President Joe Biden says the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine.

Washington plans to announce US$500 million worth of weapons and ammunition for Kyiv on 9 January during the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Source: European Pravda,

The disgraced former FBI informant who falsely accused President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden of taking a $10 million bribe from Ukraine was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison, according to court records.

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he can "understand the Russians' feelings" about Joe Biden allegedly breaking a "deal" to deny Ukraine NATO membership. Source: Trump at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on 7 January,

JUST IN: Donald Trump blamed the U.S. for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming it was due to U.S. support for Ukraine’s NATO membership. He also repeated the Kremlin lie that the U.S. sabotaged a deal between Ukraine and Russia. What a fuc*ing traitor pic.twitter.com/wgh85Mo0Tn

Russia's advances in Ukraine over the past week plummeted to levels last seen in July, according to an analysis by an independent investigative Russian news outlet. Newsweek has contacted the Russian government for comment via email.