Ukraine hand over 235 prisoners, 40 were released earlier, 31 refused to leave to occupied territories

Third vessel with U.S. coal arrives in Ukrainian port

All 74 Ukrainians are free. POWs exchange completed

Yavoriv, Ukraine – While most of their families back home in New York were waking up and unwrapping presents, the more than 220 men and women of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine were just sitting down to their Christmas dinner

Released Vladyslav Ovcharenko talking to @poroshenko on the phone. Eduard Nedelyaev in the background

The biggest POW swap between Kyiv and "DPR"/"LPR"underway near Horlivka in uncontrolled part of Donetsk region. So far 16 Ukrainians out of those 74 in the list have been released by "LPR". Pic by Ukraine's Minsk group negotiator Iryna Gerashchenko

Kerch policemen trained to fight off the police Department from invaders

Among hostages released from/"LNR" captivivty, there are Vladislav Ovcharenko (@LUGASNSKA_JUNTA), Artem Akhmerov, Valentyn Bohdan, and Eduard Nedelyaev (@Edward_Lugansk)

According to Pershiy TV Vladislav Ovcharenko was released from captivity

"Admiral Makarov" the 3-rd RuNAVY frigate (11356) entered into service in Kaliningrad shipbuilding dockyard. Home naval base-Sevastopol (Black Sea Fleet). Others 3 frigates stay without Ukrainian made turbines. No decision

Rafis Kashapov, who was arrested in December 2014, has been released from prison after serving his full sentence for criticising Putin's annexation of Crimea.

Photo: Waiting for the POW swap at Mayorsk

Mayorsk: Images from the site where prisoner swap is being prepared

ATO spox: Donetsk sector – militants delivered a single 45-minute small arms attack in Shakhta Butovka area.

ATO spox: Russia-backed militants violated the ceasefire 6 times yesterday. Unfortunately, this resulted in one Ukrainian serviceman killed and five more wounded in action.

ATO spox: Luhansk sector – Russian proxies committed 5 ceasefire violations, used 82mm mortars in Luhanske area twice, attacked Novoluhanske, Zolote, and Stanytsia Luhanska areas.

PM Groisman adviced chief of Ukroboronprom to resign

Rally on question of Kateryna II monument in Odesa

For robbery in the Kyiv region detained armed foreigners

Ukraine govt inject another UAH16bn $600mn into privatbank bring total to UAH77bn $2.8bn.

Occupied Luhansk: another fotage of hostages

Prisoners swap between Ukraine and Russia is set up for today

ATO HQ: 1 soldier was killed, 5 wounded in 6 ceasefire violations yesterday

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