French journalists covering the events in Ukraine filmed the missile attack in Kramatorsk on 2 January during a live broadcast in the studio.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has held her first phone conversation of the new year with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that she is looking forward to visiting Ukraine again soon.

Matti Maasikas, the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, does not see a threat of a reduction in support for Ukraine from EU countries. 

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, stated that Russia's missile attack on Ukrainian cities indicates the need to expel it from the UN Security Council.

Maia Sandu, the President of Moldova, has said she sees no way to maintain constructive relations with Russia after everything the Kremlin has done to Ukraine.

Ukraine's NATO accession is considered by the majority of Ukrainian citizens to be the best option for guaranteeing national security after Russian aggression.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken on the phone 352 times with the heads of other states or international organisations from February 24 to December 28.

After the recent missile attack launched by the Russian Federation, Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has called it barbarism and pointed out that a neutral stance on this war looked strange.

The decree of the President of the Russian Federation, which approves simplified procedures for leaving Ukrainian citizenship and acquiring Russian citizenship, is contemptible and shows Russia's unwillingness to negotiate.

British Intelligence has reported that Russia is likely to make holding the front line near Kreminna its priority, given the importance of this area for logistics support for its troops in Donbas.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni.

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commented on the latest statements of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine will end if the US stops assisting Kyiv with weapons.

The government of Ukraine aims to hold the previously announced "peace formula" summit proposed by Kyiv by the end of February 2023, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres being considered as the mediator.

The Ukrainian delegation to the USA under the leadership of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will ask Washington to supply Ukraine with ATACMS, Grey Eagle and Reaper UAVs. 

Congressional leadership is working on the rapid introduction of a bill condemning Russia as an "Aggressor State." Still, they do not aim at designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.

US President Joe Biden will announce a significant new package worth nearly $2 billion of security aid for Ukraine at a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington, which will include a Patriot missile battery.

Following the order of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, and in conjunction with the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the Ukrainian energetic company Ukrenergo and other profile institutions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine continues to actively engage the partners’ equipment into restoring the energetic system.

The head of the Information and Security Service of Moldova, Alexandru Mustiata, believes that Russia may invade Moldova in 2023 but this will depend on the events in Ukraine.

Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, has stated that Kyiv welcomes the transparency and accountability of American assistance to Ukrainian to fight against a full-scale Russian invasion.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has resorted to threats to Greece after its authorities had expressed their readiness to hand over S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine if American Patriot systems are placed on Crete.

The UK government has announced hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition for Ukraine.

The first shipment of emergency repair equipment for energy infrastructure arrived in Ukraine from the United States.

A journalist of the ICTV Facts [a daily information and analytical programme on Ukrainian television – ed.] TV programme has filmed a video from a plane, showing explosions that occurred due to the recent Russian attack on Ukraine.

A "gift from Ukraine" has exploded in the building of the Main Police Directorate of Poland. General Jarosław Szymczyk, the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Police, was hospitalised as a result of the explosion.

US citizen Suedi Murekezi, who was detained by the Russian invaders in occupied Kherson in June, has been released from captivity and brought back to the territory controlled by Ukraine.

Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview with a French TV channel, did not give a direct answer to the question about whether Ukraine had to preemptively strike military targets in Russia to defend itself more effectively.

Ukraine will make its own decisions when it is ready to negotiate with Russia on war's end.

Slovakia aims to start preparations for handing over its jets in the upcoming weeks.