Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy encourages his compatriots in a Christmas speech. Attacks, threats, nuclear extortion, terror and missile attacks have been resisted, he says in a video speech in the open air with a Christmas tree in the background. “We will also endure this winter, because we know what we are fighting for.” Even in complete darkness, you hug each other tightly.
“And if there is no heat, we will cuddle for a long time to keep each other warm. (…) We will smile and be happy as always. There is only one difference: we don’t wait for a miracle, because we create it ourselves.’ Zelenskyy addressed his compatriots who celebrate Christmas in December. Most are Orthodox Christians and celebrate the festival in early January.
Kherson under fire again
According to the presidential administration in Kiev, 10 people were killed and 55 others injured in a Russian shelling of the center of the Ukrainian city of Kherson. Among them, 18 were seriously injured. Tymoshenko published photos of lifeless people in the center of the city, which was recently liberated from Russian occupation, on his Telegram channel.
According to Ukrainian sources, Russian troops are still shelling the city from other parts of the occupied Kherson region. Most of the area is still controlled by Russian forces. Russia had annexed the Kherson region.
“The Russians have again committed terror and shelled the city center,” Tymoshenko said. “People have died, buildings have been destroyed.” Saturday there were a lot of people on the street because of the weekend.
“No sensitive content, this is real life”
Selenskyj condemned the attack as a new crime of the “terror state” Russia just before Christmas. The pictures of the dead would surely be flagged by social networks because of the content. “But this is not sensitive content, this is the real life of Ukraine and Ukrainians,” he said.
There are no military targets there, Zelensky stressed. This is not war. “This is terror, this is killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure,” he said. “The world needs to see and understand the absolute evil we are fighting.”
Ukrainian troops took the city of Kherson in the fall after Russian troops withdrew. The Russian occupiers retreated to the other side of the Dnipro River. The Kremlin had stressed that Russia considers the entire Kherson region as its territory and will not give up.
Source: Krone
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