KYIV, Jan 16 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos on Tuesday to discuss the further defense cooperation between their countries.

KYIV, Jan 16 – Ukraine's Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development has fulfilled all obligations taken to meet the demands of the protesters who blocked the Ukrainian-Polish border, the ministry reported on Tuesday after a conversation between Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Infrastructure of Poland Dariusz Klimczak.

DAVOS, Jan 17 – The coming year 2024 will be more difficult than the past, important tasks in it are filling the budget with taxes, maintaining internal unity, including to maintain external support, and readiness for anti-crisis measures in the event of a reduction or irregularity of such external support, believes president of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Tymofiy Mylovanov.

KYIV, Jan 17 – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would head to Ukraine in February to finalize a bilateral security guarantee deal under which Paris would deliver more sophisticated weaponry, including long-range cruise missiles, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 - President Joe Biden hosted top congressional leaders at the White House to underscore Ukraine’s security needs as it continues to fight Russia’s nearly two-year-old invasion, hoping to add momentum to efforts to pass $110 billion in stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.

BERLIN, Jan 17 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday he will appoint a regional official as the new defense minister following the resignation of the much-criticized Christine Lambrecht.

DNIPRO, Jan 17 - The death toll from the Ukraine war’s deadliest attack on civilians at one location since last spring reached 45 at an apartment building a Russian missile blasted in the southeastern city of Dnipro, officials said Tuesday.

DAVOS, Jan 17 - Ukraine’s first lady on Tuesday pressed world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering to do more to help her country at a time when Russia’s invasion is leaving children dying and the world struggling with food insecurity.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday that his country plans to “join” the U.S. and Germany’s efforts to train and arm Ukraine with advanced Patriot defense systems.

KYIV, Jan 17 - The top U.S. military officer, Army Gen. Mark Milley, traveled to a site near the Ukraine-Poland border on Tuesday and talked with his Ukrainian counterpart face to face for the first time — a meeting underscoring the growing ties between the two militaries and coming at a critical time as Russia’s war with Ukraine nears the one-year mark.