Antonio Costa, President of the EU Council, believes that it's only up to Ukraine to define what a just peace is in the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that Ukraine's territorial concessions to Russia are acceptable to end the war.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who arrived in Kyiv on the morning of Monday, 2 December, has announced new weapons deliveries for Ukraine worth €650 million.

The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said that support for Ukraine is not charity, but an investment in EU security.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Kyiv on Monday, 2 December for an unannounced visit.

Toomas Väli, head of the operational department of the Estonian Defence Forces’ General Staff, has stated that despite heavy pressure from Russia, Ukraine’s defences are holding, and the use of Russia's "miracle weapon" Oreshnik was merely demonstrative.

Russia is conducting a "staggeringly reckless campaign" of sabotage in Europe, as well as increasing nuclear sabre-rattling to deter other countries from helping Ukraine.

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.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated that Russia's most recent bombardment of Ukrainian energy infrastructure is just another reminder that the Kremlin is not interested in genuine peace talks.

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.

The Lithuanian government has allocated €5 million to install solar power plants in Ukraine after Vilnius approved a programme to support the country's energy sector.

Dmytro Kuleba, the former Foreign Minister of Ukraine, has warned against hopes for peace between Russia and Ukraine due to the future efforts of US President-elect Donald Trump and stressed that the Kremlin regime continues to pursue its original goals.

Major General Christian Freuding, Head of the Planning Staff and the Special Task Force for Ukraine at Germany's Federal Ministry of Defence, believes that Germany is currently the main target of Russia’s hybrid attacks due to its leading role in supporting Ukraine.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has been given a position in Donald Trump's administration by the US president-elect, has responded to President Joe Biden's request to Congress for an additional US$24 billion in assistance to Ukraine, to include weapons and to replenish US stockpiles.

Georgian fighter Spartak Lekiashvili, who was wounded in Ukraine, has died while undergoing treatment in France.

US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to provide an additional US$24 billion to strengthen military support for Ukraine.

On Tuesday, 26 November, Lithuania presented Russian charge d'affaires Alexander Elkin with a letter of protest against Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.

The Norwegian government, after consultations with the opposition, proposes to increase aid to Ukraine in 2025 to NOK 30 billion (about US$2.7 billion) in comparison to this year’s NOK 27 billion (about US$2.4 billion).

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs is providing an additional €65 million for the repair of Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Czechia has facilitated the delivery of 11 ambulances to the Ukrainian defence forces.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda stated that any rare accidents in Europe now naturally raise suspicions of sabotage due to Russia's destructive behaviour. However, he emphasised that it is too early to speculate on the causes of the plane crash over Vilnius.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has once again defended his controversial phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has said that Warsaw is planning to host the next meeting of the defence ministers of five countries to discuss support for Ukraine, similar to the one that just took place in Berlin.

The defence ministers of five major European countries have called for continued support for Ukraine amidst concerns about the potential influence of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Bloomberg, citing its sources, reports that the UK government has recently delivered dozens of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine without public announcement, even before the decision to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles to hit targets in Russia.

Europe must be tough on US President-elect Donald Trump if it wants to prove something to him and persuade him to help Ukraine, said Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who is stepping down from his position, has stated that Europe still needs to make greater efforts to support Ukraine in its war against Russia and to strengthen its own defence capabilities.

Russia's ground forces are now larger than they were at the time of beginning of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but their quality has declined since then.