Details of the release of the schoolchildren are still unclear and 165 people remain unaccounted for.

The Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, under which NATO member states finance the purchase of weapons for Ukraine, requires USD 15 billion per year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has neither the legal nor the moral right to cede its territories to Russia. The United States is working to find a compromise that will satisfy both sides.

Trump v Slaughter, heard by the top court on Monday, is a case that could have major implications for the independence of some federal agencies.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that today, during negotiations in London with the leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany and France, they discussed diplomatic work with the American side and coordinated a joint position.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov stated that the task of the Ukrainian delegation in the United States was to obtain from the American side full information regarding their conversation in Moscow, as well as all drafts of current peace proposals.

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the main task now is to align the positions of European countries and Ukraine with those of the United States in order to finalize peace negotiations on the best possible terms for Ukraine.

Russian occupiers carried out a massive FPV-drone attack on the Kostobobriv forestry of the Novhorod-Siverskyi forestry district of the Specialized Forest Enterprise (SFE), causing damage.

In November, Russia lost its position as the largest supplier of oil to China, overtaken by Saudi Arabia, Oman and Angola.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has decided to accept for consideration Russia’s counterclaims against Ukraine under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, rejecting Ukraine’s objections to the inadmissibility of Russia’s claims.