The sirens sounded again. An airstrike targeted kyiv on Monday January 2 at dawn, after a New Year’s Day already marked by dozens of Russian strikes that left at least four people dead in the capital and elsewhere in the country. “Stay in the shelters !”, asked around midnight (French time) on Telegram Serguiï Popko, head of the military administration of the city of kyiv. The latter asserts that “20 aerial targets were shot down”. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, a 19-year-old man was injured by shards of glass and taken to hospital. The alert was lifted about three hours later. Follow our live.
Strikes on New Year’s Eve left four people dead. Bombings shortly before and after the transition to 2023, on kyiv and seven other regions, on Sunday, left at least four dead and 50 injured, according to Ukrainian authorities. For its part, Moscow claimed to have targeted unmanned aircraft manufacturing facilities.
Ukraine claims to have shot down 45 drones launched by Russia. Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday it intercepted Iranian-made drones launched by Russia over New Year’s Eve. According to her, 13 of these drones were shot down before midnight and 32 after the passage in 2023. The Ukrainian army did not specify whether other drones had hit their targets.
“We will continue to fight”assures Volodymyr Zelensky. The year 2023 will be the year of “victory” in the war against Russia, said Saturday in its wishes New Year’s Eve Volodymyr Zelensky. “We are fighting and we will continue to fight”, said the Ukrainian president. During his vows, Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, claimed to have “moral and historical correctness” on his side.