epa11011859 Workers continue to decorate a Christmas tree in front of Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, 05 December 2023. This year Ukraine will mark Christmas on the 25 December together with Europe, unlike in previous years when Ukraine marked Christmas on 07 January with other post-Soviet countries. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022 starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO 36684