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16 December 2024
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the EU partners for the 15th sanctions package against the Russian Federation, specifically for the sanctions targeting the shadow tanker fleet that Russia uses to finance its aggression against Ukraine.
The United Kingdom is focused on putting the Ukrainians in the strongest possible position going into 2025.
Ukraine's foreign policy efforts next year will be even more intense. Ukraine is strengthening its diplomatic team because the coming year must become a time for establishing lasting peace.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed surprise by the statement made by an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, suggesting that Belarus allegedly seeks a "seat at the table of peace negotiations" in order to ensure certain "security guarantees."
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has urged Hungary to cease "immoral manipulations" regarding peace and Christmas, and to refrain from unilateral contacts with the aggressor state.
Russian propaganda is shifting its primary narrative from the topic of "mobilization in Ukraine," which dominated discussions over the past one-and-a-half years, to focusing on "peace talks and concessions from Ukraine."
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk reminded the head of the Platform for Life and Peace parliamentary group, Yuriy Boyko, ex-minister in the Viktor Yanukovych era, that it is Russian leader Vladimir Putin who is responsible for the violence in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin's victory in the war would jeopardize European security so Germany, together with its partners, should help Ukraine, but not allow itself to be drawn into the war.
The Council of the EU on Monday, December 16, agreed the first sanction listings in response to destabilizing activities against the EU, its member states, and partners.
The Netherlands does not rule out the possibility of deploying an EU peacekeeping mission to Ukraine without the unanimous approval of all member states, should a ceasefire agreement be reached.
It is too early to discuss the possibility of a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reminded Slovakia’s President that territorial concessions to an aggressor during World War II “did not turn out well” nor did they bring peace.
The EU's Foreign Affairs Council will address the issue of Ukraine in the context of the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, under the auspices of French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to the first European Council summit on December 19 following the election of its new president, marking a strong signal of unity between Ukraine and the EU member states.
The European Council has adopted the 15th package of sanctions against Russia, which was previously agreed at the level of the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER).
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, discussing global challenges, including the need to increase military support for Ukraine.
South Korean Police on Sunday arrested the current and former chiefs of the Defense Intelligence Command in the ongoing probe into martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The future national security adviser to the Donald Trump administration in the U.S., Mike Waltz, said the team could consider proposals by the Hungarian prime minister for a "Christmas truce", stopping short of any details of the matter.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany has ruled out any possibility of transferring Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine in its election program.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sunday that it is necessary to move from freezing Russian assets to seizing them.
15 December 2024
Ukraine is coordinating with its partners and the Syrian side regarding food assistance to Syria within the framework of the Grain from Ukraine program.
Every time Russian authorities raise the issue of a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine, they are lying.
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova has reported receiving numerous messages from pranksters and malicious actors pretending to be U.S. government officials.
14 December 2024
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with a U.S. delegation headed by Ambassador-at-Large of the State Department Nathaniel Fick, and the main topic was cybersecurity.
Current president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, joined the protest on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, where demonstrators gathered after the Electoral College declared Mikheil Kavelashvili the "president" of the country.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during a virtual meeting of G7 leaders on Friday, called for ramping up economic pressure on Russia and increasing military support to Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to organize food supplies to Syria in cooperation with international partners.
13 December 2024
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that war and intimidation are what keeps Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on the throne.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has received almost EUR 4 billion security support from the Netherlands.