Ending its self-proclaimed Christmas truce on Ukraine, Russia launched overnight strikes over Ukraine and two people got killed in the strikes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour ceasefire after Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Russia and Ukraine to observe Christmas truce. Following the request, Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow's armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine.
“A 50-year-old man died in the northeastern region of Kharkiv as a result of Russia's shelling overnight,” Reuters reported quoting Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the region. Another person got killed in an attack on Soledar, in the Eastern Donetsk region.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk, said that there were nine missile strikes on the region overnight, including seven on the battered city of Kramatorsk. Blasts were also heard in Zaporizhzhia city.
Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine said Russian forces had deployed their most combat-ready units and heavy equipment to the city of Kriminna that they occupy, the publication reported.
