Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy.
But for mothers like Iryna, the empty table setting where her son usually sits overshadows all.
Her son, Yaroslav, is just one of 10k Ukrainians in Russian captivity.
He was captured at Azovstal and he has spent two birthdays so far as a prisoner of war.
She speaks longingly about him through tears: "My bunny, my heart, my boy.”
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