The new U.S. military aid package for Ukraine will for the first time include radar-guided Sea Sparrow anti-air missiles that can be launched from the sea or on land to intercept aircraft or cruise missiles.
Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida in a phone call with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Tokyo will do its utmost to provide assistance to Ukraine.
One person was injured, residential buildings and a hospital were damaged as Russian invaders shelled Kurakhove and Kramatorsk in Donetsk region on the morning of January 5.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov advocates developing the Ukrainian military-industrial complex and believes that the weapons tested during the war unleashed by Russia will be highly valued in the markets in the future.
Germany announced a decision to send Marder IFVs and a Patriot battery to Ukraine. This became known after telephone conversations between U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on January 5.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the challenges at the front with Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez and informed him of Ukraine’s defense needs.
The Biden administration plans to announce in the near future a multibillion-dollar security assistance package to Ukraine, which will include Bradley armored fighting vehicles.
The overall line of threats and the front in Ukraine is 2,500 km, including potential threats from the Belarusian border, of which 1,200 km are tensest, and 800 km are particularly tense.
U.S. President Joe Biden commented on Russian president Putin's statement about the alleged announcement of a so-called ceasefire along the entire contact line in Ukraine on the occasion of Christmas.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov believes that there is no need to announce a new wave of mobilization in Ukraine yet, although the situation may change depending on the situation at the front.
The Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, has described Russia's call to cease fire and establish a Christmas truce as "lies and hypocrisy."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on concrete decisions to strengthen the defense of Ukraine and hold an international conference on demining.
The aircraft of the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched 18 strikes on the enemy on January 5, three of them on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian defenders also shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft and helicopter.