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Hundreds of worshippers attend a historic service at the famed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery as Ukrainians marked Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war. In a first, Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, leads a Christmas divine liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the 11th century Lavra, the pro-Western country's most signifiant Orthodox monastery. IMAGES
Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, a month after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics in Riga. During a joint press conference, Blinken calls on Russia to "end the war" as the fighting in Ukraine continues for the 12th day. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of NATO troops hit the ground in Poland in a massive show of force as the alliance launches its biggest war games in eastern Europe since the Cold War. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine has an "urgent, critical need for more air defence", at a G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri. Ukraine has struggled on the battlefield for months, outgunned and outnumbered by Russian forces amid a shortage of Western military aid. SOUNDBITE
As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asks allies for more Patriot air defence systems. SOUNDBITE
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