Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces shot down 45 drones fired by Russia on the first night of the year
Overnight, Ukraine’s air defence systems destroyed 20 air objects above Kyiv, its military administration said.
Russian drones targeted infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital and surrounding areas on Monday. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP“There are emergency power outages in the city,” he said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia, which denies targeting civilians, has since claimed to have annexed about a fifth of Ukraine.
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