For the second time, air raid alarms were sounded across Ukraine on Christmas Day. This was reported by Ukrainska Pravda, specifying that the sirens started wailing in the Kyiv and Lviv regions and then spread to the rest of the country. The Belarusian Gayun surveillance group reported that the long-range Il-76 A-50U radar-tracking aircraft “Serhiy Atayants” took off from Machulyshchy in Belarus at 14:00. Shortly after, a Russian Air Force MiG-31K fighter jet capable of carrying nuclear warhead-equipped Dagger missiles took off.
Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin, accusing Kyiv and its Western allies of “refusing” negotiations. The Guardian reports on it. In an interview with state TV Rossiya 1, Putin said: “We are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with all parties involved, but it depends on them: we are not the ones who refuse to negotiate.” But Kiev’s response is immediate: “Putin must return to reality. Russia alone attacked Ukraine, killing civilians. Russia does not want negotiations, but is trying to shirk its responsibilities. That’s obvious, so we’re moving towards the tribunal,” Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
Ukraine, Zelenskyy: “We don’t wait for a miracle at Christmas, we create it”
The Russian President said the West aims to “divide” Russia. Putin said he was “100 percent sure” that Russia will destroy US Patriot missiles sent to Ukraine.
The West is trying to “divide” Russia into Ukraine. That’s what Russian President Vladimir Putin said today after more than ten months of the Kremlin’s military offensive against its neighbor. “Everything is based on the policies of our geopolitical opponents, aimed at dividing Russia, historical Russia,” criticized Putin in an interview, excerpts of which were broadcast on Russian television, assuring that Moscow’s “goal” is “much more : to unite the Russian people”.
Ukraine, just rubble and destroyed buildings in a small village near Kherson
Kyiv: “REPLACES RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN KHARKIV, LUGANSK AND DONETSK
“Ukrainian forces repelled several Russian attacks yesterday at various locations in Kharkiv Oblast, Lugansk and Donetsk region. This was reported by the Kyiv Independent The army has fired five rockets over 90 strikes into Ukraine, causing civilian casualties and hitting infrastructure. Also yesterday, another Russian attack on the center of the city of Kherson killed at least 10 civilians and wounded 55 others, eighteen of whom are in serious condition, according to Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevich.
Ukraine, Zelenskyy: “We will respond to Russian terrorism”
“Russian troops wounded seven civilians in Donetsk region”. This was announced today by the head of the regional military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko, reports Ukrinform. “On December 24, the Russians wounded seven civilians in the Donetsk region: five in Bakhmut, one in Maksymilianivka and another in Predtechyne,” Kyrylenko said, noting that it is currently impossible to determine the exact number of victims in Mariupol and to identify Volnovakha. .