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LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which represents the various Christian, Jewish and Muslim bodies of Ukraine, called the world to recognize Russia as a terrorist state and provide Ukraine with the means necessary to protect life.
For the second time in a row, Ukraine welcomed a new year amid war with a series of Russian attacks on major cities, including the capital, Kyiv, and the western city of Lviv.
Russia hit Ukraine with a new wave of airstrikes just ahead of New Year’s in what is seen as some of the heaviest aerial bombardment since Russia’s war began Feb. 24, 2022.
Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine, most of which Ukraine said it had intercepted, as President Vladimir Putin vowed to further intensify attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the south Russian city of Belgorod Dec. 30, in which 25 people, including five children, were killed, according to Russian officials.
Rescuers speak with a wounded local resident in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, Jan. 2, 2024, at the site where a residential building was heavily damaged during a Russian missile attack. (OSV News photo/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Reuters)
In an 18-hour series of Russian airstrikes that began Dec. 29, 49 people were killed in Ukraine as Russia targeted major cities such as Kyiv, the capital, Kharkiv and Odesa, where a 15-year-old boy was killed and seven people wounded by falling debris from one of the downed aircraft in the Black Sea port city, according to the head of the region’s military administration, Oleh Kiper, as reported by The Guardian.
In western Lviv, home to many people who fled occupied eastern Ukraine cities, Russian attacks severely damaged a museum Jan. 1.
In retaliation for the Belgorod attack Dec. 30, Russia carried out a wave of attacks on the Ukrainian eastern city of Kharkiv, hitting a hotel in the city center and residential areas.
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For the second time in a row, Ukraine welcomed a new year amid war with a series of Russian attacks on major cities, including the capital, Kyiv, and the western city of Lviv.
Plea for air defense
In a statement Dec. 29, the Council of Churches urged the world “to condemn the actions of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, recognize Russia as a terrorist state, and provide Ukraine with the necessary means to protect life, including additional air defense equipment, aircrafts, and all that is necessary for the defense and restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.”Russia hit Ukraine with a new wave of airstrikes just ahead of New Year’s in what is seen as some of the heaviest aerial bombardment since Russia’s war began Feb. 24, 2022.
Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine, most of which Ukraine said it had intercepted, as President Vladimir Putin vowed to further intensify attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the south Russian city of Belgorod Dec. 30, in which 25 people, including five children, were killed, according to Russian officials.
In an 18-hour series of Russian airstrikes that began Dec. 29, 49 people were killed in Ukraine as Russia targeted major cities such as Kyiv, the capital, Kharkiv and Odesa, where a 15-year-old boy was killed and seven people wounded by falling debris from one of the downed aircraft in the Black Sea port city, according to the head of the region’s military administration, Oleh Kiper, as reported by The Guardian.
In western Lviv, home to many people who fled occupied eastern Ukraine cities, Russian attacks severely damaged a museum Jan. 1.
In retaliation for the Belgorod attack Dec. 30, Russia carried out a wave of attacks on the Ukrainian eastern city of Kharkiv, hitting a hotel in the city center and residential areas.
Call to hold Russian Orthodox Church responsible
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Ukrainian Council of Churches calls Russia 'terrorist state'
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which represents the various Christian, Jewish and Muslim bodies of Ukraine, called the world to recognize Russia as a terrorist state and provide Ukraine with the means necessary to protect life.
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