Defiant Ukrainans sang and danced as the pounding bombs of Vladimir Putin's grinding war drove New Year's celebrations underground today.
Air raids rang out across the country in the anticipation of Saturday's attacks, with regional officials urging locals not to ignore alarms and to seek shelter.
Missiles rained down on Lviv, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipro and KhmeInytskyi as Ukrainians were driven into underground stations to seek shelter on St Vasyl's Day.