Permanent representatives of EU member states are discussing new sanctions against Russia. Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, urged the allies to provide missiles with a range of 800 km “to solve the energy problem”. Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, signed a decree on the expulsion of mobilized graduate students from military service. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the Pope’s remarks about Buryats and Chechens fighting in Ukraine as “a perversion of the truth”. To save electricity, the main Christmas tree in the center of Kiev will be left without light. socialbites.ca recorded the events.