Some Western countries were skeptical about Ukraine's chances of resistance before the full-scale invasion, but they changed their mind.

Members of the European Parliament have called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany to hand over the immediate deployment of modern weapons and an air defence system to Ukraine.

Latvia will transfer Stinger MANPADS, helicopters, machine guns with ammunition and UAVs to Ukraine.

Moldova's President Maia Sandu has called to help Ukraine win the war against Russia on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, is in favour of providing Ukraine with tanks, including other necessary types of weapons.

Residents of the EU countries are divided in their vision of the end of Russia's war against Ukraine: Austrians and Germans favour a quick end to the war, even at the cost of territorial loss for Ukraine. The Dutch, Portuguese and Polish heavily opposed this idea.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again offered his mediation between Ukraine and Russia to end the war.

The International Atomic Energy Agency expands its presence in Ukraine to help prevent a nuclear accident during the ongoing war.

This week, Ukraine will receive the first part of the macro-financial assistance package from the EU totaling €18 billion.

Andrii Melnyk, the Deputy Foreign Minister and former ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, has appealed to the German government with a proposal to transfer 93 Tornado fighter jets to Ukraine, which are still to be replaced by the F-35.

An expanded training programme for the Ukrainian military by American instructors has begun in Germany. 

Finland could donate some German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if a wider group of European nations also decided to do so.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) faction in the German Bundestag is insisting that Ukraine be supplied with Leopard 2 main battle tanks.

Chief Ombudsman of Türkiye Şeref Malkoç on Thursday announced the telephone conversation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with Ukrainian and Russian Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin.

Brussels has accelerated work on the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, with EU member state leaders wanting to adopt a new package before the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, scheduled for early February.

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.