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.
On December 27, at 1:00 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "Christmas in captivity: annual results of the struggle of public organizations and family members for the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war."
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a Christmas greeting to Ukrainians said that Christmas in Ukraine now echoes alongside the din of war and the clash of weapons.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wishes western rite Orthodox Christians merry Christmas, noting that this year all holidays have a bitter aftertaste for Ukrainians due to the full-scale war unleashed by Russia.
On December 7 at 2:00 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "When to celebrate Christmas and other religious holidays. Civic position of believers."