Despite Putin declaring a cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas, there was no break in airstrikes and violence against Ukraine over the weekend. Here are the latest developments in the war:
Worshipers pray during an Orthodox Christmas mass in a basement shelter in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 7. As artillery boomed outside and fighter jets flew overhead, Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukraine town held a Christmas service in a basement shelter vowing, not to let war ruin the holiday.Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
Worshipers pray during an Orthodox Christmas mass in a basement shelter in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 7. As artillery boomed outside and fighter jets flew overhead, Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukraine town held a Christmas service in a basement shelter vowing, not to let war ruin the holiday.Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
Human Rights Watch will issue its annual human rights report Friday, including a chapter on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.What happened last weekfor Jan. 6 and 7, when many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas, but the weekend saw no break in violence across Ukraine. The Ukrainian military announced that Russia fired nine rockets and conducted three airstrikes on Saturday, and claimed that Russia carried out 40 shelling attacks across Ukraine, killing and wounding civilians.
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