Both sides have ruled out a Christmas truce and there are currently no talks aimed at ending the nearly 10-month-old conflict, Europe's largest since World War II.
Russian shelling killed two people in the centre of Kherson, the southern city liberated by Ukraine last month, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president's office.Russian forces also attacked critical infrastructure in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, causing several explosions, its mayor, Ihor Terekhov, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
There were no reports of deaths in Donetsk, though Kulemzin said five people had been hurt, including a child. Moscow says the assaults do not target civilians and are meant to reduce Ukraine's ability to fight and push it to negotiate. Kyiv says the attacks are a war crime. Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine.
When spending on the war in Ukraine is squeezing funds for health and education, Mr Putin promised Russians in a major televised speech on the economy that pensions and the minimum wage would keep rising.He said Russia would develop its economic relations with partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America to thwart Western efforts to isolate it economically.
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