Here is the key information from the last 24 hours:
– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Thursday that he had visited his troops near the front line in the southern region of Zaporizhia, where Ukraine suspects Russia of preparing to launch an offensive.
– The Kremlin said Thursday that Hungarian leader Viktor Orban had offered Vladimir Putin the day before a Christmas truce in Ukraine and an exchange of prisoners with kyiv, which for its part denied having discussed this offer with Budapest.
– The Kremlin affirmed Thursday that the Russian army would respond “obligatorily” to the Ukrainian attack the day before, carried out according to Moscow against a Russian military airfield using American ATACMS missiles.
– The heads of diplomacy of six European countries and the EU reaffirmed their support for Ukraine on its path towards NATO membership, also believing that “peace in Ukraine and security in Europe are inseparable”.
– The Russian threat is approaching us “at high speed”, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday, for whom Europe must spend “much more” for its defense.
– Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he “discussed” with French President Emmanuel Macron the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, in the event of a truce or peace established in this country.
– Donald Trump said he was “strongly opposed” to Ukraine’s use of American long-range missiles in Russia, while promising not to abandon kyiv, in an article published Thursday by “Time” magazine.
