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".

Ukraine received a €150 million non-refundable grant from the EU on 20 December 2023 to rebuild critical facilities destroyed by Russian aggression. The second tranche of €100 million is expected in the first quarter of 2024.

The White House has differentiated between the victims of Russia's aggressive war in Ukraine and Israel’s military operation against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.

France and the UK will support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion "for as long as it takes", and it is important that President Vladimir Putin is defeated.

The United Kingdom will use its naval expertise to help Ukraine control the Black Sea as part of a 10-year security pact to be signed in the next few weeks.

The US Senate and Congress in general are unlikely to pass new border security restrictions by the end of the year, which are crucial for the allocation of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.

The European Union plans to approve its 12th package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, 18 December, Politico reports, citing an unnamed European diplomat.

Vadym Prystaiko, the former Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, has claimed that the UK is one of the countries that, in the event of a "catastrophic development of the war" in Ukraine, could send its armed forces there.

Leaders of several EU countries have assured reporters they will be able to reach an agreement on a €50 billion financial support programme for Ukraine, with Hungary's vote included, in January 2024.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania has summoned the Russian ambassador in Bucharest, Valery Kuzmin, after a Russian drone crashed on Romanian territory.

On behalf of the European Union, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell has strongly condemned Russia's plans to hold pseudo-presidential elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine on 15-17 March 2024.

The US Congress is unlikely to approve an additional funding package for Ukraine before Christmas, even if the two parties reach a deal in the coming days that includes it, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has said.