Russian shells hit the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as residents began Christmas festivities. At least seven people were killed and dozens more were injured
Watch Zelenskyy's Christmas messageThe Ukrainian president stood outside in Kyiv, surrounded by Christmas lights and a tree, as he delivered the address.You can watch the message in the video below.Authorities on Kherson say around 68 people were injured in a Russian attack on the city this morning.:"At this time, we have a terrible number... As of now, we know about 68 injured people as a result of today's attack by the Russian invaders on the Kherson region.
Artists were seen playing the guitar and performing to servicemen in the Kharkiv region, while forces in Bakhmut were pictured by tinsel-covered trees.Now to Russia, where a funeral for a Wagner Group fighter has taken place in Saint Petersburg. US intelligence indicates Wagner has played a major role in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and has suffered heavy casualties there with about 1,000 Wagner fighters killed in recent weeks.Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released his Christmas message to Ukrainians and admitted that the holiday would have a"bitter taste for those absent from the dinner table.
"One for everyone, and we will feel joy. One for everyone, and we will understand the truth. One for all of us, that no kamikaze drones can extinguish the Christmas star." And while the IT specialist has shared occasional weekends with his family in the relative safety of Lviv, in western Ukraine, the war has severed a life once shared.
Ukraine has faced a blistering onslaught of Russian artillery fire, missiles, shelling and drone attacks since early October. Civilians had taken refuge in the theatre and the Russian word for"Children" had been painted on the ground in large white letters, clearly visible from the air. At the time, its defence ministry accused the Azov Regiment, a unit of Ukraine's armed forces, of blowing up the theatre. Ukrainian officials said at least 300 people were killed in the bombing, though some estimates said the toll was higher.
He added:"These are not military facilities ... It is terror, it is killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure."
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