Soldiers of the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine set up a metal “Christmas tree” near the Donetsk stele and decorated it with patriotic ribbons.
On December 15, during the action “Don't be silent. Captivity Kills”, a Christmas tree decorated with balls with call signs of captured and missing defenders was set up.
Pope Francis on Sunday launched a plea directly to political leaders and to the international community that ceasefires could be agreed upon in all countries torn by war before Christmas.
For the second year now, Ukraine has learned another form of Christmas, another dimension of it. This is Christmas in times of full-scale war. Christmas that has a different mood, context, and flavor.
In a Christmas address, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that it’s only thanks to Ukrainian soldiers that the nation can celebrate Christmas in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the participants in the Christmas prayer breakfast in Kyiv, thanking everyone whose prayers include a plea for victory.
Members of the European Commission received an unusual Christmas gift from Ukraine - a Christmas tree decoration in the form of a famous “Borodianka rooster”.
Some American lawmakers believe Congress should not adjourn for Christmas holidays, but should remain in Washington after December 14 to continue discussions on supplemental funding for Ukraine and U.S. border security.
U.S. Congressional leaders are planning to work in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas to muster a supplemental package to aid the war efforts in Ukraine and Israel, as well as make improvements to the U.S. immigration system.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola believes that the European Union should reform its institutions to prepare for the next waves of enlargement and start formal membership negotiations with Ukraine before this year's Christmas.
The Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, has described Russia's call to cease fire and establish a Christmas truce as "lies and hypocrisy."
The call by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill (Gundyaev), to cease fire and establish a truce for Christmas is a “cynical trap” and a propaganda element.
Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius will for the first time conduct a Christmas service in the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.