▲ Residential area in downtown Kiiu destroyed by Russian airstrikes
On the last day of this year, Russia also carried out airstrikes in Kiev and other parts of Ukraine, killing at least one person and causing multiple casualties.
According to Reuters and AFP news agencies, on the afternoon of the 31st local time, air raid warnings were sounded throughout Ukraine, and several areas were attacked by missiles and rockets.
"As far as we know so far, one elderly person has been killed and seven others have been injured in Kieu's Solomiansky district," Vitaly Klitschko, Mayor of Chiuu, told Telegram. "One of the injured is in critical condition."
Explosions occurred at a residential building in the area, as well as two other blasts in the city, according to Mayor Klitschko.
Kirilo Tymoshenko, Deputy Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said an explosion occurred at a hotel in Kiiu and rescuers were dispatched to the scene.
(Photo = Reuters, Yonhap News)