President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed government officials to do everything necessary to maintain the stability of the unified European energy system amid threats from Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for further EU sanctions against Russia's "shadow fleet" after an underwater electricity cable was damaged near Finland.
Eighty-two combat clashes have occurred on the front lines since the beginning of the day, with fighting currently ongoing in eight sectors and the fiercest fighting reported on the Pokrovsk and Lyman axes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky extended his condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the tragic crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, offering Ukraine's full support in this situation.
Slovakia's threats to cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine could cost the country at least $200 million annually, an amount Ukraine currently pays for electricity imports.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided Ukraine with EUR 55 million for the restoration of 151 social infrastructure facilities in the coming year.
Ukraine has received liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States for the first time through a terminal in Greece, marking a strategic step, said Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
On the night of December 27, an explosion in Russia’s Moscow region destroyed wagons of a freight train that were used to supply logistics for the Russian forces.
Border guards from the RUBPAK Phoenix unit of the Pomsta (Revenge) brigade successfully repelled a Russian assault near the village of Kurdiumivka in Donetsk region.