A man who is suspected to be another council member allegedly detonated grenades inside a crowded room in a local government building in the Keretsky village on Dec. 15, 2023, killing one person on the spot and injuring over 20.
Ukraine’s top snowboarder, Annamari Dancha, won the team’s first medal of the season after picking up bronze in parallel slalom at the European Snowboarding Cup in Italy.
Ukraine is forced to buy technical salt from Africa, as the Bushtyn salt deposit in Zakarpattia Oblast is not operating at full capacity. Source: Viktor Mykyta, Head of Zakarpattia Oblast Military Administration, in an interview with Ukrinform Quote from Mykyta: "The situation with Zakarpattia-produced salt is as follows: the company started developing the deposit in 2022, after Russia's [full-scale] invasion.
This year, Ukraine celebrates Christmas for the second time during the full-scale invasion. The defenders, who cannot celebrate with their families, are trying to create a Christmas atmosphere right at the front.
Thirteen oblasts across Ukraine were affected by either or both bad weather and Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, impacting the power supply of close to 100,000 people.