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Several Ukrainian cities including kyiv were targeted by Russian strikes on the last day of 2022. In kyiv, there would be at least one dead and 22 injured.
Russian forces fired 20 cruise missiles of which 12 were shot down, according to kyiv.
Power cuts are numerous after the Russian strikes on Thursday, when power was already heavily rationed.
The Ukrainian president assures that his country “will not forgive” Russia.
He assures that 2023 will be the year of “victory”.
In his vows, Putin believes that "moral and historical correctness" is on Russia's side.
He will not wish a happy new year to Macron, Biden and Scholz.
Macron promises to help the Ukrainians “without fail”, “until victory.
According to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Moscow is considering a new partial mobilization next week.
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Macron promises to help Ukrainians "without fail", "until victory"
Emmanuel Macron promised Saturday in his New Year's greetings to continue to help Ukraine "without fail", "until victory".
“We will be together to build a just and lasting peace.
Count on France and count on Europe,” he said in his televised address.
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Zelensky promises his country will continue to fight until 'victory'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised that his country will continue to fight until “victory” against Russia and the return of all territories occupied by Moscow to the fold of kyiv.
“We are fighting and we will continue to fight.
In favor of this word:
victory
”, he declared in his speech on the occasion of the new year, saying he hoped that it would become “the year of the return (…) of our lands”.
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23 strikes intercepted in Kyiv
The Kyiv City Military Administration said 23 "air objects" launched by Russia were destroyed after midnight.
Fragments of a missile destroyed by Ukrainian air defense systems damaged a car in central kyiv, but there were no apparent injuries or casualties, the mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
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Explosions between midnight and 2 a.m.
Many explosions were heard in Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, and air raid sirens sounded across the country in the first two hours of this new year.
As the sirens wailed, residents of kyiv shouted from their balconies: “Glory to Ukraine!
Glory to the heroes!
witnesses told Reuters.
The attacks took place minutes after the Ukrainian President's New Year's message.
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Zelensky assures that 2023 will be the year of “victory”
The year 2023 will be the year of "victory" in the war against Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proclaimed Saturday in his New Year's greetings in a context of new Russian strikes on several inhabited cities, including kyiv.
" Good year !
The year of our victory", he concluded, a little more than ten months after the outbreak of the invasion of his country by Russia, on February 24, 2022, calling on his compatriots to "work", to "struggle" and "mutual aid".
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Welcome to our live on the war in Ukraine and its aftermath on this first day of 2023.
