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Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, commenting on the Russian large-scale missile attack on 2 January, has emphasised the importance of helping Ukraine to defend itself against Russian aggression.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov has reacted to Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine by calling on the world to provide Kyiv with more weapons to eliminate Russian aggression.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed the recent Russian mass missile attack on Ukraine, Pentagon Press Secretary Pete Raider said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Dec. 29.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has stressed the need to provide Ukraine with all support to combat Russian aggression. Source: European Pravda, citing his post on Twitter (X). This is how Nausėda commented on Russia's large-scale missile strike on Ukraine, with numerous casualties and injuries: "For all those saying they are tired of war in Ukraine - a reminder by the terrorist Russia that there's no limit to its brutality and thirst for blood," the Lithuani...

The United States has proposed that working groups from G7 explore ways to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 28.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko was responding to a comment from German lawmaker Michael Kretschmer, the head of the state of Saxony, who suggested that the Ukrainian government temporarily give up territory in exchange for a ceasefire with Russia.

Any concessions to Russia will only lead to an expansion of aggression in the future, the Ukraine's Foreign Ministry is convinced. Source: European Pravda, with reference to Oleh Nikolenko, the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, who commented on the words of the Prime Minister of Saxony that it is time for Ukraine to think about concessions for the sake of truce.

A bill on the mobilization of conscripts will be registered in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, in the "coming days," Defense Minister Rustem Umerov told Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne in a Dec. 24 interview. Umerov said the bill would change the approaches to mobilization in Ukraine to make sure that society does not see conscription as "punishment."

The Russians opened fire in Kherson Oblast 88 times on 23 December, firing 425 projectiles from mortars, artillery, Grad multiple-launch rocket systems, tanks, ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns, UAVs and aircraft, including two missiles.

Two volunteers and photographer Vlada Liberova were wounded by Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast on the afternoon of 22 December. Source: Prosecutor General's Office; Vlada Liberova's Instagram account Quote: "According to the investigation, on the afternoon of 22 December, enemy troops fired on a section of the road in the Pokrovsk district.