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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this Sunday in his traditional daily televised speech that "this year Russia has lost everything it could" in its invasion of the country.
“We have to be aware that our enemy will try to make this difficult and dark time for us,” he recalled.
"He is trying to make up his losses with the cunning of his propagandists after the missile attacks on our country, against our energy sector."
The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denis Shmyhal, estimated that his country has received commitments from its international partners amounting to 1.5 billion dollars (more or less the same amount in euros) to guarantee the energy supply in the country after the Russian bombardments against its basic infrastructures.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of wanting to "divide" his country, while the Kremlin's goal is "to unite the Russian people."
In an interview on the national public broadcaster, Putin reiterated that he was ready to negotiate to find a solution to the conflict in Ukraine, which has now passed 10 months, although he continues to blame kyiv and its Western allies for blocking the dialogue.
The head of the Kherson regional military administration, Yaroslav Yanushevich, has reported that at least 16 people have been killed in the southern Ukrainian province in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian troops are keeping the Bakhmut front, a city located in the Donetsk region (east), under control despite constant fire from Russia.
According to the figures provided by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, more than 50 Russian soldiers have died and some 80 have been wounded in the context of the clashes over Bakhmut, which has become one of the most dangerous points in recent days. hot in the conflict in Ukraine.
For his part, Pope Francis called for "the minds of those who have the power to silence the weapons to be enlightened" and an immediate end to the "senseless" war in Ukraine, in the Christmas message delivered from the central lodge of Saint Peter's Basilica before the
Urbi et Orbi blessing
.
Before the tens of thousands of people gathered in the square and in a message broadcast by Mundovisión, the Pope asked to remember "the faces of the Ukrainian brothers and sisters, who live this Christmas in the dark, outdoors or far from their homes, because of the destruction caused by 10 months of war.”
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