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22 December 2025
A working group is being formed in the Verkhovna Rada to promptly examine the issue of potentially holding presidential elections in Ukraine under martial law.
Following Andriy Yermak's dismissal from the post of Head of the Office of the President, his aides and advisers were also dismissed. However, Serhii Leshchenko, Mykhailo Podolyak, and Oleksandr Bevz were transferred to other positions within the Office of the President.
Witkoff said that “Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine” and highly values U.S. efforts to resolve the conflict.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, during which the two leaders discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine and efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace.
Cyprus will continue to support Ukraine during its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins on January 1, 2026.
Authorized delegations from South Korea and Russia recently held closed-door talks in Moscow on North Korea’s nuclear program and other pressing regional security issues.
21 December 2025
At a meeting in the U.S.–Ukraine format, the parties worked through a 20-point plan; aligned positions on a multilateral framework agreement on security guarantees and on a bilateral security guarantees agreement from the United States; and continued work on an economic development plan.
The main goal of security guarantees for Ukraine is to ensure that it never again becomes a victim of an attack.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced new support packages for Ukraine, sanctions decisions, and personnel changes in the near future.
The Ukrainian negotiation team in Florida is carefully reviewing each point of the documents on ending the war, security guarantees, and Ukraine’s reconstruction, while also discussing possible timelines for various decisions.
The decision by European Union leaders to support Ukraine with €90 billion is a financial security guarantee for everyone in Ukraine.
If Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin rejects a peace agreement, then U.S. President Donald Trump should provide Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike military factories on Russian territory.
Russia is actively spreading false narratives in the United States about the religious situation in Ukraine, attempting to maintain influence over some Orthodox Ukrainians, portray Ukraine as hostile to American values, and weaken Congressional support.
Russian forces are no different from Islamic State terrorists after forcibly deporting 50 civilians from the village of Hrabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy region to Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov together with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Hnatov, will hold another round of security consultations with the U.S. side. The Ukrainian delegation expects further progress and tangible outcomes.
Director of the US Office of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has refuted a recent Reuters report that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has not changed his military goals of capturing all of Ukraine in four years of full-scale war.
Ukraine's Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal discussed the continuation of cooperation in the defense sector and Ukraine's priority needs to protect people and critical infrastructure during a meeting in Kyiv with Portugal's Minister of Defense Nuno Melo.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, following a conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, said that Norway will help Ukraine strengthen its energy resilience.
Japan and five Central Asian countries have agreed to develop a transport route to Europe bypassing Russia to ensure stable supplies of critical minerals and energy resources.
The Dutch government has prepared a bill on a nationwide ban on wearing clothing that covers the face during demonstrations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States can maintain close ties with Japan and continue productive cooperation with China, even amid growing tensions between Asia's two largest economies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not changed his war aims in Ukraine over four years of full-scale war, according to U.S. intelligence assessments.
20 December 2025
Ukraine does not have sufficient financial resources to independently maintain Armed Forces of 800,000 personnel, which is why Kyiv views partner funding as part of its security guarantees.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro discussed energy security and expanding economic cooperation, including opening both countries’ markets to mutual trade, during a meeting.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that partners have begun to “hold back” missiles intended for Ukrainian air defense systems due to Russia's intimidation of Europe with drones.
The American side proposed holding a trilateral meeting at the level of security advisors between Ukraine, the US, and Russia.
Ukraine has conveyed its vision on the issues of territories, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), and financing for reconstruction to the US side and is awaiting the results of discussions between the US and Russia.
A senior NATO official expressed cautious optimism that the Czech Republic may continue its initiative to supply large-caliber ammunition to Ukraine from global manufacturers, despite the recent change of government in Prague.
Recently, Russia has carried out at least 145 incidents that, according to Western officials, are part of a campaign of destabilization in Europe orchestrated by Russia.
Japan will provide additional $6 billion in financial aid to Ukraine in 2026.