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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 89%. (I'm a bot)


The Ukrainian military said its defense forces had shot down many of missiles fired on December 31 ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations, but it added that some got through, hitting civilian infrastructure.
WATCH: Despite constant shelling by Russian forces, a festive New Year's tree was put up in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a hotly contested area in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian parliament's human rights commissioner, said that "140 Ukrainians released from Russian captivity will celebrate the New Year and Christmas holidays at home," listing the soldiers as 132 men and eight women.


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Yes, Russians, avoid that any way you can - it's a meat grinder, and they consider you fresh meat to feed it.  Ukrainians don't really want to kill you, but will do so with no hesitation should you show up there with the invaders.