Zelensky congratulates Jews on Hanukkah

In 2023, Zelensky lit the menorah in the OP. Photo: OP

Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Jews on Hanukkah. He stated that Hanukkah candles have a "particularly strong meaning" during the war.

"Light that does not fade even in the dark. Faith that helps to endure. Unity of people who support each other when it is hardest," Zelensky said.

He wished Jews "strength and faith, a sense of support and peace".

Several thousand people took to the streets of the city to defend traditional values and children’s right to life.

The Holy Trinity Church in Dobropillia sustained serious damage as a result of military action.

The head of the Vatican expressed regret over the intensifying attacks on civilians and called the ceasefire in the Middle East “a reason for hope.”

The “icon,” painted on the lid of a HIMARS system, depicts Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

Andriy Pinchuk has begun serving in the Scandinavian Metropolis of the Constantinople Patriarchate as a “volunteer cleric.”

The religious leader said the attacker had called for “purges” and for the killing of Jews and Ukrainians.