Zelensky needs Putin to die in his Christmas speech. Russian bombers over the Barents Sea and Norway | EUROtoday

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President Volodymyr Zelensky greeted Ukrainians on Christmas Eve, saying that “despite all the suffering it has brought,” Russia is unable to “occupy” what issues most: the unity of Ukraine. Zelensky additionally wished for Putin’s dying, with out explicitly calling the Russian president by title, calling it a “shared dream” of Ukrainians.

«We have a good time Christmas in a tough time. Unfortunately, not all of us are at house tonight. Unfortunately, not everybody has a house but. And sadly, not everyone seems to be with us tonight. But regardless of all of the struggling Russia brings, it’s unable to occupy or bomb what issues most. This is our Ukrainian coronary heart, our mutual belief and our unity,” Zelensky stated. «Today all of us share a dream. And we make a want, for all of us. ‘Let him die’, every of us may suppose to ourselves. But after we flip to God, in fact, we ask for one thing better. We ask for peace for Ukraine. We battle for it. And we pray for it. And we deserve it,” Zelensky stated in his speech on the eve.

In the speech, Zelensky additionally stated that proper now Ukrainians are praying for all these on the entrance traces: that they return alive. «For all those that are prisoners: allow them to return house. For all our fallen heroes who defended Ukraine at the price of their lives. For all these whom Russia pressured to occupy and flee. For those that are struggling however haven’t misplaced Ukraine inside themselves, and subsequently Ukraine won’t ever lose them.” This is the third Christmas that Ukraine celebrates on December 25, according to the Western Gregorian calendar, together with the West, after deciding two years ago to abandon the ancient Julian calendar of many other Orthodox churches, such as the Russian one, which instead celebrate Christmas on January 7.

Meanwhile, Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers carried out a planned flight mission over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea, and were accompanied by foreign fighters in some areas, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian agency Tass writes it. The duration of the flight was more than seven hours, the ministry said. Russian Navy Su-33 fighters escorted the long-range bombers.