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[00:12:10] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian-controlled church may lose control of part of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra on Jan. 1. The Culture Ministry will recommend terminating the Russian-backed church's lease on part of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine's most important Orthodox monastery. https://t.co/1YfZAlg60E

[00:12:12] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Russian-controlled church's lease on this part of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra - called the Upper Lavra - is expiring on Jan. 1.

[02:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UN: At least 6,884 civilians killed by Russia's war against Ukraine. According to the United Nations human rights agency, Russia's war against Ukraine has killed at least 6,884 civilians and injured at least 10,947 from Feb. 24 through Dec. 26.

[02:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects, including shelling from heavy artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, missiles and air strikes.

[03:12:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian forces shell border communities in Sumy Oblast. Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi reported that Russian troops targeted three of the region's communities, including Seredyno-Buda, Shelyhyne and Esman on Dec. 27.

[03:12:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Russian forces used mortar and artillery. One private residence was destroyed, but its residents managed to take shelter. No casualties were reported, according to Zhyvytskyi.

[03:57:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia has damaged more than 700 critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine since Feb. 24. First Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin said on Dec. 27 that at least 702 critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine have been hit since the start of the full-scale invasion.

[03:57:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: Those facilities include gas pipelines, electrical substations and bridges. Russian attacks have destroyed more than 35,000 objects in Ukraine, Yenin said.

[06:27:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Ukraine hits multiple Russian personnel concentration areas. Ukraine's rocket and artillery forces have hit two ammunition depots, one control point and seven areas of concentration of Russian troops in the past 24 hours.

[06:27:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Russian army launched at least one missile, and over 30 MLRS attacks against Ukraine.

[07:12:04] Twitter DefenceU: Never skip your cardio https://t.co/V4KMT9bYKW

[08:12:05] Twitter DefenceU: The terrorist state preys on newborns, pregnant women and women in labor. In Kherson, the maternity ward of the hospital came under russian fire. https://t.co/KJgBr4ksab

[08:27:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/E0RZvZcORP

[08:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russia launches missile attack on Kharkiv. Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said Russian missiles hit Kharkiv’s Slodidskyi district on Dec. 28. No casualties have yet been reported.

[09:42:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Air raid alert sounds across Ukraine on Dec. 28. Air raid alerts sounded across every Ukrainian oblast, including Russian-occupied Crimea, on Dec. 28.

[09:42:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russia attacks Kherson Oblast 50 times over past day. Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych reported on Dec. 28 that Russian forces shelled communities in Kherson Oblast with artillery, MLRS, and mortars, injuring three people over the past day.

[10:42:05] Twitter DefenceU: "Go ahead, make my day" Harry Callahan Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Dec 28: https://t.co/uexIRrPia5

[10:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukrenergo reports power deficit increase across Ukraine. The power deficit in Ukraine has increased due to the shutdown of several power plant units after the Russian shelling of energy infrastructure in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine’s stage grid operator Ukrenergo reported.

[11:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Landmine explosion injures civilian, child in Kharkiv Oblast. A 47-year-old man and his seven-year-old son were injured in an explosion caused by landlines left behind by Russian troops in Buhaivka, Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

[12:27:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Former Ukrainian lawmaker detained in France. At the request of Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation, French law enforcement reportedly detained former Ukrainian lawmaker and businessman Kostiantyn Zhevago at the French ski resort Courchevel.

[12:27:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: Preparations are reportedly underway to secure his extradition. Zhevago faces high-profile embezzlement charges after allegedly siphoning $113 million from Finance & Credit Bank, which he used to own. The bank is now defunct. In 2021, he was put on a wanted list by Interpol.

[12:27:07] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukrainian sentenced to 11 years in prison for leaking information to Russian troops. Ukraine sentenced a Ukrainian man to 11 years in prison for giving the locations of bomb shelters and the positions of Ukrainian troops to Russian forces, Ukraine’s Security Service reported.

[12:27:08] Twitter KyivIndependent: The information he provided pertained to the areas surrounding Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. According to the SBU, Russian forces intended to “use the received data to prepare and carry out missile strikes on Kramatorsk.”

[13:27:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Kremlin spokesman: Peace possible only if Ukraine agrees to Russia's annexation of its regions. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that any peace plan should “take into account” Russia’s illegal “annexation” of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson oblasts.

[13:27:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: Former French President François Hollande was in office when Russia launched its war in 2014. In an exclusive interview, Hollande talks about the start of Russia's war in 2014, the annexation of Crimea and the failure to prevent a full-scale war in Europe.https://t.co/IK24wmf5lS

[14:12:04] Twitter DefenceU: National Guard of Ukraine @ng_ukraine is eradicating occupiers. They are not welcomed here on our land. https://t.co/nwT6iNdVWu

[14:27:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️President’s Office: 3 injured, including child, in Russian attack on Kherson Oblast. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a deputy head of the President's Office, reported that Russian shelling of the village of Kizomys in Kherson Oblast had injured three people, including a 14-year-old child.

