Ukrainians defy Russian bombing by singing their anthem on the balcony: “Glory to Ukraine”

As happened on Christmas Day, Vladimir Putin has not given Ukraine a truce and has maintained the discipline of fire that he has shown for some time now. The anti-aircraft sirens resounded in various locations, including kyiv, where, for the moment, there have been no deaths or injuries, according to the city councilor. Fragments of the destroyed missiles caused minimal damage in the center of the capital.

Specifically, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assured this Sunday that it had shot down a total of 45 Iranian-made kamikaze drones. “On the night of December 31, 2022 to January 1, 2023, the Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made ‘Shahed-131/136’ kamikaze drones,” the kyiv military reported via Telegram.

This situation, together with the curfew that is still in force throughout the territory as of 7:00 p.m., caused the celebrations in the squares to go from brief to almost non-existent as the night progressed.

Ukrainian citizens decided to change then the crowded pub through the balconies and windows to sing the national anthem in unison along with different songs of a military nature in order to harangue their soldiers at the front. “Glory Ukraine, glory to our soldiers“, could be heard, according to several witnesses on social networks. A gesture of unity that in many places was experienced with the buildings themselves plunged into darkness: the kyiv government continues to have problems to guarantee the supply.

“The return of our people, of the soldiers with their families, of the prisoners to their homes, of the displaced to their Ukraine, the return of our territories, and those temporarily occupied will be free forever, the return to normal life, to happy moments without a curfew, to earthly joys without air alerts, the return of what has been stolen from us“, assured Volodymyr Zelensky in his televised message to the nation on the occasion of the new year.

In his message, the Ukrainian president, who keeps intact his ambition to recover all the lost ground, stressed once again that, before negotiating a ceasefire, this is one of his conditions. “Ukraine has 603,628 square kilometers, that is the area of ​​the independent Ukraineas it was since 1991, as it always will be,” he added.

Despite failing to present any major conquests in recent weeks, it seems that Ukraine’s constant persistence in keeping its front line immovable is beginning to pay off. According to him think tank of the Institute for the Study of War, the Moscow army will soon begin to suffer provisioning problems due to lack of ammunition, a situation that could allow kyiv to gain ground in a few weeks.

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“In Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual New Year’s Eve speech, the president continued to illustrate that he is not sure of his ability to convince the press, he remains focused on justifying the war and its costs for his people,” the agency said.