Daily review: Court freezes Poroshenko’s assets; Latvia to send weapons to Ukraine; Christmas in Ukraine

Past 24 hours in the war zone

Russian-hybrid forces launched four attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol sectors, including heavy artillery and weapons banned by the Minsk accords, according to Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation Staff.
As of 19:30 January 4, OSCE’s Special Monitoring Group recorded 54 violations in Donetsk Oblast and three violations in Luhansk Oblast.

Due to Russia’s blockade of the transit route, Kazakstan has not delivered contracted coal supplies to Ukraine, announces Ukrainian Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko.
The EU and NATO must pay attention to different scenarios of a Russian invasion, says Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in an interview.
Due to the build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders, NATO is going to hold an urgent meeting on 7 January 2022.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell will submit proposals to the EU to launch the EU military advisory and training mission in Ukraine.
Today, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is celebrating its third anniversary of autocephaly – or independence. Three years ago on this day, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew had granted the so-called tomos of autocephaly to the newly established church, thus making it effectively independent of Russia.