Russia Targets Ukrainian Cities With Missiles
Fresh rounds of explosives rocked Ukraine less than an hour into 2023 by Russia, ahead of the New Year Eve’s celebration. Russia has attacked Ukraine with fresh rounds of missiles targeting the capital and other cities. The first fresh rounds of 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.
Ukrainian President Zelensky’s Statement
Earlier in the evening, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, Ukrainians would fight until victorious.
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.
In an emotional speech, the Ukrainian president said, “I want to say to all of you: Ukrainians, you are incredible! See what we have done and what we are doing!”
“We fight as one team — the whole country, all our regions. I admire you all. I want to thank every invincible region of Ukraine,” he added.
As Russian regions in the Far East rang in 2023, Russian leader Vladimir Putin delivered his midnight address. The address is usually set against the backdrop of the Kremlin, standing among servicemen and women who fought in Ukraine.
He told them that “historical rightness” was on their side.
Media Reports
At around the same time, explosions shook the Ukrainian capital where journalists heard at least 11 loud blasts in the early afternoon.
Taking social media, Klitschko said that at least one person died as a result of the attacks on Saturday while city authorities said 22 others were injured. One explosion tore open one corner of the four-star Hotel Alfavito in Kyiv, spilling rubble into the street, said a reporter.
Sidewalks were in glass from blown-out windows in the area, including from Kyiv’s National Palace of Arts.
Filmmaker Yaroslav Mutenko, 23, lives in a nearby apartment complex and said he was in the shower preparing to go to a New Year’s Eve party when he heard a boom. He said there had been similar explosions in the area during a previous attack in October, but nothing as loud as Saturday’s explosion.
As he watched rescue workers cordon off the street in front of the hotel, he told the media he still planned to go to the party at a friend’s house.
“Our enemies the Russians can destroy our calm but they cannot destroy our spirit,” he said.
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Ukraine-Russian War Enters 11 Month
It is been 11 consecutive months since the Russian invasion. with Russian strikes systematically targeting energy infrastructure, leaving millions in the cold and dark in the middle of winter.
Several strikes in Mykolaiv had injured innocents.
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.
As Ukraine continues to rely on military support and aid from Europe and the US to repel Russia’s attacks, French president Emmanuel Macron promised Saturday to help Ukrainians “without fail… until victory.”
-Bharat Express
