When the rest of the world was busy celebrating the new year, explosions were reported in Ukraine‘s capital Kyiv.
Russia fired missiles over Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities on new years eve, no immediate casualties were reported.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said “the first blast was heard roughly after 30 minutes past midnight, hitting two districts”.
Ukrainians would fight until victorious, said Predisent Zelensky. “We fight and will continue to fight. For the sake of the main word: ‘victory’,” he added.
President Zelensky addresses the nation with an emotional speech,”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 continued.
Around the same time, 11 loud blasts were reported, with no immediate casualties. However, residents reported one death on Saturday while city authorities reported 22 others are injured.
