The Minister of Defense of the Italian Republic, Hon. Guido Crosetto has arrived in Bulgaria to send his greetings and wishes for the Christmas holidays to the Italian military presence in the country

Olena Zelenska, First lady of Ukraine, shared letters written by Ukrainian kids to Saint Nicolas. A girl named Nicola Evelinka wrote, "Saint Nicholas, bring warriors weapons, clothes, food to make them warm"

Moldova temporarily shut down six Russian TV channels due to "misinformation" about the country and the conflict in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that France would help Ukraine by giving an additional €76.5 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the domains of electricity and energy. He also underlined that the nation has already received €200 million in 2022 to rebuild the energy infrastructure that Russian airstrikes had obliterated.

According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the crisis in Ukraine may result in war between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance

Anton Gerashchenko, a former deputy minister of internal affairs for Ukraine, posted a video in which President Vladimir Putin explains why Russia attacked multiple Ukrainian energy infrastructures with missiles and left the targets in the dark

Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, outlined two conditions for beginning a "complete peace discussion" with Russia

On December 4, the Ukrainian military declared that it had shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the Russian attack helicopter was sent to strike a Ukrainian frontline position near Svatove before it was seen and shot down