On January 12, President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with the negotiating team after contacts with the American delegation. He instructed to finalize a security guarantees agreement with the US and now expects a response from Russia. Donald Trump reiterated that Zelensky has no winning cards and questioned the effectiveness of Russian air defense systems in Venezuela.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, during a meeting with India's PM Narendra Modi, backed India's cooperation with Russia, noting that reducing imports of Russian energy resources is currently impossible for India. Meanwhile, Moscow reported record arms orders valued at $70 billion.
China publicly condemned US intentions to seize Greenland for security reasons. The President of Lithuania announced readiness to send Lithuanian peacekeepers to Ukraine after the war’s end.
Moldova continues to block supply routes for Russian troops in Transnistria, and President Maia Sandu expressed potential support for unification with Romania. This event has been actively discussed in European and Russian Telegram channels.
Britain is preparing a legal framework to detain tankers of Russia's "shadow fleet". In Iran, military jammers temporarily disabled Starlink for the first time, and the European Parliament has banned Iranian diplomats. Trump reported US preparations for a military operation in Iran.
Emergency heating outages continue in Kyiv following Russian attacks on infrastructure. The Pope has called on Russia to stop the strikes. Ukraine's parliament did not support the resignation of SBU head Vasyl Maliuk, but the issue remains under consideration.
