Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka will summon Ukraine’s ambassador Vasyl Zvarych, to explain his reaction to the New Year’s address by Tomio Okamura, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.

Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has commented on the situation in Venezuela, stating that “the use of force is normalized.”

President Volodymyr Zelensky held interviews today with candidates for the posts of heads of regional state administrations in Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Ternopil and Chernivtsi regions.

In the Sumy region, Russian forces deliberately attacked civilians, injuring a 54-year-old man.

Yurii Mihashko, a director of television projects for the Starlight Production media group, was killed on the Sumy sector of the front.

Trump seems to believe he makes the rules and others cannot have the same privileges.

Since the beginning of the day, 95 combat clashes have occurred along the entire front line. Fighting is ongoing in six directions, with the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole directions being the most intense.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday, January 4, that a Serbian oil refinery owned by Russia and under U.S. sanctions will resume operations on January 17 or 18 after receiving a temporary license.

A fault with radio communications caused air traffic controllers to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures.

In Sumy, a hit by a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle on civilian infrastructure has been recorded.