Putin was speaking at a press conference in Novo-Ogarevo (Russia), which was broadcast on the Vesti television channel (Russia).

Albina al-Jar and her child died at 16:00 on January 8 after her home was shelled.

The Moscow-run Ukrainian Orthodox Church's mission for social assistance to children has congratulated 160 children supported by the Children of Chornobyl Charity Fund on the Christmas Holiday.

A service commemorating the Orthodox and Greco-Catholic Christmas at the St. Mykhailivskyi Cathedral in Zhytomyr.

Oksana Bilozir, Head of the Commission of Inquiry of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine into high prices of housing in Kiev, other cities of Ukraine, and non-fulfillment of the legal obligations of builders under investment contracts, considers the prohibition of the sale of buildings under construction to be the only possible way to put an end to abusive behavior occurring in the housing market.

The rewarding ceremony of winners of the annual Ukrainian festival-competition "Choice of the Year" took place on the 29th of November, 2008 in the National palace "Ukraine". The companies of agrarian industry took part in this year competition for the first time. .