Published December 24,2023
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On Christmas Eve, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed his compatriots with a Christmas message of encouragement within the face of Russia’s ongoing invasion.
“In the end, darkness will lose. Evil will be defeated,” Zelensky mentioned within the video message printed on Sunday.
He added that the entire nation would pray collectively in the course of the holidays “for our freedom. For our victory. For our Ukraine.”
Zelensky thanked Ukrainian troopers who’re spending Christmas within the trenches on the entrance, and in addition shared his ideas with all of the households who will as soon as once more must have a good time this 12 months with out husbands, sons and fathers who’re preventing.
“All our warriors of light, the guardian angels of Ukraine,” Zelensky mentioned. “They prove that miracles exist, but we must create them ourselves.”
Ukraine has shifted the celebration of Christmas to December 25, the date during which the vacation is widely known in a lot of the world, from January 7, the date of the vacation within the Russian Orthodox Church.
Only the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has lengthy been linked to Moscow, has caught with the outdated date.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
