Nika Chervonna (26) said she was planning to spend Christmas with friends, but after a missile strike in her hometown, Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine, on Christmas Eve and more explosions in the morning, she cancelled her plans and “decided to stay home with my dog”.

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, firefighters work on a site of an apartment building destroyed by a Russian attack in Kryvyi

Ukraine's air force says it detected 184 missiles and drones, causing damage to energy infrastructure across the country.

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system and cities in its eastern region with cruise and ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, Ukraine's energy minister and local officials said. At least six people were wounded in a missile attack on Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Wednesday morning,