From Baikonur cosmodrome successfully launched rocket "Zenit-2ЅB" with the upper stage "Fregat-SB", which is supposed to deploy the Angolan satellite Angosat.

Russia's state TV: Host says that by providing lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine, the U.S. crossed Russia's red line. Alexander Khinshtein (advisor to Dir of Nat'l Guard) claims Russian Cornet is better than Javelin and "someone" could provide it to the other side "for balance."

Liftoff of Zenit-2SB with Fregat upper stage with Angosat satellite from Baikonur

Russia's state TV: Female host remarks that for the first time in modern history, Ukraine celebrated Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar - just so they could do it "mentally together with Donald Trump."

Simferopol': Possible jet breaks the sound barrier over city

Reports of explosion over Simferopol', Crimea

Reports of explosion in Simferopol'

Dodon: Moldova cannot develop without cooperation with Russia

Photo: Glow over Luhansk, Millerovo and Volhohrad

Video: strange glow over Luhansk this morning

Police reports that they have exposed criminal ring in Kyiv. Members of which involved in Sheremet murder

ATO spox: Russian proxies committed two ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine yesterday: used small arms near Stanytsia Luhanska (Luhansk sector) and shelled Pavlopil area with 120mm mortars (Donetsk sector). Fortunately, Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered no casualties.

The @OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) will not send their representatives to the occupied Crimea to monitor the Russian presidential election in 2018.

MFA Russia: Karasin: Do Washington and Ottawa have the guarantee that their lethal weapons will not fall into the 'wrong hands'? That they won't be picked up by militants? Or, for example, that they won't be sold somewhere in the Middle East?

MFA Russia: Karasin: Washington 'hawks' are thus attempting, the way they see it, to raise 'the price of the conflict in Donbass' for Russia. This is a deficient and dangerous reasoning. It leads to the war, not to the peace

HMS Tyne also escorted a Russian intelligence gathering ship through the North Sea and English Channel on Christmas Eve

Mykolaev shipbuilders have again blocked Yuzhnobugsky bridge. Demand salaries

Branch of "Sberbank of Russia" was vandalized in L'viv

2 attacks on Ukrainian positions yesterday, no casualties

Russian FSB searches houses of Crimeantatars in Simferopol'

British navy escorts Russia|n warship through North Sea amid strained ties

Raid alarm sirens launched in L’viv “without authorization”, no threat to public - city authorities

At 6pm ATO HQ reported that truce is finally holding, and now reports that it was violated at 7pm with 120mm mortar near Pavlopil'

DNR group reporting about clashes near Kruta Balka

Ukrainians on Maidan to protest 4-year suspended sentence for Yuriy Krysin, who admitted role in murder of journalist Vyacheslav Veremiy during Euromaidan in 2014, but was convicted only of "hooliganism."

Rally at Maidan against court decision on organizer of journalist Verimiy murder

A car explosion in Kharkiv was qualified as assassination attempt

Ukraine is ready to exchange of 306 to 74 - Irina Gerashchenko

Russian military shortwave radio station UVB-76, also known as "The Buzzer" was jammed and play some rap and "Slava Ukraini" words

Photo: Neklinovka railway station in Rostov region