Volodymyr Zelensky denounced, on Saturday December 24, an act of “terror” to “intimidate” the Ukrainians, after a bombardment on the city center of Kherson. The strike killed at least ten people and injured 55, according to the latest report from the governor of this region in the south of the country. “Saturday mornings, Christmas Eve, downtown. These are not military installations. This is not a war by the set rules”, lambasted the Ukrainian president after the attack. Follow our live.
Pope Francis should evoke Ukraine in front of the Catholic faithful. Thousands of people are expected in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday to see Pope Francis deliver his Christmas message, which should include a return to the war in Ukraine. At Christmas Mass, he prayed for the “children devoured by wars, poverty and injustice”.
convictions for torture. “Two Mercenaries” and “two Russian soldiers” were sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Ukrainian courts for having “torture” three Ukrainian soldiers, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office announced on Saturday. They had “kidnapped and kept [leurs victimes] in a recreation center, without water or food”early September in the Izioum region. “The occupants [russes] hit one of [soldats] with a hammer to his bones”detailed the prosecution.
Zelensky calls on Ukrainians to “resist this winter”. “Freedom comes at a high price. But the price of slavery is even higher, declared the Ukrainian president on Saturday, during his evening address. We have resisted since the beginning of the war. We resisted attacks, threats, nuclear blackmail, terrorism, missile strikes. Let’s resist this winter. Because we know what we are fighting for.
