Several Ukrainian cities, including kyiv, were targeted on Saturday December 31 by Russian strikes, followed by a new series of explosions in the capital just after the transition to the year 2023. Russian missiles fell on two neighborhoods of kyiv around 30 minutes after midnight, Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced on Telegram, adding that no new injuries had been identified immediately. Follow our live.
At least one dead and 22 injured in kyiv. In the Ukrainian capital, at least eleven explosions sounded in the early afternoon of Saturday, while its inhabitants prepared to celebrate the new year. According to the kyiv administration, these bombings left at least one dead and 22 injured.
Volodymyr Zelensky assures that he will continue to “fight”. “We are fighting and we will continue to fight. In favor of this word: ‘victory'”, said the President of Ukraine in his speech on the occasion of the New Year. In his wishes, Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, affirmed that he had the “moral correctness” on his side.
Moscow and kyiv paid tribute to Benedict XVI. “Benedict XVI was an eminent religious and state figure, a convinced defender of traditional Christian values”, wrote Vladimir Putin, after the death of the ex-pontiff, on Saturday. Volodymyr Zelensky hailed in Benedict XVI a “eminent theologian” and one “promoter of universal values”.