A fresh round of explosions rocked Kyiv less than an hour into 2023, after Russia had attacked Ukraine with missiles targeting the capital and other cities ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations
The first blasts of the new year began roughly 30 minutes after midnight, hitting two districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, adding there were no immediate reports of casualties."We fight and will continue to fight. For the sake of the main word: 'victory'," he said in an address, as his country saw the old year out hours after the new wave of strikes.
Mr Klitschko said on social media that at least one person died as a result of the attacks on Saturday while city authorities said 22 others were injured. He said there had been similar explosions in the area during a previous attack in October, but nothing as loud as yesterday's explosion. Mykolaiv mayor Oleksandr Sienkievych had said earlier that a fire broke out in one of the city's districts and several residential buildings sustained damage as a result of the strikes.
Among the recipients of the awards was Russia's commander in Ukraine, General Sergei Surovikin, Russian news agencies said.
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