Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person in the capital Kyiv and injuring more than a dozen in what one official described as 'terror on New Year’s Eve.' ukraine
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“War criminal Putin ‘celebrates’ New Year by killing people,” Kuleba said, calling for Russia to be deprived of its permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.Article contentReuters correspondents heard a series of loud explosions in Kyiv that came in two separate waves. Kyiv’s mayor said 30% of consumers were without electricity in the capital due to the introduction of emergency blackouts, but residents had central heating and running water.Other cities across Ukraine also came under fire. In the southern region of Mykolaiv, local governor Vitaliy Kim said on television that six people had been wounded.
In the western city of Khmelnytskyi, two people were wounded in a drone attack, Ukrainian presidential aide Kyrylo Tymoshenko said.Article content