Situation Reports

Ukraine's allies, representing the "Coalition of the Willing," agreed in Paris, France, to extend multilayered international security guarantees as part of a U.S.-brokered peace proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, AP reported on Jan. 6.

U.S. government officials have outlined to Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez that Washington's main priorities for Caracas are fighting drug trafficking, removing from the country operatives from Iran, Cuba and other nations hostile to the United States, and halting the shipment of oil to U.S. adversaries, Politico reported on Jan. 5.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is in Shanghai with a business delegation following a Jan. 5 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in which they discussed technology and cultural goods exchanges and their shared history of fighting for independence from Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported on Jan. 6.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Jan. 6 that it was banning all exports of items on its list of dual-use goods to "Japanese military users, for military purposes, and for any other end-user purposes that could enhance Japan's military capabilities."

The Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera was reelected in the Dec. 28, 2025, presidential election with 76.15% of the vote, according to provisional results announced by the electoral commission and reported by Jeune Afrique on Jan. 6.

The United Kingdom's government is preparing legislation to establish a legal framework for closer alignment with the European Union as part of Labour's promised post-Brexit "reset" of relations with the bloc, The Guardian reported on Jan. 6, citing British officials.

Colombian government officials sent a message to the U.S. government saying the country would continue to cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking, Reuters reported on Jan. 5.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar visited Somaliland for the first time since Israel recognized Somaliland as an independent country on Dec. 27, 2025, Reuters reported on Jan. 6.

On Jan. 5, a Thai soldier was injured by shrapnel after a mortar round landed in Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani province, with Thai authorities accusing Cambodia of breaching the two countries' Dec. 27, 2025, ceasefire as a result, the Bangkok Post reported the next day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the dismissal of Vasyl Maliuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, Reuters reported on Jan. 5.