Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement, believes that the first and thirty-first chapters in the negotiations on Ukraine's EU membership could be opened in 2025. Source: Kos on Tuesday in Brussels at a meeting of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee,

Energy Minister Herman] Halushchenko didn’t even face questions because the Verkhovna Rada (VR) Speaker barred MPs from asking him anything. A minister, appointed by the VR, comes to Parliament, and lawmakers are not allowed to ask,

Ukraine on Friday received €3 billion ($3.1 billion) from the European Commission as part of a major aid package pledged by the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies. The G7 and the European Union aim to provide Ukraine with a loan of $50 billion,

"We are continuing negotiations on joint customs and border control on the border with the EU. We expect first results this year. The European Commission is currently assessing our potential agreement with Poland. After agreeing on technical issues, we will be able to use this developed model for our other EU neighbors," Shmyhal said.

The European Commission canceled negotiations on gas transit through Ukraine, which were scheduled for January 7, due to the absence of Ukrainian representatives. This was announced by the Office of the Government of Slovakia,

The European Union is allocating an additional 140 million euros ($143 million) in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, the European Commission said in a statement on Jan. 13.

If they are deployed, it's "very unlikely" that European troops would be stationed along the frontline itself, said Kyiv Independent. They'd more likely be "further back", acting as a so-called "tripwire force", to make any further Russian aggression in Ukraine "immediately come at the cost of direct conflict with Nato".

The British prime minister’s visit to Kyiv, his first since taking office in July, caps a week of hurried diplomatic activity by Ukraine’s NATO allies, keen to prove their commitment as uncertainty hangs over the incoming Trump administration.

A meeting between Slovak, Ukrainian and European Commission officials over gas supplies planned for Tuesday has been cancelled because Kyiv will not participate, Slovakia said on Monday.

Tensions between Ukraine and Hungary over the war with Russia and the expired gas transit deal continue to increase online.

On December 18, Zelensky met with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte in Brussels to discuss enhancing air defense for Ukraine and ensuring the sustainability of peace. In the following days, he met with top EU officials in Brussels to discuss the importance of Western efforts to achieve a "just peace."

Ukraine has received the first tranche of €3 billion from the amount allocated by the European Union for a joint loan from the G7 to Ukraine, which will be repaid using proceeds from frozen Russian assets.