December 31, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news - CNN

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during his nightly code connected Friday. (From Telegram/Volodymyr Zelensky)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that helium thinks Ukraine's aerial defence tin go "the astir almighty successful Europe" and assistance uphold information for his state and Europe. 

“Ukrainian aerial defence tin go the astir almighty successful Europe, and this volition beryllium a warrant of information not lone for our country, but besides for the full continent,” Zelensky said successful his nightly code Friday. 

Latest circular of attacks: Ukrainian officials again praised the efforts of their aerial defence crews erstwhile a caller circular of Russian strikes pounded respective regions Saturday.

The country's subject said it was capable to sound distant 12 of the much than 20 missiles launched astatine Ukraine.

“Air Defense Forces are heroes and a existent shield of our sky. We convey them!” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a station connected Telegram.

A nonmigratory walks into his location aft a Russian rocket onslaught successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected December 31. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

With 2023 connected the horizon, Russia launched much than 20 missiles astatine Ukraine connected Saturday, according to the Ukrainian military.

These are the latest developments.

Russian strikes: Explosions near astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic dormant and astatine slightest 20 wounded successful the Ukrainian superior of Kyiv connected Saturday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement. About 30% of the city has been near without powerfulness owed to exigency shutdowns.

Missile strikes besides deed the Ukrainian regions of Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv and Zhytomyr.

Ukrainian aerial defence systems changeable down 12 cruise missiles aft Russian forces launched much than 20 from onshore and oversea Saturday, according to Ukraine's military.

Zelensky addresses the Russian people: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky switched from speaking Ukrainian to Russian in his nightly address Saturday, issuing a connection to Russia and its citizens.

Zelensky said that Russia is waging a warfare to guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains successful powerfulness "until the extremity of his life.” 

“He hides down you and burns your state and your future. No 1 volition ever forgive you for terror,” Zelensky said. 

Kyiv residents hopeful: Despite galore being forced to shelter from Saturday's explosions, radical successful Kyiv told CNN they volition observe the caller twelvemonth and they privation for a much peaceful future.

"We expect triumph and peaceful skies from 2023," said Natalia Vaganova, who lives successful the Kyiv region. 

Prisoner exchange: Both Ukraine and Russia reported an speech of prisoners of war connected Saturday. Andriy Yermak, the caput of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said 140 prisoners of warfare had been released — including those from Mariupol and Snake Island. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said 82 servicemen had been returned arsenic well.

A model presumption from a damaged gathering successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected Saturday. (Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

A caller question of Russian attacks connected Ukraine’s superior metropolis connected New Year's Eve forced Kyiv residents to walk the time successful shelters alternatively of preparing for celebrations.

Mila Andriyash, who lives successful cardinal Kyiv, told CNN she had conscionable enactment her 5-month-old lad to furniture erstwhile the archetypal detonation shook the city.

“We hid successful the bath and began to commune loudly, adjacent though I americium an atheist. When it was each over, we conscionable went to the New Year tree,” Andriyash said.

“I hatred them. It is pointless to expect thing quality from nonhumans,” Andriyash continued. 

Kyiv nonmigratory Oleksandr Doniy was not astatine location erstwhile the attacks started. It was lone erstwhile friends started calling and sending him photos of his flat that Doniy discovered that the attacks had blown retired his windows and doors.

After the warfare started, Doniy sent his family, including his 5-year-old daughter, to occidental Ukraine.

“With specified attacks, Russia lone increases hatred and disrespect for itself. We volition rebuild everything anew,” Doniy added. 

Resident Tatiana Vysotskaya said she had been bracing for a Russian onslaught connected New Year's Eve.

“Everybody successful Kyiv was waiting and knew determination would beryllium shelling. So I had nary fear, lone anticipation for our aerial defence forces truthful that the consequences would beryllium little terrible,” Vysotskaya said.

Ukrainian aerial defence systems changeable down 12 cruise missiles aft Russian forces launched much than 20 from onshore and oversea Saturday, according to Ukraine's military.

Moscow's forces attacked utilizing Tu-95MS bomber planes implicit the Caspian Sea, and with Iskander-M rocket systems from the ground, the Ukrainian Air Force Command wrote connected Telegram. 

“According to preliminary data, astir 20 missiles were launched successful total. Several of them did not scope Ukraine and fell connected the territory of Russia (information is being clarified),” the connection said.

Air defenses changeable down missiles implicit respective Ukrainian regions, according to Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's military.

“The forces and means of our aerial defence destroyed 12 cruise missiles: 6 wrong Kyiv, 5 successful Zhytomyr and 1 successful Khmelnytskyi regions,” Zaluzhnyi said successful a message connected Telegram.

Ukrainian defenses besides changeable down an force drone, "which was conducting aerial reconnaissance during a rocket onslaught and trying to place the positions of our aerial defense,” the Air Force Command said.

Residents and visitors successful Kyiv connected New Year's Eve expressed a resoluteness to observe the caller year, and besides anticipation that 2023 could bring peace, arsenic Russia's penetration grinds on.

Anastasia Grimaylo and Daria Zhabinska. (Denis Lapin for CNN)

Daria Zhabinska, a 19-year-old pupil who works for Visit Ukraine, said her privation for 2023 is for Ukraine's 1991 borders arsenic an autarkic authorities to beryllium restored.

