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9:00. Euromaidan in Kyiv must form a message for the South-East of Ukraine in order to reach a mutual understanding, said a well-known Ukrainian artist Alexander Roitburd in an interview to LB.ua.
10:01. Euromaidan will not disperse after Christmas, and it will not just stand on Kyiv's Independence Square, but it'll act. In the nearest future it'll hold short-term strikes, said leader of the opposition party 'UDAR' Vitali Klitschko.
10:45. Governor of Kharkov region Mikhail Dobkin called representatives of ´Svoboda´ opposition fraction ´political gopnik´ (a sub-culture native to Russia and post-Soviet countries (and in rather limited numbers, in Israel), characterized by aggressive behavior, specifically towards the weak, a predilection to the Blat criminal subculture, and abuse of alcohol).
10:49. Unidentified men spilled paint on a monument to Lenin in the district center of Odessa region Beryozovka on January 5.
10:53. Ukrainian question was put on the agenda of the 50th Munich Security Conference, which will take place in late January.
11:07. Journalist Tatyana Chornovol described the events at Boryspil route after 2 weeks after the attack.
11:21. Russian satirist Mikhail Zadornov spoke about Ukrainians in disrespectful manner and asked whether Euromaidan has ended. The humorist said he was angered with poor quality Ukrainian candy, shaving foam and events in Ukraine.
14:34. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry considers unacceptable to respond in any manner to the statements of Russian satirist Mikhail Zadornov about Ukraine and Ukrainians.
16:15. Auto-Euromaidan activists apologized for picketing an apartment of Education Minister Dmitry Tabachnik, which later turned on to be the apartment not related to him.
17:24. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich congratulated the citizens of Ukraine on Christmas. He wished happiness, joy and prosperity for every Ukrainian family.
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