Any concessions to Russia will only lead to an expansion of aggression in the future, the Ukraine's Foreign Ministry is convinced.

Germany has identified the Russians suspected of targeting civilians in the village of Hostomel, including a German citizen, during Berlin's first investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.

Bridget Brink, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, has responded to the Russian bombardment of Kherson railway station and posted a picture of the train that took damage on the strike for her followers to see.

Grant Shapps, Minister of Defence of the UK, has stated that the strike on the large landing ship Novocherkassk in the port of Feodosiia, Crimea, disproves the claims about an alleged "stalemate" in Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he called the war against Ukraine a "special operation" [as the war against Ukraine is called in Russia – ed.] at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to provide further support to Ukraine so that it can conduct peace talks with Russia "under the best possible conditions".

Ukraine received a €150 million non-refundable grant from the EU on 20 December 2023 to rebuild critical facilities destroyed by Russian aggression. The second tranche of €100 million is expected in the first quarter of 2024.

The White House has differentiated between the victims of Russia's aggressive war in Ukraine and Israel’s military operation against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.

France and the UK will support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion "for as long as it takes", and it is important that President Vladimir Putin is defeated.

The United Kingdom will use its naval expertise to help Ukraine control the Black Sea as part of a 10-year security pact to be signed in the next few weeks.

The US Senate and Congress in general are unlikely to pass new border security restrictions by the end of the year, which are crucial for the allocation of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.

The European Union plans to approve its 12th package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, 18 December, Politico reports, citing an unnamed European diplomat.

Vadym Prystaiko, the former Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, has claimed that the UK is one of the countries that, in the event of a "catastrophic development of the war" in Ukraine, could send its armed forces there.

Leaders of several EU countries have assured reporters they will be able to reach an agreement on a €50 billion financial support programme for Ukraine, with Hungary's vote included, in January 2024.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania has summoned the Russian ambassador in Bucharest, Valery Kuzmin, after a Russian drone crashed on Romanian territory.

On behalf of the European Union, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell has strongly condemned Russia's plans to hold pseudo-presidential elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine on 15-17 March 2024.

The US Congress is unlikely to approve an additional funding package for Ukraine before Christmas, even if the two parties reach a deal in the coming days that includes it, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has said.

The newly elected Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, said that his government will demand total mobilisation of the West to help Ukraine.

The EU intends to involve €15 billion from Russia's frozen assets to financially assist Ukraine.

Sweden has allocated SEK 1.4 billion (approximately €120 million) to Ukraine, which, among other things, will support the country's population on the eve of winter.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has revealed that he keeps receiving signals from the EU that there are no problems in the negotiations on the bilateral agreement about the security guarantees between the EU and Ukraine as a continuation of the G7 declaration.

Increasing support and possible security guarantees for Ukraine following the G7 declaration, signed on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, will be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers of EU countries on Monday, 11 December.

Finland’s Supreme Court has refused to extradite Russian militant Yan Petrovsky to Ukraine due to the conditions in Ukrainian prisons and has ordered his immediate release.

In August-October 2023, the amount of newly pledged aid to Ukraine from Western countries reached a historic low, down almost 90% compared to the same period in 2022.

The world should focus on Russia's war against Ukraine, despite the conflict in the Middle East, UK Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron is convinced.

Representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and the EU discussed the long-term security obligations that the European Union is ready to offer to Ukraine.