Launched 20 cruise missiles here… 1 dead, 30 injured
Putin claims “moral and historical legitimacy on our side” in New Year’s address
On the last day of 2022, Russia carried out airstrikes in various parts of Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, killing at least one person and injuring around 30 others.
According to Reuters and AFP news agencies, on the afternoon of the 31st (local time), air raid warnings sounded throughout Ukraine, and several areas were attacked by missiles and rockets.
Vitaly Klitschko, the Mayor of Chiuu, said on Telegram that one person was killed and at least 20 other people were injured in a Russian airstrike in Kiuu.
Fourteen of those injured were taken to hospital, one of whom is said to be in a serious condition.
One of the injured who was taken to hospital was identified as a Japanese journalist.
School buildings and other buildings were damaged during the air raid in two areas in Kieu, Solomiansky and Pechersk.
The nursery was also damaged, but luckily there were no injuries.
A corner of a four-star hotel in the center of Kieu was heavily damaged, while residential buildings in other areas were also damaged.
In Kieu, around 30% of households lost electricity due to emergency power cuts.
However, with critical infrastructure operating normally, there was no disruption to water and heating supplies.
Kieu Governor Oleksi Kuleva said the local air defense network was responding to missiles.
Airstrikes also hit the Ukrainian provinces of Mykolaizh and Zaporizhzhya in the south, Vinnytsa and Khmelnytsky in the west, and Zhitomir in the central region, Ukrainian authorities said on the same day.
In Khmelnytsky, at least seven people were injured in a drone strike, state authorities said.
At least six people were injured, Governor Vitaly Kim Mykolaiu said in a television interview.
“Looking at the recent attacks, the Russians are not only targeting critical infrastructure, they are attacking residential areas, hotels, garages and roads,” he said in a separate Telegram post.
“Russia launched about 20 cruise missiles, but our air defense intercepted 12 of them, including six over Kiiu,” Ukrainian Army chief Valery Zaluznyi said on social media.
“The terrorist state will not be forgiven,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video on social media.
“It is an inhumane act, and inhumane will be defeated,” he said. “You and I know this.
Terrorists cannot change this fact.”
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated in his New Year’s address broadcast that day that the West is using Ukraine to destroy Russia and that Russia is fighting to preserve its independence.
“Moral and historical legitimacy is on our side,” Putin said, not in the Kremlin as in previous years, but in the background of soldiers.
Previously, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also praised the heroic actions of soldiers and fallen soldiers in a video New Year’s address, insisting that “victory is inevitable.”
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