TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

The song known in English as The Carol of the Bells is widely recognized as a Christmas melody. But in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, residents know it as Shchedryk, a work by a local composer. The ...

One of the national TV channels broadcasts the movie "Home Alone." Since the 1990s, families in Ukraine have gathered between Christmas and New Year's to watch the film. NPR's Brian Mann reports from ...

Dressed in handmade costumes signifying angels, devils, shepherds and kings and singing Christmas carols, groups of volunteer ...

Felix, 39, who is responsible for providing logistical and moral support for his unit, said fighters are simply exhausted. He ...

Russia launched a major drone and missile assault that led to power cuts and outages across Ukraine over the holiday ...

Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day attack on the country’s energy ...

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for ...

Lithuania will invest directly into Ukraine’s domestic military production rather than sending over weapons, Shmyhal said after meeting with visiting Lithuanian counterpart, Gintautas Paluckas. Santa ...

Kyiv has repeatedly asked Hungary to refrain from manipulating the topic of the war in Ukraine, particularly in light of Budapest's "Christmas truce" proposal. Source: Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for ...

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1031. Kyiv. Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles on Friday, December 20. A Russian morning missile strike on central Kyiv killed at least one ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking on Kossuth radio, has expressed the opinion that Ukraine could still change its decision regarding the "Christmas ceasefire". Source: European Pravda, ...