The Ukraine Ministry of Defense said the dead included a 66-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman in the city of Bakhmut.
to social media on Saturday which it said depicted Chechen volunteers fighting Russian occupiers in hotspots in the city.Meanwhile, civilians in Bakhmut set up “invincibility centers” which provide internet, phone connections, heat, water, and electricity for those whose services are disrupted by the Russian bombardment, which has devastated much of the area’s basic infrastructure.“When Putin says there’s a ceasefire, it’s actually the other way round: there’s no ceasefire,”.
Liesen said that other volunteers were injured in the attacks, including one person who lost a limb and was evacuated from Bakhmut. In the nearby town of Chasiv Yar, Eastern Orthodox worshippers marked the holiday in a bunker in an apartment house basement, while Russian artillery rained down outside and fighter jets flew overhead.
Ukrainian servicemen arrive to attend the Christmas service in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.The number of attendees was just nine at the makeshift church ceremony after many residents fled the region,It’s unusual here,” Zinaida Artyukhina. “Today is my first time in the basement. Thank God we gathered at all.”
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