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Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 08:06
A festive mood should not be created artificially or tied strictly to calendar dates; it becomes genuine and lasting when people themselves feel the desire to create a celebration for themselves, their families, or loved ones.
Russia deliberately assigns sinister meanings to dates, such as New Year's Eve, to create an additional element of damage by imposing and then destroying a specific celebratory ritual.
Anxiety during wartime is a painful but necessary reaction of the body that increases our vigilance and, therefore, our chances of survival.
Georgia’s Ministry of Economy has announced the shipment of nine generators of various types and capacities to Ukraine.
29 December 2025
The Ukrainian government is transferring properties owned by the state and used by government agencies and state-owned companies, as well as real estate seized by the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), for the accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs). The prepared list includes 112 properties.
If Ukraine stops talking about the return of all Ukrainian children, Russia will do everything to ensure that this issue is forgotten.
In the Kirovohrad region, 25 veterans were presented with housing certificates.
28 December 2025
In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the number of people injured as a result of a passenger bus accident has increased to 13. Among them are two children.
Poland has begun installing new counter-drone fortifications along its eastern border. The work is expected to be completed within two years.
French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot, a renowned international sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, has passed away at the age of 91.
Some Ukrainian families, including mothers with children, left Latvia last year after alarming reports emerged about a possible threat from Russia to the Baltic states.
The aftermath of the enemy attack is being dealt with in Odesa, and an operational headquarters has been set up at the site of the strike.
27 December 2025
In the Kyiv region, energy workers have restored electricity to 50,000 families, which had been cut off due to the massive Russian attack on December 27.
In Kyiv and the Kyiv region, more than 500,000 consumers were left without electricity due to Russia's combined attack. Additionally, over 22,000 consumers in the Chernihiv region remain without power.
The bankruptcy proceedings initiated against the state-owned enterprise, the Belarusian River Shipping Company, have become a formal confirmation that the country’s national river fleet has effectively ceased to exist.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian officials are forecasting an electricity shortage through 2031 due to the inability to carry out major overhauls of foreign-made equipment under sanctions.
26 December 2025
Russian authorities have provided a list of civilians taken from the village of Hrabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy region and informed where they are being held and under what conditions.
Soviet authorities persecuted Ukrainian carolers because they were seen as a threat to communist ideology and an expression of national identity.
The Mykolaiv Academic Art Drama Theater hosted a Christmas nativity play, which was translated into sign language for the first time.
25 December 2025
A volunteer from Kharkiv, Vyacheslav Ilchenko, was killed as a result of a Russian strike on an evacuation group in Donetsk region.
The legendary Ukrainian composition Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) by Mykola Leontovych has been granted a permanent display in one of the world’s most prestigious concert halls. Now, visitors to New York’s Carnegie Hall can see a facsimile of the manuscript of this globally celebrated piece in the venue’s memorial space.
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, noting that even on Christmas Eve and during Christmas night, the Russian army did not stop its brutal strikes against Ukraine.
In his Christmas address, Pope Leo XIV greeted people around the world, wishing peace to all who are suffering from war and calling for prayers for the Ukrainian people.
A Christmas procession made its way through Kyiv’s central squares and streets.
Representatives of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Center (JATEC) participated in the final phase of the Loyal Dolos 2025 exercise, which assessed the combat capabilities of the Alliance.
24 December 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his efforts to establish a Christmas ceasefire during Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has greeted Ukrainians on Christmas Eve, saying that Ukraine is marking Christmas in a difficult time. Yet despite all the suffering brought by Russia, it is not capable of occupying what matters most – Ukraine’s unity.
The first elements of a system designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles have been installed along the Polish-Belarusian border, with the system set to become operational in January next year.
23 December 2025
Famous British artist Banksy has revealed a new work that appeared in London ahead of Christmas.