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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gleb Garanich and Herbert Villarraga

Defiant Ukrainians cheer New Year as drones blasted from skies

Ukrainian soldiers watch Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s New Years Eve address to the nation, in a military rest house, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in region of Donetsk, Ukraine, December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Ukrainians cheered from their balconies while their air defences blasted Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the first hours of 2023, as Moscow saw in the new year by attacking civilian targets across Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces shot down 45 Iranian-made Sahed drones fired by Russia on the first night of the year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday evening, praising Ukrainians for showing gratitude to the troops and one another.

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