A ballistic missile struck an apartment complex in Kryvyi Ri, central Ukraine, on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 15 others.Four of them were serious, officials said. Ukrainian authorities condemned the Christmas Eve attack on the city, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
“While the rest of the world is celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians continue to suffer from endless attacks by Russia,” Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Rubinets told Telegram.
Almost three years after the Russian invasion, Christmas celebrations across Ukraine are shrouded in sadness. “Unfortunately, not all of us are home. Sadly, not everyone has a home. And tragically, not everyone is still with us,” Zelenskiy said. said in a speech. This will be Lyubov's first Christmas without his son Taras Onyskikh, who died in May at the age of 32 while fighting against Russian troops on the Eastern Front. She took the Christmas tree to her son's grave in the Lychakiv cemetery in southeastern Lviv, which was covered in fresh snow. “We're coming here to spend Christmas,” she said, wrapping fairy lights around the headstone. Marija Lun lost her son Yuri in 2022. “We deliver Christmas porridge here on Christmas Eve,” Lung said. “We pray that he will have a good time in heaven without us.'' In July 2023, President Zelenskiy signed a law changing the official holiday of Christmas to December 25, and it will be celebrated on January 7. A departure from the traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church.
