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The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs has posted a video illustrating how new year was celebrated under curfew in Kyiv last night.
🎄This is how Kyiv celebrated New Year! All over #Ukraine, we have a curfew for security reasons so that people can gather only at home.
‘Glory to Ukraine – #SlavaUkraini’ was well heard from neighboring buildings.
Cheers to the victory! 🥂
🎥Kyrylo Tymoshenko pic.twitter.com/qPqSQpcuUx
— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) January 1, 2023 Stefania, Ukraine’s Eurovision song contest winning entry, featured in London’s new year fireworks display last night, as did the colours of the Ukrainian national flag as England expressed solidarity with those under bombardment.
In its latest tally, Ukraine’s ministry of defence estimates that 106,720 Russian troops have been killed since the invasion. Accurate estimates of battlefield casualties are notoriously difficult to calculate. In November, the top general in the US estimated that 100,000 Russian soldiers had been killed or wounded in Ukraine, and that Kyiv’s armed forces had probably suffered a similar level of casualties.
“Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Jan 1: pic.twitter.com/PJ6YuuaIDR
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 1, 2023 A drone targeting Kyiv last night had the message “happy new year” inscribed on it, the Kyiv Post reports.