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A day after Russia carried out the

since the start of the war, residents of the capital Kiev were called to

early this morning marking the 310th day of the

There has been no truce at Christmas or New Year's Eve.

All 16 Iranian-made drones launched from the southeast and north were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his usual late-night speech, said air commandos in central, southern, eastern and western Ukraine

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirms the

[on Thursday 29]

against the energy infrastructure of

More than 18 residential buildings and 10 critical infrastructure facilities have been destroyed and

in often sub-zero temperatures.

The battle is particularly fierce in Bakhmut,

a city in eastern Ukraine that Moscow has been trying to conquer for months.

, some 75 km to the northeast, which the Ukrainian forces are trying to recapture.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that relations with China are the "best in history", in which the

between the two countries stands out.

"A cooperation that

," he said to those who are waiting for Xi Jinping's visit in Moscow

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12.43

Sunak promises more support for Ukraine after yesterday's massive Russian attack

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised Britain will continue to provide aid to Ukraine, which has suffered "in recent days one of the worst waves of missile attacks."

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12.39

The prospects for peace are, at the end of the year, almost non-existent

The fighting continues after ten months of conflict that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

The

, a city in eastern Ukraine that Moscow has been trying to conquer for months.

some 75 km to the northeast, which the Ukrainian forces are trying to recapture, reports Afp.

Russia, which planned to take kyiv in the first months of the invasion, was forced to back down and had to withdraw from the north, northeast and part of the south in November, before a Ukrainian army supported by Western allies.

Prospects for peace are, for now, almost non-existent.

Ukraine demands the full withdrawal of the Russian army, while Moscow wants kyiv to hand over at least the four regions that the Kremlin has claimed as its own since late September, as well as the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.

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12.32

Update on Russian losses, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

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12.29

Belarus provides a photo of the Ukrainian missile shot down by its air forces in Harbacha

The Ukrainian missile that entered the airspace of Belarus and that it claims to have shot down.VADZIM YAKUBIONAK|

BELT HANDOUT |

EFE

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12.20

The victims of Russia's massive attack on Ukraine on Thursday

The attacks on Thursday

, according to the latest balance released on Friday by the Ukrainian presidency, reports Afp.

The presidency added that 58 of the 70 cruise missiles launched by Russia were shot down.

Ukraine continued to suffer power outages on Friday and millions of people without generators were preparing to celebrate the New Year without electricity and some without water or heating.

According to the electricity company Ukrenergo, the "consequences of the damage on the operation of the network are less than what the enemy expected (...) but

On the ground, fighting continues after

that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

The battle is particularly fierce in Bakhmut,

a city in eastern Ukraine that Moscow has been trying to conquer for months.

, some 75 km to the northeast, which the Ukrainian forces are trying to recapture.

Russia, which planned to take kyiv in the first months of the invasion, was forced to back down and had to withdraw from the north, northeast and part of the south in November, before a Ukrainian army supported by Western allies.

Prospects for peace are, for now, almost non-existent.

Ukraine demands the full withdrawal of the Russian army, while Moscow wants kyiv to hand over at least the four regions that the Kremlin has claimed as its own since late September, as well as the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.

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12.14

Russia says it is very concerned about the Ukrainian missile shot down over Belarus

The Kremlin said on Friday that it was extremely concerned by the downing of a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile that had

on Thursday.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defense forces had

, in the Brest region, about

The incident came as Russia fired dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine in one of the biggest waves of attacks in the conflict.

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12.12

Kuleba thanks unprecedented aid to Ukraine and calls for more weapons

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, thanked in an interview published today by

the

, while expressing his confidence in being able to count on longer-range ballistic missiles and modern drones.

"The aid with arms and ammunition that countries around the world have provided us for ten months is unprecedented in terms of volumes, nomenclature and number of countries involved in this process," he declared, reports Efe.

He recalled that this week, in his speech before the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted this "historical support" and expressed his gratitude for it.