[14:57:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky addresses Ukrainian parliament. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said that Zelensky had addressed the Verkhovna Rada earlier in the day. Zelensky’s speech wasn’t broadcast but Zhelezniak posted a short video of the address. https://t.co/NPG5m3nMDA

[15:27:04] Twitter DefenceU: Ukrainian soldiers love their children very much and will give everything for them to have a happy future. Let's make sure that as many children as possible are reunited with their parents after the war. by @United24media https://t.co/mi3uWO6Xph

[16:12:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: We are happy to announce that together with the social enterprise @saintjavelin we have already raised $7,500 for @HospitallersU, a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics who save lives at the front line of Russia’s war. https://t.co/R5h4apRwTb

[16:12:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: Our joint merch collection with Saint Javelin, which has donated over $2 million to Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion, was launched on Dec. 13. The collection’s central figure is Archangel Michael, the protector and one of the main symbols of Kyiv.

[16:12:07] Twitter KyivIndependent: All net profits from the sales of this collection will be donated to Hospitallers. Join our effort in supporting paramedics risking their lives to rescue others. https://t.co/k7zHGzy9eJ

[16:27:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️French defense minister visits Kyiv. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu arrived in Kyiv on Dec. 28. “When I arrived in Kyiv, I laid a wreath on the Heroes' Wall to honor the fallen Ukrainian soldiers defending their country,” Lecornu wrote on Twitter.

[16:27:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: Welcome to Investigative Stories from Ukraine, a newly-launched newsletter by the Kyiv Independent. In this edition, discover how The New York Times identified Russian soldiers involved in Bucha massacre, and more. https://t.co/FxftExDvRU

[16:57:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Odesa begins dismantling monument to Russian empress Catherine II. Catherine II has a controversial reputation in Ukraine because she promoted Russian imperialism and liquidated two autonomous Ukrainian entities - the Zapirizhzhian Sich and the Hetmanate.

[17:42:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Zelensky, BlackRock CEO discuss Ukraine reconstruction. In a meeting with BlackRock investment company CEO Larry Fink, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the reconstruction of Ukraine, reported the President’s Office. Photo: President of Ukraine's official website https://t.co/iWJGD6u1gC

[17:42:07] Twitter KyivIndependent: Zelensky and Fink have reportedly “agreed to focus in the near term on coordinating the efforts of all potential investors and participants in the reconstruction of our country, channeling investment into the most relevant and impactful sectors of the Ukrainian economy.”

[18:57:08] Twitter KyivIndependent: “What was not achieved before will be achieved now,” Zelensky said while addressing the parliament on Dec. 28, asking to take his words “very seriously.” https://t.co/DzFKf7LTAV

[19:12:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ UK to provide Ukraine with Sea King helicopters. The U.K. will supply Ukraine with Sea King helicopters as part of its continued support for Kyiv amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.K. Defense Ministry announced on Dec. 28.

[19:12:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: On Nov. 26, the U.K. Defense Ministry said the U.K. will train 10 Ukrainian military crews to use Sea King helicopters, “enhancing their search and rescue capabilities."

[19:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Air Force: Ukraine’s military has downed nearly 900 Russian missiles, drones since September. Over 420 Russian missiles and 430 kamikaze drones have been shot down by Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defense since September, Yurii Ihnat, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, reported.

[19:57:06] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Was glad to host my colleague & great friend @SebLecornu in Kyiv. This visit is not only an act of bravery;it also demonstrates strong support Weapons&ammo supplies for #UAarmy will be continued,including great -made systems for the protection of our land and skies https://t.co/7ivUqTLzdR

[19:57:07] Twitter DefenceU: Big guns go hunting. 43rd Artillery Brigade https://t.co/F8MeygLim7

[21:12:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Reznikov: France to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons, ammunition. France will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition amid Russia’s continuous aggression, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said after a meeting with his French counterpart Sebastian Lecornu.

[21:12:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Kremlin claimed on Dec. 28 that it would not consider a peace plan that excludes Russia’s “annexation” of four Ukrainian regions in the country’s east and south, turning down Kyiv’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/D9MzRmDmi6

[22:42:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine downs 5 kamikaze drones over Dnipro. Ukraine’s East Air Command reported on Dec. 28 that it downed five, presumably Iranian-made Shahed-136, drones over the city of Dnipro.

[22:57:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Mayor: Russian forces attack Kharkiv. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that Kharkiv came under Russian attack for the second time on Dec. 28. No casualties were reported.

[22:57:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine, countries urge Iran to take responsibility for downing of flight PS752. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement alongside Canada, Sweden, and the U.K. urging that Iran be held accountable for the “illegal downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752.”

[22:57:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: The aircraft was downed by two missiles after taking off from Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. All 176 people aboard died.

[23:12:06] Twitter DefenceU: No one could ever have imagined that peaceful Ukrainians would master a not-so-peaceful profession and become the best snipers in the world. https://t.co/cBpvsnthOs

[23:12:07] Twitter KyivIndependent: Kherson was liberated because Ukraine forced Russians to accept they could not hold the city with their dwindling supplies and growing body count. But an important role was also played by people who were inside Kherson during the occupation. https://t.co/hVrTVffLNS

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