At least two civilians killed in attacks across country after Russia declared ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas
Washington has also urged Italy to provide air defence systems to Ukraine, during a conversation between two top advisers, the newspaper La Repubblica reported.
Conifer forest provides cover there even in winter, so “both sides are highly likely struggling to accurately adjust artillery fire”. The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol in Crimea said air defences had shot down a Ukrainian drone, apparently trying to attack the port.In Kyiv, priests from the Ukrainian Orthodox church held a highly symbolic Orthodox Christmas service in Ukrainian at the 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra monastery, one of the most important religious sites in the city.
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