Responding to journalists' questions about the country's possible participation in operations to stabilize the situation in the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev noted that a clear understanding of the type of operation and the potential mandate is essential for making a decision.

Commenting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appeal to his American counterpart, Donald Trump, to kidnap the head of Chechnya, the latter accused the Ukrainian leader of cowardice. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, "Zelenskyy cowardly hinted that he wouldn't mind standing by and watching from a safe distance as someone else punishes his offender," rather than threatening to do so himself.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that on January 5, nine industrial generators of varying capacity, valued at over $553,000, allocated by the Georgian government to support Ukrainian regions affected by Russian aggression, were handed over to the authorized representative of the Sumy Military Administration.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed that the US apply the same measures to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov as were applied to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in order to "make Putin think twice."