RIA Novosti

Russian bombing raids killed three people including a child late Tuesday near Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk, local authorities said.

The strikes hit nine apartment blocks and a hospital in Selydove, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the front line, the local council said on Telegram.

Twelve people were also injured in the bombing, including four children, it added.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Ukraine celebrates Christmas, the shelling does not stop

Ukraine celebrates Christmas, the first since the beginning of the war.

Russian-language channels in Telegram exploded with news of the fall of Izyum. "Izyum surrendered", "Izyum fell" and "Izyum was surrendered" are the variants with which various groups announce the situation around the city, which is important for the outcome of the Kharkiv counter-offensive operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (VSU).

The three Bulgarian telecom operators - Vivacom, A1 and Yettel - have restricted internet access to some Russian state media, including TASS and RIA Novosti. This has happened quietly and without clear regulations and procedures, writes Bulgarian media "Capital" and adds that the story is even more complicated because in practice no one knows who is responsible.

A Boeing 737 passenger plane has crashed in Russia, with all 62 on board killed. Flight 981 of Flydubai airlines was making the route demo the Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Rostov, Russia, when it crashed approximately at 2.50 am (Greek time) during its landing at Rostov on Don airport in Rostov, in south Russia. The 55 passengers and 7 crew members were all killed.

The United States on Friday announced an expansion of the list of sanctions imposed on Russia by including a oil and gas field.

The Federal Register's Industry and Security Bureau explained in a statement that it had been decided to "further implement" sanctions on "certain Russian energy projects" by adding the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye oil and gas field in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has said construction of the so-called Turkish Stream gas pipeline might begin later than planned.

There is a risk not to start building the pipeline's first section on schedule the intergovernmental agreement is not signed in time, Novak is quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.

Moscow will extend its embargo on European Union agricultural products but is unlikely to go further if the EU extends sanctions as expected, economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev said June 18.

The agreement to set up an interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece is to be signed early in the coming weeks, Greek local media quote unnamed energy officials as saying.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Athens Tuesday morning.

There have been no reports of casualties, injured, or damage so far.

The earthquake struck at 4:09 a.m. in the Aegean Sea, with an epicenter located at a depth of 13 kilometers, 80 kilometers north of Athens, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.