NATO has stated that it will maintain its support for Ukraine and defend "every inch of Poland" in response to Russia's recent large-scale missile attacks on Ukraine.

The EU Council has added Russian diamond mining giant Alrosa, which accounts for over 90% of all Russian diamond production, and its CEO Pavel Marinichev to its sanctions list on 3 January.

Austria condemns Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and brutal attacks on civilian infrastructure, causing the Austrian Foreign Ministry to summon the Russian ambassador 10 times.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has expressed solidarity with Ukraine after Russia's large-scale missile attack on Ukrainian cities on 2 January.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has called for Russia and its President Vladimir Putin to be held accountable for Russia's large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on 2 January.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, has said in the wake of the new large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine on 2 January that Russia will be held accountable for its war crimes.

Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, commenting on the Russian large-scale missile attack on 2 January, has emphasised the importance of helping Ukraine to defend itself against Russian aggression.

In response to the Russian Federation's recent large-scale missile attack, President Edgars Rinkēvičs of Latvia emphasised the necessity of urgently providing help to Ukraine. 

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has urged Western partners to immediately give Ukraine more air defence systems following the large-scale Russian missile strike on 2 January.

Katarína Mathernová, EU ambassador in Ukraine, has stated after a new Russian large-scale attack on Ukrainian cities that Ukraine needs additional support, and Russian will be held accountable.

The Russian large-scale attack on Ukraine launched on the morning of 2 January violates international law and is a war crime.

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, is waiting for Western countries to react and take decisive measures after another large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on 2 January.

The vast majority of Germans do not expect Russia's war against Ukraine to end in 2024.

On 29 December, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba held a telephone conversation with Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, while being in the bomb shelter of the Foreign Ministry during the air-raid alarm. 

Poland’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has expressed solidarity and support for those affected by Russia's large-scale missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine on the night of 28-29 December.

The Polish Armed Forces General Staff has announced that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on Friday, 29 December.

Polish TV channel Polsat News, according to "unofficial information from military sources", said that an unknown object that violated Polish airspace on Friday, 29 December, was a Russian missile.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,said that the large-scale attacks on Ukrainian cities show that Vladimir Putin will not stop until he reaches his goals.

Poland's air defence forces have been put on high alert following an incident involving an unidentified object that entered the country from Ukraine.

Following a large-scale missile attack by Russia, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that Ukraine's air defence needs to be further strengthened.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said he would like the world to hear the sounds of the explosions that struck Ukraine on the morning of 29 December and that this should serve as an incentive for further financial and military support for Ukraine.

US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has responded to the large-scale missile attack by Russian occupation forces on a number of Ukrainian cities.

Interior Minister of Estonia Lauri Läänemets has clarified his previous statements regarding the likelihood of extraditing men of conscription age to Ukraine.

Any concessions to Russia will only lead to an expansion of aggression in the future, the Ukraine's Foreign Ministry is convinced.

Germany has identified the Russians suspected of targeting civilians in the village of Hostomel, including a German citizen, during Berlin's first investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.

Bridget Brink, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, has responded to the Russian bombardment of Kherson railway station and posted a picture of the train that took damage on the strike for her followers to see.

Grant Shapps, Minister of Defence of the UK, has stated that the strike on the large landing ship Novocherkassk in the port of Feodosiia, Crimea, disproves the claims about an alleged "stalemate" in Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he called the war against Ukraine a "special operation" [as the war against Ukraine is called in Russia – ed.] at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to provide further support to Ukraine so that it can conduct peace talks with Russia "under the best possible conditions".