"Of course, we are at war and we always need more, and we always ask for more, but we must remember this simple fact:

," he added.

In this regard, he expressed his confidence that Ukraine will

, although he noted that "it will also depend on the situation on the battlefield."

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11.41

Putin awaits Xi next spring in Moscow

The first minutes of the telematic meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been broadcast on Russian television, which have captured the invitation of the Russian president to his Chinese counterpart to Moscow next spring.

Putin invites Xi Jinping to Russia in 2023 and asks him to "deepen military cooperation"

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11.17

Russia confirms massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this Thursday

The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that it carried out a massive attack using high-precision weapons on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on December 29, reports Reuters.

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11.01

Power outage in the southern city of Mykolaiv

Power blackout in the city of Mykolaiv. DIMITAR DILKOFF |

AFP

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10.57

New anti-aircraft alarm in Mykolaiv

Mayor

Oleksandr Syenkevych has posted on Telegram to say that there is an air alert in effect, it is the second air alert of the day.

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10.48

10 critical infrastructure facilities were destroyed

Repair of high-voltage lines in Odessa.OLEKSANDR GIMANOV |

AFP

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10.23

Putin says relations with China are the 'best ever'

The president of Russia,

, described this Friday relations with China as the "best in history" in a videoconference conversation with his counterpart from the Asian country,

, reports Efe.

"Our relations worthily withstand all tests, demonstrate maturity and stability, and continue to expand dynamically," the Kremlin chief told Xi.

According to Putin, relations between Moscow and Beijing are a "model of cooperation between great powers in the 21st century."

"With you we see in the same way the causes, the progress and the logic of the transformations of the global geopolitical landscape," he added.

The Russian leader stressed that a "special" place in relations is occupied

According to him, this cooperation "contributes to guaranteeing the security of our countries and maintaining stability in key regions."

"We aim to strengthen cooperation between the Russian and Chinese armed forces," Putin said.

The head of the Kremlin was convinced that next year both leaders

"Dear Mr. President, dear friend, we are waiting for you in Moscow with a state visit next spring," he said.

He stressed that this visit will demonstrate to the world the strength of Russian-Chinese relations and will be "the

Regarding economic relations, he said that despite the foreign situation "illegitimate restrictions and direct blackmail by some Western countries, Russia and China have managed to guarantee record rates of trade."

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10.18

Russia, the most dangerous European country for informers

Some fifteen countries account for 80% of the journalists murdered in the last 20 years, according to the latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which denounces that an average of 80 reporters have died a year in the last two decades during the exercise of his profession, collects Efe.

In the

for reporters, there is

recorded in the last 20 years and classified for this reason as the most dangerous European country for reporters.

It is followed by Ukraine (20)

, a second position attributed to the Russian invasion that began on February 24, 2022.

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10.06

The letter Z in the New Year's decoration in Moscow

Gorky Park in Moscow.ALEXANDER NEMENOV |

AFP

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09.52

Stoltenberg calls for more weapons for Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Alliance member states to supply Ukraine with more weapons, according to an interview published on Friday.

"I ask the allies to do more. It is in all our security interests to make sure that Ukraine prevails and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does not win," Stoltenberg told the German news agency DPA, reported Reuters.

Stoltenberg that

"We know that most wars end at the negotiating table - probably this war as well - but we know that what Ukraine can achieve in these negotiations depends inextricably on the military situation," he said.

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09.25

"The enemy attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made suicide drones"

The Ukrainian military announced Friday that it had repelled a Russian drone attack overnight on the country, including kyiv, a day after the Russian strikes.

"During the night of December 29 to 30, the enemy attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made suicide drones," according to a statement from the Ukrainian air force published on social networks and collected by Afp.

A total of 16 drones were fired from the southeast and north and "all" were destroyed by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense, according to the statement.

