Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced strikes against Ukraine and accused Vladimir Putin hiding, as explosions rocked areas across the country on December 31st.
People in Ukraine were urged not to go out on New Year’s Eve due to what Ukrainian officials called a “barrage” of Russian missiles.
According to Vitali Klitschko, one person was killed and 20 were injured in explosions in Kyiv.
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He said: “Thanks to all who protect Ukraine!” Thank you to all who are now at the front lines!
He also gave praise to energy workers for repairing damage to Ukraine’s power networks following Russian strikes.
He switched to Russian and addressed ordinary Russian citizens at the border. He said that Vladimir Putin “hides behind the military” but “burns” their future.
In the Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi and other regions of Ukraine, there were also reports of strikes.
Telegram user Mr Klitschko stated earlier that two schools in Solomyansk and one in Pechersk were damaged. One kindergarten is located in Solomyan. These facilities do not have any casualties.
“As a consequence of the Russian attack against civilian objects in the capital one person died and 20 were injured.” 14 people were taken to hospital, while six others were treated on the spot by medical personnel.
Reuters reported that more explosions were heard in the capital and the surrounding area following Russia’s first missile attack.
According to Ukrainian officials, the reports are the result of a string of Russian bombing strikes over the past few days. The most severe aerial bombardments of war occurred on Thursday.
According to a presidential aide in the capital, a hotel was damaged by the barrage.
The governor of Kyiv had warned of an incoming missile attack shortly before, and said that the air defenses were engaged targets.
Putin uses his position to justify war against Russians
Vladimir Putin used a New Year broadcast for Russians to remind them that their country was fighting in Ukraine for its “motherland”, and to ensure its people’s “true independence.”
The Russian president accused the West, in a nine-minute message – his longest New Year’s speech in two decades – of lying and provoking Moscow into launching what it calls a “specially military operation” against Ukraine.
He said, “For many years, Western elites hypocritically promised us their peaceful intentions.”
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“In fact they encouraged neo-Nazis to conduct open terrorism against civilians within the Donbas in every way possible.”
He said, “The West lied to us about peace. It was preparing to attack… now they are using Ukraine and its citizens to weaken and divide Russia.
According to state media, Putin stated that he had never permitted such a thing and would never permit anyone to do it to him.
Both the West and Ukraine rejected Moscow’s claims about the beginning of the conflict. They said that Mr Putin started a baseless war against aggression to seize territory and overthrow Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president.
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