The Ukrainian military was able to maximally protect the energy system of Ukraine from Russian missiles on December 31, said Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko.

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“These are difficult Christmas holidays and New Year in the history of independent Ukraine. The enemy is trying to break us in any way.

However, despite the plans of the aggressor, Ukrainian power engineers will do everything possible and impossible to ensure that Ukrainians have electricity on New Year's Eve,"

According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, on the afternoon of December 31, Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at Ukraine, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 12 of them..

Rocket attack on December 31 in Kyiv killed one person, injured at least 20, most of the injured were hospitalized.