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Ukraine: Zelensky condemns "inhumane" Russia Christmas Day attack (www.bbc.com)

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Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Christmas Day, using 184 missiles and drones, resulting in power cuts across the country.

Ukrainian President Zelensky condemned the attack, calling it “inhumane” and a “conscious choice” by Russia.

Despite the damage and casualties, Ukrainians remain resilient, celebrating Christmas amidst the crisis.

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[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 54 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I thought Ukraine celebrated Orthodox Christmas, but turns out this was changed last year.

[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Ukraine has been dealing with Russian influence and subterfuge in its country on such a scale for centuries that its essentially like a brain parasite, they've had to resort to some extreme measures to try to combat this control, there's no sense in being soft or cautious about it anymore as Russia has launched a full scale war against them and the way their troops and statesmen have behaved, they've essentially declared their intent is to exterminate the very idea of the nation.

so when those are the stakes. Ukraine will do a lot of things that seem weird. changing christmas, forcing themselves to stop speaking russian and speak ukrainian, etc. its total war. this is what happens in total war.

the russian orthodox church is also under the direct control of the kremlin, Patriarch Kirill is a KGB gangster like Putin, he just wears a fancy hat, but most of his preaching about god is usually in relation to killing and fighting. its just a state war church at this point.

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago

They still mostly celebrate orthodox Christmas despite this change

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 25 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Eastern Orthodox in particular. Plenty of other Orthodox churches have adopted the Revised Julian calendar so Christmas falls on the 24th. At least until the leap years desync.

...which is of course still a bit off the solstice (more like 21st or 22nd) but that has been the case for basically forever as people forgot which holiday it was they declared to be baby Jesus' birthday.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

it was they declared to be baby Jesus' birthday

Twas always a sham. A shame. A flutter

The Christians bewitched by a powerful other

Their Lord, born with harvest, Almighty Lover,

Was born not in darkness through which we shudder

[-] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 7 points 17 hours ago

It has. In my family we celebrate Christmas as a secular family event. But we now meet up on the December 25th not on Jan 7th.

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