Ukraine city Kharkiv takes holidays underground to avoid missile strikes

The Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv is taking its vacation festivities underground in a resilient effort to have fun the season regardless of ongoing Russian missile strikes.

Kharkiv Metropolis Council posted a photograph of its New 12 months’s tree, put in within the metropolis’s central subway station relatively than in its central sq., on its Telegram channel.

“This yr, the town’s most important Christmas tree has been put in at a subway station, the place it gained’t be hit by Russian artillery hearth or missile strikes,” the Ukraine Ministry of Protection stated in a tweet sharing the picture. “The vacations are coming, it doesn't matter what.”

A picture of a residential building damaged by a missile attack.
“This yr, the town’s most important Christmas tree has been put in at a subway station, the place it gained’t be hit by Russian artillery hearth or missile strikes,” the Ukraine Ministry of Protection tweeted.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) posing for a picture with a wounded Ukrainian soldier in a hospital.
A New 12 months’s occasion for youngsters will happen within the metro station, in line with the Kharkiv Metropolis Council.
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Kharkiv Metropolis Council stated there could be a New 12 months’s occasion for youngsters within the metro station with a small live performance as properly.

In earlier years, the town’s official tree lit up in Freedom Sq., however the battle has pressured the festivities underground.

A lot of the Kharkiv area in jap Ukraine was liberated in from Russian forces in September after months of occupation. Town itself by no means fell to the invasion, however Russia continues to pound it and close by communities with rocket assaults.

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