Ten explosions thundered in its center. Kyiv at noon on Saturday, while sirens sounded throughout UkraineThis was reported by eyewitnesses cited by Reuters.

The governor of the Greater Kyiv region had warned a little earlier about a possible rocket attack.

For his part, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, in a message on the Telegram app, confirmed that explosions had been heard in the city, and clarified that the explosions occurred in a residential area in the Solomensky district of the capital, and two more in two others. parts of the city. However, he did not specify what caused the explosions.

As a representative of the Ukrainian president wrote on Telegram, a hotel in Kyiv was destroyed by an explosion, and Ukrainian officials spoke of a massive Russian missile strike.

Two people were injured in a drone attack in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnitsky, an adviser to the President of Ukraine said.

Putin: New Year’s message with shots to the West

OUR Russian chairman Vladimir Putin meanwhile, he declared that his country would never give in to Western attempts to exploit it Ukraine as a tool for the destruction of Russia.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier said Russia’s victory over Ukraine was “inevitable”, praising the heroism of Russian soldiers during a New Year’s video message.

Shoigu, who has come under fire from supporters of the war in Russia for the failures of the military on the ground during the 10-month war, said the situation on the fronts remains “difficult” and lashed out at Ukraine and the West for trying to contain Russia.

“We are celebrating the new year with a difficult situation in the military-political sphere. At a time when there are those who are trying to erase our glorious history and great achievements, to demolish monuments to the victors of fascism, to put war criminals on a pedestal, to devalue and desecrate everything Russian,” the Minister emphasized.

^{According to REUTERS}