Today’s announced cease-fire seems to have been a pure desktop product on the Russian side.
Air raid alerts went off in parts of Ukraine, the fighting around Bachmut has been reported today.
An attack during the morning against a fire station in Kherson killed one of the firefighters.
– My son was walking right next door when part of the roof fell down. He was knocked to the ground and stones rained down on him. May Putin be cursed by both God and man, says a resident of Kherson.
The war has been fought on the ground for several months, with mainly the Russian private army Wagner’s soldiers against the Ukrainian army.
Many Ukrainians visit Kyiv now during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations.
Images from today’s battles, in the player above.