Ukraine’s president Zelensky seems to want loss of life to Vladimir Putin in Christmas message | EUROtoday

Volodymyr Zelensky has appeared to want for the loss of life of Vladimir Putin in a Christmas message after Russia continued to bombard Ukraine with missiles and drones.

In a video posted to X on Christmas Eve, Mr Zelensky mentioned that “despite all the suffering that Russia has brought, it is not capable of occupying or bombing what matters most. That is our Ukrainian heart, our faith in one another, and our unity”.

Appearing to discuss with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Mr Zelensky added: “Today, we all share one dream.

“And we make one wish – for all of us. ‘May he perish’, each of us may think to ourselves. But when we turn to God, of course, we ask for something greater, we ask for peace for Ukraine. We fight for it, we pray for it, we deserve it.”

His feedback come after Russia hit areas throughout Ukraine with missiles and drones on Tuesday, killing at the least three folks, and triggering emergency energy outages.

Further assaults on Christmas evening noticed at the least two folks killed in drone strikes on Odesa and Kharkiv.

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Ukraine’s chief mentioned in his handle: “On the eve of Christmas, the Russians once again showed who they truly are.

“Massive shelling, hundreds of ‘shaheds’, ballistic missiles, Kinzhal strikes – everything was used. This is how the godless strike.

“For all our fallen heroes who defended Ukraine at the cost of their lives. For everyone whom Russia has driven into occupation and forced to flee.

“For those for whom it is hard, but who have not lost Ukraine within themselves – and therefore Ukraine will never lose them. Today we stand shoulder to shoulder. We will not lose our way in the darkness.”

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Thursday that Mr Putin had wished US president Donald Trump a merry Christmas and despatched him a congratulatory message.

American negotiators have engaged in a collection of talks with Ukraine and Russia individually since Mr Trump offered a plan to finish the battle final month – a proposal broadly seen as favouring Moscow, which invaded its neighbour practically 4 years in the past.

Since then, Ukraine and its allies in Europe have labored to drag the plan nearer to Kyiv’s place.

Russian overseas ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova mentioned on Thursday that there was “slow but steady progress” within the peace talks.

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Mr Zelensky has mentioned that he can be keen to withdraw troops from the nation’s jap industrial heartland as a part of a plan to finish the battle. Ukraine’s president defined that he can be open to this if Moscow additionally pulls again and the realm turns into a demilitarised zone monitored by worldwide forces.

The US has proposed the creation of a “free economic zone”, which Mr Zelensky mentioned ought to be demilitarised.

An analogous association may very well be potential for the realm across the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, which is presently underneath Russian management. But any peace plan would should be put to a referendum, the president has insisted.

Meanwhile, Russian air defence models downed 25 Moscow-bound Ukrainian drones all through the day on Wednesday, based on Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

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Ukraine’s army mentioned its drones in a single day had struck the Yefremov artificial rubber plant in Russia’s Tula area south of Moscow and a storage facility for marine drones in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Tula regional governor Dmitry Milyaev mentioned particles from a downed Ukrainian drone sparked a fireplace at an industrial website.

The Ukrainian army additionally mentioned that an oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov area had been hit with Storm Shadow missiles, inflicting a number of explosions.

Polish jets additionally intercepted a Russian reconnaissance airplane over the Baltic Sea, which was flying near its airspace, the Polish army mentioned on Thursday.

The Polish military mentioned that objects, believed to be smuggling balloons, have been noticed final evening getting into Polish airspace from the path of Belarus.