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KYIV, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Russia continued aggravated attacks connected Kyiv and different parts of Ukraine aboriginal connected New Year's Day, pursuing a barrage of missiles fired connected Saturday, with aerial raid sirens wailing for hours overnight.
Ukraine's Air Force bid said that they had destroyed 45 Iranian-made Shahed drones -- 32 of them aft midnight connected Sunday and 13 precocious connected Saturday.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin successful a combative New Year code signalled that the war, present successful its 11th month, volition continue, a code that contrasted with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's messages of gratitude and unity.
As sirens blared for implicit 4 hours successful Kyiv, immoderate radical shouted from their balconies, "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!" Reuters witnesses reported.
Curfews ranging from 7 p.m. to midnight remained successful spot crossed the country, making celebrations for the commencement of 2023 intolerable successful nationalist spaces.
Fragments from destroyed missiles caused minimal harm successful the capital's centre, and preliminarily reports indicated determination were nary wounded oregon casualties, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said connected societal media.
Ukraine's apical bid said successful a study connected Sunday that Russia had launched 31 rocket and 12 aerial strikes crossed the state successful the erstwhile 24 hours.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said connected Twitter: "Russia coldly and cowardly attacked Ukraine successful the aboriginal hours of the caller year. But Putin inactive does not look to recognize that Ukrainians are made of iron."
Andrii Nebytov, main of Kyiv's police, posted a photograph connected his Telegram messaging app, allegedly of a portion of drone utilized successful the onslaught connected the superior with a hand-written motion connected it successful Russian saying "Happy New Year".
"These wreckage are not astatine the front, wherever fierce battles are taking place, they are here, connected a sports grounds, wherever children play," Nebytov said.
Attacks connected Saturday killed astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic successful Kyiv and injured a dozen. They followed galore bombardments implicit the past months, which Russia has chiefly directed astatine Ukraine's vigor and h2o infrastructure.
The newest attacks had damaged infrastructure successful Sumy, successful the northeast of the country, Khmelnytskyi successful the westbound and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson successful southeast and south, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said.
"Let the time beryllium quiet," Valentyn Reznichenko, politician of the Dnipropetrovsk portion said aboriginal connected Sunday, aft reporting dense shelling of respective communities successful the portion overnight, that wounded one.
Separately, Vyacheslav Gladkov, politician of the confederate Russian portion of Belgorod bordering Ukraine, said that overnight shelling of the outskirts of Shebekino municipality had damaged houses but determination were nary casualties.
Russian media besides reported aggregate Ukrainian attacks connected the Moscow-controlled parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, with section officials saying that astatine slightest 9 radical were wounded.
Russia's RIA authorities quality bureau reported, citing a section doctor, that six radical were killed erstwhile a infirmary successful Donetsk was attacked connected Saturday.
There was nary contiguous effect from Kyiv, which astir ne'er publically claims work for immoderate attacks wrong Russia oregon connected Russian-controlled territories successful Ukraine.
Reuters was not capable to independently verify the Russian media reports.
Putin launched his penetration of Ukraine connected Feb. 24, calling it a "special operation" to "denazify" and demilitarise Ukraine, which helium said was a menace to Russia. Kyiv and its Western allies accidental Putin's penetration was simply an imperialist onshore grab.
Russian forces person been engaged for months successful fierce warring successful the eastbound and southbound of Ukraine, trying to support the lands Moscow proclaimed it annexed successful September and which marque up the broader Ukrainian concern Donbas region.
Reporting by Gleb Garanich, Valentyn Ogirenko, Dan Peleshchuk and Sergiy Karazy; Writing by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Daniel Wallis, Rosalba O'Brien and Kim Coghill
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