Ukraine had rejected the Russian president's call for a temporary ceasefire over the Orthodox Christmas period.
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He said that another seven people had been injured and there were an unknown number of injured in the Donetsk cities of Mariupol and Volnovasthat a 66-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman had been killed and 13 other local residents were injured as a result of"Russia's 'Christmas shelling' in Bakhmut."
However, there are numerous reports that hostilities continued anyway with Russian forces accused of striking a fire station in southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, leaving several dead and injured.
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