For years, #Kyiv has been lighting up the largest menorah in Europe to celebrate Hanukkah’s lights. Many organisations called to light a candle tonight in solidarity with the Jewish community after the terrorist attack that killed at least 11 people at the #bondibeach in #Sydney.

‼️🔵🟡 « Today - the #kupyansk direction, our soldiers who are achieving results for #Ukraine here. Many Russians have talked about Kupyansk..
I was there
Thank you to every unit, to everyone who is fighting here, who is destroying the occupier », President V. #Zelenskyy said in Kupyansk.

🔥Drones hit the russian oil refinery Slavneft-Yanos in Yaroslavl on December 12, one of the 5 largest in Russia, located a thousand kms from the border with #Ukraine. The refinery had a capacity of 15 million tons of oil/year. The previous fire was reported on October 31.
#StopRussia

Many Ukrainians are currently posting bright images of Ukrainian streets decorated for the #Christmas season, despite Russia's war of aggression against #Ukraine, its culture & Ukrainian people.
📹: Kryvyï Rih. 🇺🇦

Volodymyr #Zelensky meets Pope Leo XIV on December 9, to discuss "a just & lasting peace" for #Ukraine. This 3rd meeting between the pontiff & the Ukrainian President focused also on the return of Ukrainian children stolen by Russia &🇺🇦POWs, according to Vatican News.
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#France Festival of 🇺🇦lights in Lyon : french train station turned into a luminous window on Ukrainian culture for 4 nights. "Voyage to #Ukraine" by Svitlana Reinish is a tribute to the works of Maria Prymachenko, Alla Horska, Viktor Zaretskyi, Lyubov Panchenko & other 🇺🇦artists.🎥: Ukrainian Institute

⭐️On December 6 in the #Kyiv metro: the British embassy staff sent their best wishes to Ukrainians by performing a famous Ukrainian masterpiece Christmas song, Shchedryk. The melody became worldwide associated with vivid 🇺🇦culture and #Ukraine’s independence.
🎥: N. Rieltor #UK🇬🇧

Setting up Christmas lights tonight in Lviv including an old traditionnal Ukrainian song 🎶 "Shchedryk", knew all over the world as "Carol of the Bells". Mykola Leontovych, an Ukrainian artist, composed before 1916 the arrangement used in all modern versions.
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 📹V. Vasylenko

«  Please, read Ukrainian literature, watch Ukrainian films, listen to Ukrainian music and attend Ukrainian theater performances. Not just for the next 4 months, but from today until the end of the century », the famous 🇺🇦 writter Andriy Kurkov said yesterday in Paris. #ukraine #paris #kyiv #france

« Russia bombs us every day (..) But our defenders are writing History every day on the battlefield. Our culture is also a culture of resistance. The last words have not yet been spoken », A. Sybiha,🇺🇦MFA, said in Paris yesterday, quoting the General de Gaulle. 🇫🇷 & 🇺🇦 launched a cultural season.

A bomb alert was triggered at the #Paris headquarters of France Télévisions in Paris. The building was evacuated and programming was interrupted. #France #Alert

#Ternopil A memorial service was held today for the 34 people killed by Russia on Nov. 19, including 6 children :
"This is no longer war. This is the deliberate mass killing of civilians (..) This is a crime against humanity", Head of the 🇺🇦 Greek Catholic Church said.
#Ukraine