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.

American billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, has criticised the US calls for Ukraine to allow conscription from the age of 18, which had been earlier reported by the Associated Press (AP) news agency.

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP) and the left-wing alliance of Sahra Wagenknecht have left unchanged the controversial formulations regarding the war in Ukraine and the deployment of US missiles in Germany in their coalition agreement in Brandenburg.

Mike Waltz, the future national security advisor to US President-elect Donald Trump, has been reviewing several proposals regarding the cessation of the war in Ukraine in recent days.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that Ukraine would like to take over the building of the Russian Consulate General in Poznań and has already sent a request to Poland.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said that checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border are part of critical infrastructure and protesters should refrain from blocking them.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the Georgian Dream political party, said on Tuesday that Georgian Dream has nominated former football player Mikheil Kavelashvili as its presidential candidate.