Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Ukraine without public announcements and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lviv on Wednesday.

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, has stated that the battles for Soledar and Bakhmut show how important it is to strengthen military support for Ukraine in the war against Russia.

Krišjānis Kariņš, the Latvian Prime Minister, has announced the possible transfer of another batch of Stinger MANPADS to Ukraine.

Annalena Baerbock, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, arrived in Kharkiv on Tuesday, 10 January, with an unannounced visit.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, believes that the partners should hand over Western-style battle tanks to Ukraine if it requests them.

Alexander Volfovich, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, has called Polish plans to deploy a new division near the borders with Belarus "an aggressive step".

Georgia has repeatedly voiced its position on handing over weapons to Ukraine, such as Buk missile systems and Javelin anti-tank systems.

A spokesman of the German government has stated that Berlin currently does not plan to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

Ukraine could receive some German Leopard tanks from Poland.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of the occupation of Donbas and will announce it on January 25.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had a phone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Germany will supply Ukraine with around 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles within the first three months of 2023 as part of a new phase of support coordinated with the US.

Following Germany's promise to hand over Marder BMPs to Ukraine to counter the Russian invasion, ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) MP Nils Schmid has revealed their number on the air of rbb24 Inforadio and when exactly Ukraine receives the vehicles.

The announcement by France, Germany and the USA regarding the provision of new arms to Ukraine, specifically Western-style armoured vehicles, has demonstrated that the time of taboo regarding the supply of arms from the country’s allies is over.

On Thursday, 5 January, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, that Russia is open to dialogue over Ukraine, but Kyiv must take into account "new territorial realities".

Russia's head of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin has threatened Germany with expropriation measures should the West use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone.

Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, announced during the phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, that France will provide Ukraine with AMX-10 RC armoured personnel carriers, which are also classified as wheeled tanks.

Hervé Bléjean, the Director General of the European Union Military Staff, stated that Russia had lost 60% of the total reserve of military tanks during his speech in front of members of the National Assembly of France in November 2022. 

Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba has said that the next Ramstein meeting on defence assistance of Ukraine will take place soon.

The American Patriot air defence system will be deployed in Ukraine as soon as possible. Preparations for the transfer of these systems have already begun.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte have had the first phone conversation of the year.

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.