"For america to instrumentality to the borders of 1991 is the lone dream. And I privation each my loved ones to beryllium healthy," she told CNN. 

"All this adrenaline, each this stress, erstwhile you work the quality oregon speech to someone, you conscionable privation to observe this caller year," she added.

Twenty-year-old pupil Anastasia Grimaylo said she has stocked up connected candles arsenic Russian strikes origin repeated powerfulness outages crossed Ukraine.

"We're acceptable for anything," she told CNN.

Yurii Nagotnuk and Dariya Chesnokova. (Denis Lapin for CNN)

Dariya Chesnokova is simply a schoolteacher, and Yurii Nagotnuk works successful the accusation exertion sector. Both are 25 years aged and are from the confederate metropolis of Kryvyi Rih.

"We came to Kyiv to sojourn friends, to get a consciousness of the New Year's mood. We are besides taking presents to our friends," she said.

Chesnokova said her privation for 2023 is for Ukraine to triumph the war, "and past we volition rebuild everything."

Natalia Vaganova. (Denis Lapin for CNN)

Natalia Vaganova, 27, an worker of a consulting institution who lives successful Brovary successful the Kyiv region, said she volition observe astatine location with family.

"We expect triumph and peaceful skies from 2023," she said.  

Olexander Oleksiyenko. (Denis Lapin for CNN)

Olexander Oleksiyenko, a 26-year-old who works successful IT and lives successful Kyiv, said helium volition not observe this New Year's due to the fact that his woman is abroad, adding that helium plans to "just portion immoderate vino and devour thing delicious."

"In 2023, of course, I don't expect the warfare to end, but I would similar it precise much. I americium a realist, and I deliberation the warfare could past different 2 years. But I would similar minimum stableness and immoderate peace," helium said.

Alyona Bogulska. (Denis Lapin for CNN)

Alyona Bogulska, a 29-year-old financier from Kyiv, said she plans to observe the caller twelvemonth with "a solid of champagne and ... a sandwich with reddish caviar."

"From 2023 I truly privation to win, and besides to person much agleam impressions and caller emotions. I miss it precise much. I besides privation to question and unfastened borders. And I besides deliberation astir idiosyncratic and nonrecreational growth, due to the fact that 1 should not basal still. I person to make and enactment for the payment of the country," she said.  

Tatiana Tkachuk. (Denis Lapin for CNN)

Tatiana Tkachuk, a 43-year-old pharmacy worker successful Kyiv, said her Christmas histrion this twelvemonth symbolizes endurance and victory.

"And from the caller twelvemonth we expect lone victory. And I cognize for definite determination volition beryllium one. It is the tendency of each Ukrainians, and if everyone wants something, it volition happen," she said. 

"I privation to convey everyone who helps Ukraine. We've made a batch of friends. And successful bid to recognize that we person a batch of bully things, unfortunately, we had to spell done unspeakable things. But truthful galore radical are doing existent miracles for Ukraine. In different circumstances, we would ne'er person known that we were susceptible of it," she added.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky switched from speaking Ukrainian to Russian successful his nightly code Saturday, issuing a connection to Russia and its citizens.

Zelensky said that Russia, which carried retired another question of rocket attacks Saturday, is “following the devil,” and the state is waging a warfare to guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains successful powerfulness "until the extremity of his life.” 

Zelensky said that Putin "is hiding down the troops, down missiles, down the walls of his residences and palaces” and his citizens.

Zelensky added that astir Russian missiles fired astatine Ukraine person been intercepted by aerial defence forces.  

“If it were not for aerial defense, the fig of casualties would person been different. Much bigger,” helium said. “And this is yet different impervious for the satellite that enactment for Ukraine indispensable beryllium increased.” 

Families structure successful a metro presumption successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected December 31. (UNICEF Ukraine)

Thousands of Ukrainian families hid successful the Kyiv metro presumption arsenic Russian missiles deed the metropolis connected New Year's Eve, according to UNICEF, the United Nations children's agency.

Among those sheltering successful the subway was Liudmila, who the foundation said had saved her 3-year-old lad Mykhailo from rocket attacks “instead of giving him New Year’s gifts.”

“We were going location to observe the New Year. I prepared gifts for my lad and was going to wrapper them. We missed the bus, I heard an detonation and saw smoke, my lad got frightened and we ran to the subway. We person ne'er had specified a New Year before,” Liudmila was quoted by UNICEF arsenic saying.

The foundation said that Liudmila and Mykhailo had moved to Kyiv astatine the opening of Russia’s invasion, erstwhile her location successful the Zhytomyr portion was destroyed by shelling.

Families structure successful a metro presumption successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected December 31. (UNICEF Ukraine)

Both Ukraine and Russia reported an speech of prisoners of warfare connected Saturday. 

Andriy Yermak, the caput of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said 140 prisoners of warfare had been released — including those from Mariupol and Snake Island.

This is the 35th specified speech of the war, according to the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

The bureau said 1,596 radical — including some subject unit and civilians — person been released from Russian captivity done negotiations. That includes 187 women freed since the opening of the full-scale invasion, according to the officials.

In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said 82 servicemen had been returned.

“The liberated unit volition beryllium delivered to Moscow by subject transport airplanes for further attraction and rehabilitation astatine healthcare facilities of Russian Defence Ministry,” the connection said.