Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha: "Russia did not stop its brutal bombing of civilians in Ukraine even on the holy Christmas night. 

Strikes on Odesa killed one person and injured two others. One civilian was killed in the Kharkiv region and another in the Chernihiv region. People were injured in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions. 

Odesa suffers the most these days. Russia deliberately destroys energy and civilian infrastructure, leaving people without power, water, and heating amid freezing temperatures. 

No military purpose—just Russia’s intent to kill people because they are Ukrainians. Such actions fall under Article II (c) of the 1948 Genocide Convention: “Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” 

We urge the world to act, increase pressure on the aggressor, and strengthen Ukraine’s means to defend itself and its people, including air defense."