Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday hailed the shooting down of two Russian fighter jets on Christmas Eve and said “this Christmas sets the right mood for the entire year ahead.”

In a Christmas message marking the first time the country has officially observed the holiday on Dec. 25 rather than Jan. 7, Zelenskyy also referred to Ukraine’s claim to have destroyed a further three Russian fighter planes on Friday.

“The stronger our air defense, the fewer Russian devils will be in our skies and on our land,” Zelenskyy said, praising Ukraine’s “capabilities in negotiations with partners, capabilities in bolstering our sky shield, capabilities in defending our homeland from Russian terrorists. ”

    • fiah@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 months ago

      where was the victory parade on the 4th day of this special operation?

      edit: lol I just got banned from the lemmy.ml world news for suggesting that it’s way past a hexbear’s bed time. I guess I should’ve known those mods are tankies

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        6 months ago

        I guess I should’ve known those mods are tankies

        And this is news to you how exactly? The whole point of the sub is that they’re tankies. It’s their whole thing.