This will be the first Christmas that Lyubov spends without her son Taras Onyskiv, who died aged 32 in May while fighting off Russian troops on the eastern front.

Zelensky promises to seek peace in 2025; Ukrainian families celebrate Christmas at the cemetery; and inside the war-time ...

As the fairy lights on the Yuletide tree in their bunker twinkled in the closing minutes of Christmas ... in Ukrainian – using a tiny joystick to keep the drone on course, plotted in blue ...

As the fairy lights on the Yuletide tree in their bunker twinkled in the closing minutes of Christmas Eve ... called Sova – owl, in Ukrainian – using a tiny joystick to keep the drone on course, ...

Cheers and more for Bolgrad Winery in Odesa, Ukraine, whose bottles of fruity red and elegant white are proving mega Christmas hits ... eye-catching blue and yellow labels feature the colours ...

So this week, after I'd put my Christmas decorations ... a subtle nod to the Ukrainian flag thanks to the blue and yellow leaves that adorn the branches of a tree. This will no doubt make it ...