Soldiers prepare to mark Christmas outside Kupiansk, an area where Russian forces have made advances Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians are preparing to celebrate Christmas on 25 December for the ...

Some 60 people gathered at Test Valley Golf Club not only to fill new boxes but also to inspect all of the boxes for their content.

The Ukrainian girl — orphaned by the Russian ... too. We want it to be a happy Christmas.” ...

Ukraine's presidential ... We will smile and be happy. As always. The difference is one. We will not wait for a miracle. After all, we create it ourselves." For many Ukrainians, Christmas will ...

Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is the birthplace of ... "When I played it at home it seemed happy. It reminded me of winter and Christmas," she says. "Now it's more of a sad song to me because ...

The melody is a Ukrainian song called Shchedryk, or New Year's carol, written by composer Mykola Leontovych and first performed in Kyiv at Christmas 1916. On Christmas Eve, Ukrainian Radio Choir ...

There's a glimmer of hope, though. "Christmas is not cancelled," says Oleksandra, 28. She says Ukrainian traditional food and drink is "waiting for us at home". "We will also visit some friends ...

Moscow agreed to carry out a Christmas prisoner exchange with Ukraine and Kiev declined ... make hundreds and even thousands of people happy." According to Orban, by putting forward an initiative ...