Air raid alarms went off across Ukraine on New Year’s Eve. Explosions were registered in many regions. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Russia fired 20 cruise missiles, 12 of which were shot down by the Ukrainian military. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 45 drones were destroyed on New Year’s Eve.
Not only in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was the civil infrastructure destroyed in four districts. Explosions also occurred in Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech that “the non-humans who launched several waves of rocket attacks on the people on New Year’s Eve will surely lose.”
“Missiles against the people. Exactly, against the people. The subhumans did it, the subhumans will lose. And we both know that. The terrorists can no longer change that. They hit like that at Easter, at Christmas, at New Year’s Eve. They call themselves Christians, they are very proud of their orthodoxy. But they stand behind the devil. They are for him and with him,” said Zelenskyy.
Kyiv and surroundings
On New Year’s Eve, the Russian military attacked Kyiv with kamikaze drones. Kirill Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, quoted in his Telegram channel the number of residents injured and killed by the shelling on December 31 and on New Year’s Eve. As of 9 a.m. Jan. 1, 50 people had been wounded and two killed, he said.
Alexei Kuleba, head of the Kyiv regional administration, wrote in his Telegram channel that the target of Russian drones is energy infrastructure. “For the time being there are no injuries. There is damage to the infrastructure object. The emergency services worked at the scene of the accident all night.”
Kherson region
In the past 24 hours, Russian occupiers have opened fire 40 times in the Kherson region, killing one and wounding another.
According to the presidential administration, the occupiers did not stop shelling the city on New Year’s Eve either. More than 700 windows were smashed. Another Russian shelling killed one person and wounded one.
The buildings of the regional children’s hospital were also damaged by the shelling. Hospital staff evacuated seven children, four adults and 38 employees to the basement before paramedics arrived. Enemy shells would also have hit critical infrastructure, private and residential buildings.
Mykolayiv region
The Mayor of Mykolaiv Alexander Senkevich reported that as a result of the shelling, two residential buildings were completely destroyed and 12 were damaged (windows, doors and roofs were knocked out). In addition, a fire is said to have broken out on the premises of a garage cooperative.
The fire, covering an area of about 150 square meters, was extinguished by rescue workers from the State Emergency Medical Service of Ukraine. Another missile landed near the roadway. The head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaly Kim reported that six people were injured by enemy missile fire.
Zaporizhia
The head of the regional military administration, Alexander Starukh, officially reported the rocket fire on Zaporizhia. “As a result of the rocket fire at around 2 p.m., two private houses were partially destroyed and around eight others were damaged. As a result of the explosion were injured: a man, two women (one of them is pregnant) and a child. A girl, born in 2008, is in critical condition in intensive care.”
Khmelnytskyi region
Seven people were injured in night shelling in the Khmelnytskyi region. This was announced by the head of the military administration of the Khmelnytskyi region, Sergei Gamaliy. According to Gamaliy, a part of the city of Khmelnytskyi became dead as a result of the shelling. He noted that immediately after the air raid alarm, specialists began to carry out actions.
The Ukrainian airspace was reliably protected by NASAMS
Ukrainian air defense specialists got acquainted with the NASAMS air defense system, which on the night of January 1, 2023 destroyed Iranian kamikaze drones “with perfection”.
According to Colonel Yuri Ignat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, the soldiers barely had time to reload the NASAMS. Considering the number of missiles fired, the American equipment looked like artillery.
Ukrainians celebrated the New Year and praised the army
Despite the airstrikes, Ukrainians celebrated the New Year, although they were unable to call or send greetings to each other because of the sirens and explosions.
Kyiv media expert Larisa Mudrak on her page on the social network congratulated her compatriots on the New Year and wished them love and victory: “We already know what will happen in 2023. We want to meet him with a straight back. Because we all have wings. The pain won’t go away. I don’t expect him to go away. We won’t forget anything. We can’t. And our children will not forget it either. It’s in the heart. It’s in the brain. In the soul. under the skin First the victory. Justice. And then peace. Happy New Year, my Ukraine!”
Physiotherapist Oksana Slinko from Lviv wishes that with the New Year, darkness, evil in the world, suffering and war will disappear, and so will Putin. “We will change the world and go down in history as the strongest and bravest nation, a nation of goodness, love, light and a nation of winners.”
Lilia Mlynarych, President of the Koktebel Jazz Music Festival from Dnipro, thanked the armed forces, air defense specialists, Ukrainian acquaintances and strangers and wrote: “Love Ukraine as you love the sun.”
Katerina Shtanko, a world famous Ukrainian artist, drew an invincible rabbit, the symbol of 2023 according to the Chinese calendar. Under the picture, the artist congratulated her compatriots and wrote: “Now she’s falling, now she’s rising, but we’re celebrating! Let’s all express an important wish together! May the year of the water hare be the year of victory for us!”
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