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Ukraine reported that rocket attacks on Russia did not stop at Christmas, and that more than 40 rocket attacks had been carried out in the country in the past 24 hours.

The Ukrainian army said in a statement today that over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have bombed several cities in the Lugansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

“The enemy continues to attack densely populated areas along the right bank of the Dnieper in the direction of Kherson,” the message says.

“Russia shot down Ukrainian UAV”

Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said that today Russian servicemen shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the wreckage of which fell on a base in southern Russia, killing three Russian servicemen.

In the news, citing Russian news agencies, the ministry said the drone flew at low altitude early Monday morning approaching the Engels military airbase in Russia’s Saratov region, and that the three dead were Russian servicemen at the airport.

Russia said Ukrainian drones attacked the same base on Dec. 5.

Christmas message from Zelensky

On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked “everyone who did everything to keep them alive” by presenting his Christmas wishes in his video message last night.

In his speech, Zelensky thanked the soldiers at the front, civil servants, volunteers, nurses, medical staff, teachers and IT specialists, as well as “everyone who helped Ukraine resist.”

The Ukrainian leader also thanked the journalists who spread the truth and the world leaders and people who supported Ukraine.

Declaring that Russian attacks will continue despite Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Zelenskiy said: “There are only a few days left until the end of this year. We must be aware that our enemy will try to make this time dark and difficult for us. Russia has lost everything it could lose this year. Rockets for our country, our energy. He tries to make up for his losses by boasting of his propagandists after his attacks.”

Putin’s statement at the talks

In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin told state television Russia 1 on Sunday that his country was ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine, but “Kyiv and its Western supporters have refused to participate in the talks.”

“We are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with all those interested. But this is their business, it is not we who refuse to negotiate, but they, ”Putin said in an interview.

Zelensky’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak criticized Putin’s statement and said that he must admit that it is Russia that does not want to negotiate.

Podolyak tweeted: “Russia single-handedly attacked Ukraine and is killing its citizens. Russia does not want negotiations and is trying to avoid responsibility.”

Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, says it will “fight until its goals are achieved,” while Kyiv says it won’t stop until Russian troops are withdrawn from all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.

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