Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that Europe could take over the financing of US weapons for Ukraine and called on the United States to continue supplying them.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has stated that a meeting between Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump would give the Russian leader a misleading sense of importance, and that he must earn it first.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday, 23 January, that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin must be made "to beg Ukraine, to beg allies of Ukraine to sit at the table and to talk".

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stressed the need to strengthen support for Ukraine, emphasising that it is vital that Russia does not win.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has responded to new US President Donald Trump's comments that Europe is lagging behind in providing support to Ukraine in comparison to the US.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that peace in Ukraine is still far from being achieved, but it is still necessary to take care of the country’s future after the war, so a conversation with the allies on security guarantees for Ukraine will take place soon.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met in the German Bundestag with Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German opposition and the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group, as well as a candidate for the next chancellor of Germany.

General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, believes that Russia does not currently have the military capability to make a major breakthrough on the front line in Ukraine.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that US President Donald Trump can influence the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 20 January to suspend all foreign aid programmes for 90 days to assess their alignment with his political goals.

Saulius Skvernelis, speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, has arrived in Kyiv to discuss further support for Ukraine with Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament).

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has warned of the dangers posed by the emergence of pro-Russian parties in Europe as well as shared his thoughts on Russia's hybrid warfare and the situation in the Baltic Sea.

French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu has responded to Russia's attempts to jam a French aircraft, asserting that such aggressive acts are unacceptable.

Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, arrived in Kyiv on 17 January at the invitation of Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the new White House administration, headed by Donald Trump, has the necessary prerequisites to help Ukraine conclude a good deal to end the Russo-Ukrainian war and establish a lasting peace.