The Kremlin says it welcomes the US-Iran ceasefire and hopes it will allow Washington to resume three-way peace talks on Ukraine, while Kyiv continues to push for a reciprocal truce with Moscow

As the Ukraine war entered its fifth year, Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s backing of Kyiv, while diplomatic tensions within the EU and stalled negotiations overshadowed the anniversary

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a Ukrainian delegation is traveling to the U.S. to discuss security guarantees and a post-war recovery package, aiming to finalize agreements on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos next week

Cyprus begins its six-month EU leadership with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy attending, signaling continued European backing for Kyiv amid Russia’s ongoing invasion

Russian FM Sergei Lavrov said Ukrainian forces attacked the Russian president’s state residence with no less than 91 long-range drones overnight on Monday

From talks with Russia and Ukraine, the framework aims to secure Ukraine’s sovereignty, security guarantees, and economic recovery, while addressing disputed territory, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and humanitarian concerns

Leaders advance on security guarantees while territorial disputes in Donbas and the future of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remain unresolved, with temporary ceasefire proposals rejected by both the U.S. and Russia

The Ukrainian leader says key drafts on a peace framework and security guarantees are nearly complete, as territorial disputes and pressure on Russia top the agenda ahead of a potential breakthrough before the New Year

Ukraine’s president calls for a leaders-level meeting with Donald Trump to address unresolved territorial disputes and finalize a 20-point peace framework with U.S. and European support

EU diplomats report progress on financing Ukraine with immobilized Russian sovereign assets, though key legal and financial risk-sharing decisions are set for a crucial leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday

Around 90% of the outstanding issues between Russia and Ukraine have now been agreed, the BBC reports

The freezing of the Russian state assets by the European Union clears the way for borrowing against the assets to help finance Ukraine’s defence.

President Zelenskiy says Washington proposed a “free economic zone” in Ukraine-held parts of Donbas as part of a broader peace framework, but territorial concessions remain the core obstacle in talks with Russia

Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Friday dismissed the previous day's 'warning-cum threat' by Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who took offense with Athens' interest in producing UMVs with Ukraine

Washington has warned it may limit intelligence and weapons supplies unless Kyiv agrees to a U.S.-brokered peace framework by next week, sources say, marking the toughest pressure yet on Ukraine since the war began

'Threats against sovereign states are automatically rejected', diplomatic sources in Athens later responded