Christmas has been celebrated throughout Ukraine since ancient times with Christmas carols. This tradition is also supported by Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. Every year, celebrating together, we are united by love for our native land and our history, respect and honor for Ukrainian traditions, customs and cultural heritage of our people.

Donating in time of war is one of the most important ways to save the lives of our wounded warriors. From the first days of the Russian aggression, Ukrainians formed queues for blood service centers. The staff and cadets of the university and its structural subdivisions —  Sumy branch, Kremenchuk Flight College — have been and remain active participants in the donor movement for many years.

Police lieutenant colonel Oleksii Serdiuk, head of the Research Laboratory on Combating Crime, and police colonel Vladyslav Shendryk, head of the Department of Operative Investigative Activity and Crime Detection of the Faculty No. 2, checked the cadets' of the 2-4 courses practice in Kharkiv district police department. No. 2 of the MDNP in Kharkiv region.

Inspections of KhNUIA cadets' training practice and internships are ongoing. Nataliia Yelnikova, a senior lecturer at the Department of Ukrainian Studies of the Faculty No. 2, checked third-year cadets' practice of the Faculty No. 2 in Kharkiv District Police Departments No. 1 and No. 3 of the MDNP in Kharkiv region.

Associate Professor of the Department of Social and Economic Disciplines of the Faculty No. 2 of KhNUIA, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor Maryna Petchenko completed a professional development course on "Leadership during the war", which was held on the basis of Poltava State Agrarian University.

The staff and cadets of Faculties No. 2 and No. 3 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs visited one of the medical institutions of Vinnytsia region, where servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being treated after injuries. The cadets congratulated the soldiers on the winter holidays and gave them New Year's gifts.

Olha Bezpalova, Head of the Department of Police Activity and Public Administration of the Faculty No. 3, and Vladyslav Shendryk, Head of the Department of Operational Investigation and Crime Detection of the Faculty No. 2, visited Police Department No. 1 of the District Police Department No. 1 of the MDNP in Poltava Region.

Students of higher education of the educational group of the Faculty No. 2 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs under the guidance of the curator of the group - Associate Professor of the Department of Social and Economic Disciplines, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor Maryna Petchenko, completed an online course on the topic "Communication on national communities for the press services of the police and prosecutor's office" on the Prometheus platform.

Nataliia Yelnikova, a senior lecturer at the Department of Ukrainian Studies, Faculty No. 2 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, advanced her qualifications under the program "STEM education: scientific and practical aspects and prospects for the development of the modern education system in wartime conditions".

Cadets and staff of Faculties No. 2 and No. 3 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs congratulated the students of the development center for children with special mental needs "Sonechko" on the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays.