Russia’s president declared this recession will not stand. Like a comic-book villain — melodramatic and delusional — Vladimir ...

MAKARIV, Ukraine — Russia took nearly everything from Tetyana Kuvtun. So she’s retaliated in the only small way she could: She claimed Christmas for Ukraine. By celebrating on Dec. 25 instead ...

Some Orthodox Ukrainians observed Christmas on Dec. 25 last year in response to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church observes the birth of Jesus on Jan. 7.

Some Orthodox Ukrainians observed Christmas on Dec. 25 last year in response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church observes the birth of Jesus on Jan. 7.

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the branch that is separate from the Russian church, announced earlier this year that it was switching to the Revised Julian calendar, which marks Christmas on Dec. 25.

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, a strategically important city in the eastern Donbas region where fierce ...

Ukraine map plots cities where explosions have been reported on Christmas Day 2024. DataWrapper. An air alert at 5:41 a.m. local time woke residents with warnings of an attack from Caliber ...

Russia struck energy facilities in western Ukraine. During that attack, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 81 of 94 Russian missiles and 80 of 193 drones, and 105 more drones were lost locally.

After the night launch of Shahed drones, on Christmas morning, Russia carried out a massive strike on Ukraine, using cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Once again, energy infrastructure was ...

Ukrainian Orthodox Christians attended services on Sunday as the country for the first time celebrated Christmas on Dec. 25, after the government changed the date from Jan. 7, when most Orthodox ...

Christmas carried more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year as the country newly observed it as a public holiday on Dec. 25 rather than the later date followed in Russia.

Ukraine celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time, ... announced in 2022 after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war that it was breaking ties with Moscow and considered itself autonomous.