Sun 01 January 2023:
Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, has been shaken by numerous explosions since the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day.
Following a bombardment of at least 20 cruise missiles fired at targets all around Ukraine on New Year’s Eve, there were assaults on Kyiv on Sunday.
Air raid sirens were activated across the nation as a result of the latest assault, and some Kyiv residents climbed up onto their balconies to chant “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes.
Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that the first blasts of the new year began roughly 30 minutes after midnight, hitting two districts. He said there were no immediate reports of casualties.
The city military administration said that 23 Russian-launched “air objects” had been destroyed and that air defence systems were working.
Raids were also reported in the southern city of Mykolaiv where a local official said seven people were injured.
Governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram said Russia had targeted civilians with the raids, something Moscow has previously denied. “According to today’s tendencies, the occupiers are striking not just critical [infrastructure] … in many cities [they are targeting] simply residential areas, hotels, garages, roads,” he said.
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets described the attack as “Terror on New Year’s Eve”.
“We fight and will continue to fight”
Earlier in the evening, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainians would fight until victorious in the war that is now in its eleventh month.
“We fight and will continue to fight. For the sake of the main word: ‘victory’,” he said in the emotional address. “I want to say to all of you: Ukrainians, you are incredible! See what we have done and what we are doing!”
“We fight as one team — the whole country, all our regions. I admire you all. I want to thank every invincible region of Ukraine,” he added.
Ukraine’s defence ministry meanwhile responded with a message of defiance.
Curfews ranging from 7pm to midnight local time remained in place across Ukraine, making celebrations for the start of 2023 impossible in public spaces.
US condemns Russia’s New Year attacks
Beyond belief. Russia coldly and cowardly attacked Ukraine in the early hours of the new year. But Putin still does not seem to understand that Ukrainians are made of iron. America is absolutely confident Ukraine will prevail in 2023. Slava Ukraini!
— Ambassador Bridget A. Brink (@USAmbKyiv) January 1, 2023
United States Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has condemned Russian attacks on Ukraine in the early hours of Sunday as “cowardly”.
“Russia coldly and cowardly attacked Ukraine in the early hours of the new year. But Putin still does not seem to understand that Ukrainians are made of iron,” she posted on Twitter.
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