{"id":41560,"date":"2025-12-24T18:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/christmas-eve-at-the-front-line-the-national-guard-showed-the-unchanging-traditions-of-the-rubizh-brigade\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T18:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:51:41","slug":"christmas-eve-at-the-front-line-the-national-guard-showed-the-unchanging-traditions-of-the-rubizh-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/christmas-eve-at-the-front-line-the-national-guard-showed-the-unchanging-traditions-of-the-rubizh-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve at the front line: the National Guard showed the unchanging traditions of the Rubizh brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers of the Rubizh brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine celebrated Christmas Eve at the front line. Hot tea and kutia were on the tables, symbolizing the connection with generations and native homes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F12%2F24%2F1766600595-2857-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Christmas Eve at the front line: the National Guard showed the unchanging traditions of the Rubizh brigade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amid shelling and hard work, soldiers of the &quot;Rubizh&quot; brigade find time for what matters most. On makeshift tables, there&#039;s hot tea and the traditional kutia. The National Guard showed Christmas Eve at the front line, UNN reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For Ukrainians, this holiday has always been a symbol of home. Today, our home is dugouts and positions, but the spirit of Christmas does not fade even here. Amid shelling and hard work, soldiers of the &quot;Rubizh&quot; brigade find time for what matters most. On makeshift tables, there&#039;s hot tea and the traditional kutia, as a symbol of connection with generations and native homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the report says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-2317-large.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-1861-large.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-1813-large.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-1555-large.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-1822-large.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-3337-large.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.unn.ua\/img\/2025\/12\/24\/1766600515-2798-large.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The National Guard added that today, greeting each other with the words &quot;Christ is born!&quot;, remember those who make these holidays possible. Our soldiers stand guard over your comfort and our common values.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy spoke about the main wish of Ukrainians for Christmas24.12.25, 18:04 \u2022 1698 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers of the Rubizh brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine celebrated Christmas Eve at the front line. Hot tea and kutia were on the tables, symbolizing the connection with generations and native homes. Amid shelling and hard work, soldiers of the &quot;Rubizh&quot; brigade find time for what matters most. On makeshift tables, there&#039;s hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}