Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticised the Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS missiles for strikes on Russian territory, claiming this provokes escalation and undermines the possibility of "peace negotiations".

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius disclosed to the media his desire to transfer to Ukraine 4,000 drones equipped with artificial intelligence, which are capable of hitting targets at great distances.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has criticised the US decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike Russian territory.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius does not believe that the US approval for ATACMS missile strikes on Russian territory should affect Berlin's position on refusing to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a statement regarding "calls and meetings" with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in the midst of Russia's large-scale attacks on Ukrainian territories.

Wolfgang Büchner, a member of the German government, has said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is not ready to transfer long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine despite the US authorising ATACMS strikes on Russian territory.

The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the allocation of €8 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine and Moldova.

France commented on its readiness to grant Ukraine permission for long-range strikes deep into Russian territory.

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's leader, has commented on media reports about the peace plan proposed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to end the war Russia has waged against Ukraine.

Josep Borrell, European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs who will shortly leave office, has said EU countries must speed up the decision-making process to support Ukraine, which has previously taken "too long."

Foreign ministers of European Union countries will discuss the latest Russian large-scale missile strike on Ukraine, which largely targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has welcomed reports indicating that the United States has authorised Ukraine to use ATACMS long-range missiles to strike Russian territory.

French President Emmanuel Macron has conceded that he may have a telephone conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.

The Bloomberg news agency, citing sources, has reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is going to present his peace plan concerning Russia's war against Ukraine at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has commented on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's phone call to Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin, emphasising that the decision on such communications rests with Scholz.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has welcomed US President Joe Biden's decision, which, according to unofficial reports, allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles on the territory of Russia's Kursk Oblast.

The White House's decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with US long-range missiles applies exclusively to Kursk Oblast of Russia and is intended as a reaction to the involvement of North Korean troops in the war, Axios writes.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after his first conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in two years, has reached out to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The first in two years conversation between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian leader Vladimir Putin took place on the initiative of the former and in close coordination with other G7 countries and lasted about an hour.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has said during his visit to Oslo that Norway would finance the production of Ukrainian weapons and equipment and discussed a new form of cooperation.

The French military task force Champagne is completing its mission to train a new brigade named after Anna of Kyiv and consisting of several thousand Ukrainian soldiers [Anna of Kyiv was a princess of Kyivan Rus who became Queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I – ed.].

A Ukrainian sailor who attempted to sink a €7 million yacht in Mallorca owned by Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev continues to serve in the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Lithuania is studying Ukraine's experience in organising mobilisation, recruitment and training of military personnel in wartime.

Europe has issued a final appeal to the Biden administration to strengthen US support for Ukraine in order to bolster Kyiv's position ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.

The Office of the Polish President (OP) has released an infographic showing that the country has allocated 4.91% of its GDP to help Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has expressed confidence that US President-elect Donald Trump understands the importance of US membership in NATO.

Michael Waltz, a likely national security advisor in the future administration of newly elected US President, believes that Donald Trump aims to bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has expressed confidence that US President-elect Donald Trump will not allow Russia to destroy Ukraine, as he respects the money of American taxpayers.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday (13 November), has said he is "cautiously optimistic" after discussing the possibility of long-range strikes against Russia.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that he touched upon the possibility of supplying Soviet MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.