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.

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.