgian police used force against journalists during a crackdown on a rally in Tbilisi on the night of 28-29 November, leaving 15 media representatives injured.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a telephone conversation with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during which they discussed the need to invite Ukraine to join NATO.