Viktor became disillusioned. While defending a ruined building he was injured, but was told to return to the front. Then he realized "I’m nobody, just a number".
Putin apologized for fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace. He did not say whether Russia was responsible for incident.
The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, was killed by a bomb planted near an apartment block in Moscow.
Kremlin said Putin backs Orban’s proposal for a Christmas cease-fire and prisoner swap in Ukraine, after Kyiv criticized Orban for not consulting Ukrainian officials.
