UN humanitarian mission comes under fire in Zaporizhzhia region during 'Christmas truce'

According to Ukrinform, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Starukh, said this in a post on Telegram.

"Despite the enemy's promise to cease fire for the holiday, a UN mission delivering humanitarian aid to Orikhiv came under fire. The occupier continues to disregard the rules of warfare and fires at communities," Starukh said on Ukraine's television.

According to him, on the instructions of the Office of the President, work is underway to record destruction and calculate housing needs for people whose homes have been destroyed or damaged by the enemy. The international community has decided to seize Russian assets that can be used as a basis for compensation for losses.

"An echeloned defense and hundreds of kilometers of trenches, concentration of manpower: there is always a threat from the enemy, but there is no doubt about the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Starukh said.

According to Starukh, the situation in the captured territories is really difficult, because the enemy forces Ukrainian citizens to collaborate, exerting constant pressure and now allowing people to free lands.

"Russia is an 'Orthodox Taliban' that has no understanding of anything sacred and disregards all the rules of human coexistence," he said.