Ukraine picks new Christmas date in break with Russian tradition | Religion News

Ukraine picks new Christmas date in break with Russian tradition | Religion News

For the first time in a century, Ukraine will celebrate the holiday on December 25 rather than January 7. Ukraine will formally mark Christmas Day on December 25 this year, in a symbolic shift away from Russia, which celebrates the holiday on January 7. It will be the first time…

Russia bars ex-journalist Duntsova from running in presidential election | Elections News

Russia bars ex-journalist Duntsova from running in presidential election | Elections News

Former TV journalist and opponent of Ukraine war had filed documents seeking to challenge Vladimir Putin. Former Russian television journalist Yekaterina Duntsova, who had put her name forward as an independent candidate in Russia’s upcoming presidential election, has been barred from running against President Vladimir Putin. On Saturday, Russia’s Central…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 667 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 667 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 667th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, December 22, 2023.   Fighting Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said at least three people were killed and five injured after Russia bombed two coal mines in Toretsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 666 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 666 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 666th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Fighting Nine people, including four children, were injured in Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, as Russia also targeted the capital Kyiv, the second-largest city of…

Roman Abramovich loses legal attempt to overturn EU sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Roman Abramovich loses legal attempt to overturn EU sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

The EU imposed punishment on the oligarch in 2022 as part of measures targeting Russia and Putin’s close allies. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has lost a legal challenge aimed at overturning European Union sanctions imposed on him in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 665 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 665 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 665th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russia launched its fifth air attack this month on the capital, with air defence systems destroying all weapons on their approach to Kyiv. “According to…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 664 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 664 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 664th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the situation on the front line was not at a stalemate, after suggesting last month that it was a possibility. He…

‘Nonsense’: Putin rejects Biden claim that Russia plans to attack NATO | NATO News

‘Nonsense’: Putin rejects Biden claim that Russia plans to attack NATO | NATO News

The Russian president says Moscow has ‘no interest … to fight with NATO countries’. The Russian president has dismissed the United States’s claims that Moscow could attack a NATO country in the future as “complete nonsense”, saying such a conflict would run counter to his country’s interests. Vladimir Putin made…

Has the Ukraine war made Europe politically mature — or more transactional? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Has the Ukraine war made Europe politically mature — or more transactional? | Russia-Ukraine war News

The European Union hailed its next phase of expansion as a political victory this week when leaders invited Ukraine to open membership talks. That invitation, also issued to Moldova, delivered a message to Moscow that the EU would defend the right of former Soviet states to choose a Western orientation….