Ukrainians cheer from their balconies while air defences blast Russian missiles and drones from the sky in the first hours of 2023.
abc.net.au/news/defiant-ukrainians-cheer-new-year-as-drones-blasted-from-skies/101820862Ukrainians cheered from their balconies while air defences blasted Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the first hours of 2023, as Moscow saw in the new year by attacking civilian targets across Ukraine.
Ukraine's Air Force command said it had destroyed 45 Iranian-made Shahed drones — 32 on Sunday after midnight and 13 late on Saturday.Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled no let-up to his assault on Ukraine, in a grim and defiant New Year's speech that contrasted with a message of gratitude and unity from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Attacks earlier on Saturday had hit residential buildings and a hotel in the capital, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20.US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said on Twitter: "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."At the front line in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Province, troops toasted the new year.
"It is a huge tragedy. It is a huge tragedy that cannot ever be forgiven. That is why the new year is sad." His son was now in a hospital in the southern city of Dnipro, fighting for his life with a brain injury, while his father manned the front.Andrii Nebytov, chief of Kyiv's police, posted a photo on his Telegram messaging app, showing what was described as a piece of drone used in an attack on the capital, with a hand-written sign on it in Russian saying "Happy New Year".
Ukraine has fought back with Western military support, driving Russian forces from more than half the territory they seized.
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