Birth of Christ was formerly celebrated on 7 January, but has moved in symbolic shift away from Russia
Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region has killed four people, including an 87-year-old man and his 81-year-old wife who died after a strike on their apartment building.
The barrage on Sunday injured nine other people, including a 15-year-old, sparked fires in homes and at a private medical facility, and set a local gas pipeline alight, the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said.