In Kiev, the authorities of the Ukrainian capital had announced

(00:12 GMT) that

Mayor Vitali Klitschko later stated that kyiv had been attacked by seven drones, two of which were shot down "on approach" to the capital and another five flew over the city.

There were no casualties, but falling debris damaged the windows of two buildings

in a southwestern suburb of Kiev, it added.

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08.54

fierce fighting in Bakhmut

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Friday morning that Russia had launched 85 missile attacks, 35 air strikes and 63 multiple launch rocket system attacks in the past 24 hours, Reuters reports.

Moscow forces also

the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where some of the fiercest fighting is taking place, and more than 25 settlements in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.

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08.44

Drones targeting the capital

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram channel that

, with five destroyed inside the city and two before reaching Kiev.

An administrative building in the city was partially destroyed, according to Serhiy Popko, head of kyiv's military administration, who also said there was no information on casualties, Reuters reports.

Rusia ha lanzado numerosas oleadas de ataques con drones y misiles contra Ucrania desde mediados de octubre, dañando gravemente su infraestructura energética y forzando cortes de electricidad programados y de emergencia.

Kiev afirma que Irán está suministrando drones a Moscú para sus ataques aéreos, pero Teherán asegura que envió drones a Rusia por última vez antes de que comenzara la guerra.

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08.03

La Fuerza Aérea de Ucrania: Rusia lanzó 16 drones durante la noche

La Fuerza Aérea de Ucrania dijo el viernes por la mañana que Rusia lanzó 16 aviones no tripulados "kamikaze" durante la noche y que las defensas aéreas ucranianas destruyeron todos ellos.

Añadió que los aviones no tripulados habían sido enviados desde el sureste y el norte, informa Reuters.

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08.02

Collection of the remains of missiles fallen on Ukraine

Members of the demining team of the State Emergency Service load the remains of a missile, on the outskirts of Kiev.OLEG PETRASYUK EFE

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07.49

Zelensky: Russia has fewer and fewer missiles and is sinking into a dead end

The President of Ukraine,

has assured in his usual night speech, after the new massive attack suffered today, that Russia has "fewer and fewer missiles" and that with these attacks it is entering "a blind alley".

"Con cada uno de esos ataques con misiles, Rusia solo se está hundiendo cada vez más en un callejón sin salida. Tienen cada vez menos misiles. En cambio, el estatus del mayor terrorista del mundo tendrá consecuencias para Rusia y sus ciudadanos durante mucho tiempo. Y cada cohete solo confirma que todo esto debe terminar con un tribunal", ha afirmado.

Rusia lanzó este jueves un nuevo ataque masivo contra las infraestructuras energéticas de Ucrania que dejó al menos 3 heridos en Kiev y el 90% de la ciudad de Leópolis sin luz.

Según Zelenski, las fuerzas armadas ucranianas derribaron 54 misiles y 11 drones de ataque, aunque algunas bombas tuvieron éxito e impactaron en sus objetivos.

A causa de ello, esta noche hay cortes de energía en la mayoría de las regiones de Ucrania y, según el líder ucraniano, la situación es "especialmente difícil" en la región de Kiev y la capital, así como en las regiones de Leópolis, Odesa, Jersón, Vinnytsia y Zakarpattia.

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07.00

La fuerza aérea ucraniana dice haber derribado 16 drones

La fuerza aérea de Ucrania hijo haber destruido 16 drones rusos esta madrugada, un día después de que Rusia llevara a cabo el mayor ataque aéreo desde que comenzó la guerra en febrero en Ucrania.

Las autoridades hicieron un llamamiento a los residentes de la capital ucraniana, Kiev, a dirigirse a los refugios antiaéreos en la madrugada de este viernes mientras las sirenas sonaban en toda la ciudad.

Shortly after 2 a.m.,

on its Telegram messaging app channel about the

Olekskiy Kuleba, the governor of the Kiev region, said on Telegram that a

A Reuters witness 20 km south of kyiv heard several explosions and the sound of anti-aircraft fire.

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