sent by Marta Serafini to Kyiv and Redazione Online
The news of Sunday 25 December live. On Christmas Eve, the Russians attacked the market, shopping center, residential and administrative buildings – the places where most people are likely to be
• The war in Ukraine reached the 304th day.
• The US and Ukraine are preparing a peace plan for February.
• British Secret Service: Moscow is running out of ammunition and rockets.
• Kyiv: Moscow has increased the number of soldiers at the front.
• Bucha, the faces and names of the victims: their last hours.
11:02 am – Putin: The West wants to split Russia, but we are ready to negotiate
In an interview given to Russian state television on Christmas Day, Vladimir Putin returned to the war in Ukraine. According to some advances published by the state agency RIA Novosti, the Russian President reiterated that the policies of our geopolitical opponents are aimed at dividing Russia, but he defended the invasion of Ukraine: we were forced to defend the people living in these areas. Despite the massive withdrawals of his army since the summer, Putin still reiterates that we are moving in the right direction. Finally, the Kremlin’s number one said that Russia is ready to sit down at a table to negotiate on the basis of acceptable terms: we are not opposed to the negotiations, they are.
09:27 – Airplane alerts in different regions of Ukraine
Air raid alarms were sounded in Kyiv and in various regions of Ukraine this morning. The administration of the capital has asked citizens to go to emergency shelters after the air alarm was announced. The mayor of the city in the south of the country reports that an air raid warning has also been given in Mykolaiv.
09:02 – Zelensky’s Christmas message
On the occasion of Christmas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a message of perseverance and unity to all citizens of the country: freedom comes at a high price. But slavery has an even higher price, he said in a video published on Telegram. The majority of the Ukrainian population is Orthodox and celebrates Christmas on January 7th, but many attend the celebrations on December 25th. Someone will celebrate this Christmas at the front, someone else will celebrate this Christmas in captivity, but remember that we will return freedom to all Ukrainians. We won’t wait for a miracle. We will create the miracle ourselves, concluded Zelensky.
00:14 – Kherson, three die during demining
Three employees of Ukraine’s state rescue service died Sunday while clearing land in the Kherson region when a mine exploded. Ukrinform writes it. As the rescue services wrote on Facebook, all three served in the State Rescue Service of Ukraine in the Zhytomyr region and had taken on the task of demining the areas of the Kherson region liberated from the enemy.
11:23 pm – Fatal attack in Kherson, injuring 64 civilians and killing at least 16
Ukraine on Saturday denounced an act of terror and revenge after a Russian attack on the market in Kherson that left at least 16 dead and 64 wounded ten months after troops invaded from Moscow. As families prepare celebratory dinners in Europe, North America and beyond, think of Ukraine fighting evil, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba wrote on Twitter. For fellow defender Oleski Reznikov, the attack on Kherson is revenge on its residents who resisted Russian occupation.
Kherson was liberated by the Ukrainian army on November 11 after eight months of occupation. Tomorrow, Saturday, Christmas Eve, downtown. These are not military facilities. This is not a war with hard and fast rules. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized this terror, this killing to intimidate and gain pleasure on social networks. According to the latest update from the governor of the Kherson region Yaroslav Yanushevich this morning, at the moment we have 64 civilians wounded and 16 dead. Among the wounded, 18 are in serious condition.
December 25, 2022 (change December 25, 2022 | 11:18 am)
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