UKRAINE

 NPR - Ukrainian crews are cleaning up this morning after a deadly Christmas Day attack by Russia. Moscow launched around 70 missiles and over 100 drones packed with explosives targeting Ukraine’s energy grid.  Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says they shot down 50 of the missiles and blocked most of the drones using electronic jammers that can cause them to crash. Zelensky called the timing of the attack “inhumane” and “evil” in a public statement. The strike, which killed at least one person, was the 13th large-scale attack on the energy grid this year alone, NPR’s Brian Mann says. If Russia’s goal is to make Ukrainians so miserable they lose the will to defend their country — there isn’t evidence that’s happening, Mann says, noting that the response he’s heard is one of anger and not fear after the attack. In a remote region of western Ukraine, far from the violent conflict, Ukrainians are facing another battle: preserving their culture. Here’s an intimate look at how they are doing this.