sent by Marta Serafini to Kyiv and Redazione Online
The news of Monday 26 December live. Russia on Sunday launched more than 10 rocket attacks on the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region, bombed more than 25 towns along the Kupyansk-Lyman front line and hit nearly 20 towns in Zaporizhia. Moscow: Ready to reopen Yamal gas pipeline to Europe
• The war in Ukraine reached the 305th day.
• According to Erdongan, the West provokes and does not seek mediation.
• Massacre in Kherson on Christmas Eve: 16 civilians killed.
• Putin: We are willing to negotiate, they are not. Kyiv – fake.
• Bucha, the faces and names of the victims: their last hours.
10:08 am – Forty attacks on Christmas Day
Russia launched more than 40 rocket attacks on Ukraine on Christmas Day. This was reported by the Kyiv Armed Forces, emphasizing that just yesterday Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to negotiate. Dozens of cities in the Lugansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions are under attack by Moscow’s troops, Kie specified, reporting that his army fired on about twenty Russian targets.
10:00 – A Swiss artist illuminates Kyiv
From our correspondent
Kyiv – The Ukrainian capital is suffering from power shortages due to the war sparked by the Russian invasion. Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter tried to bring a bit of light and color into the city and spent two days illuminating the city’s historic and most important buildings. 
Hofstetter moved with a crew of four and its own power generator. The route of the illumination tour was not announced in advance for safety reasons. Projections of Christmas motifs and other images – such as portraits of the dead and doves of peace on the facade of the Church of Sant’Andrea – could be seen from sunset until curfew. The images are streamed live to reach the soldiers at the front, but also the homes and shelters of the rest of the population. According to Hofstetter, who became famous for his spectacular projections on iconic places on earth like the Matterhorn, the Swiss embassy in Kyiv supported the project by taking care of the on-site logistics.
Martha Seraphim
08:47 – Informal CSI Summit in St. Petersburg
An informal summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a group of former Soviet republics that also includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is scheduled for today in St. Petersburg. A meeting at which – according to the Belarusian news agency Belta – the heads of state will analyze what happened in 2022 and discuss plans to strengthen cooperation. The first to arrive was Belarusian President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, who arrived in Russia on Saturday, immediately after Vladimir Putin’s visit to Minsk.
08:43 – Belarus deploys Iskander missiles and S-400 systems
Belarus has deployed Iskander tactical missile systems capable of carrying nuclear warheads and S-400 air defense systems supplied by Russia. This was announced by a senior Defense Ministry official in Minsk Leonid Kasinsky, emphasizing that the Belarusian military completed their training at the joint training centers of the Russian and Belarusian armed forces. These types of weapons are active today and fully ready to perform tasks for their intended purpose. The news follows Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Minsk on December 19 amid fears of a widening conflict in Ukraine with the opening of a new front.
08:39 – Medvedev: Any dialogue with the leadership is useless
All talks with the current Ukrainian puppet administration have become absolutely useless. This was stated by the Deputy President of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, and condemned the West’s support for Kyiv with arms, military training and economic aid.
07:56 – Moscow: No normal relations with the West for a decade
Russia could forget normal relations with the West for a decade and wait for the next generation of sensible politicians to come to power. This was stated by Deputy President of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, stressing that this was not Moscow’s decision. We will build relationships with the rest of the world. Fortunately extensive and treated us normally.
07:40 – Moscow: Ready to reopen the Yamal gas pipeline to Europe
Moscow is ready to resume supplies to Poland through the Yamal gas pipeline, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told the TASS news agency. The European market remains relevant and we have chances to get the flow back, Novak said, noting in particular the Yamal pipeline. In May, Warsaw had rejected the Kremlin’s dictate to pay in rubles, and Gazprom had turned off the Yamal’s taps. Novak said there is a possibility of adding deliveries via Turkey and that Russia sent 21 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to Europe in 2022.
06:36 – Kuleba, we ask Moscow to leave the UN Security Council
Ukraine plans to request Russia’s exclusion from the UN Security Council today, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said yesterday. Tomorrow we will officially declare our position. We have a very simple question: does Russia have the right to remain a permanent member of the Security Council and to be part of the UN? Kuleba said late at night during a nationally televised Christmas marathon.
We have a convincing and reasoned answer: No, it hasn’t, he said. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister reminded that the issue of Russia’s permanent seat on the UN Security Council – which is also occupied by the United States, the United Kingdom, France and China – is already being discussed in diplomatic circles. Emphasizing that the issue has not yet been raised in press conferences and public statements by heads of state and government, Kuleba stressed that lower-level people are already asking what Russia should become in order not to pose a threat to peace and Security.
06:24 – Three soldiers were killed by the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone shot down at the Russian military base in Saratov
Three Russian soldiers were killed on Monday when the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone was shot down while it was attacking a base in the Saratov region. This was reported by Russian news agencies, citing the Ministry of Defense. the second attack on the base this month. This was announced by Russian authorities, citing the country’s Ministry of Defense. On December 26 at around 1:35 Moscow time, a Ukrainian UAV was shot down at low altitude while approaching Engels military airport in the Saratov region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. As a result of the crash of the debris from the drone, three Russian servicemen from the technical staff who were at the airfield were mortally wounded. The ministry added that aviation equipment was not damaged.
04:01 – Russian missiles rain down on Ukrainian cities as Putin says he is open to negotiations
Russian forces bombed dozens of cities in Ukraine on Christmas Day, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington dismissed as a pose due to Moscow’s continued attacks. Russia on Sunday launched more than 10 rocket attacks on the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region, bombed more than 25 towns along the Kupyansk-Lyman front line and hit nearly 20 towns in Zaporizhia. as stated by the highest Ukrainian military command. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday it had killed about 60 Ukrainian soldiers along the Kupyansk-Lyman contact line and destroyed numerous pieces of Ukrainian military equipment the previous day.
Despite Putin’s recent offer to negotiate, there is no end in sight to the ten-month-old conflict. We are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with all parties involved, but it depends on them — we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, Putin told state TV Rossiya 1 in an interview aired on Sunday. An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Putin needs to get back to reality and acknowledge that Russia does not want peace talks.
Russia has attacked Ukraine and is killing its citizens – adviser Mykhailo Podolyak – tweeted. Moscow does not want negotiations but is trying to avoid responsibility. Russian attacks on power plants have left millions without power, and Zelenskyy said Moscow wants to make the final days of 2022 dark and difficult.
December 26, 2022 (change December 26, 2022 | 10:09 am)
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