Ukrainian service members fire an M777 howitzer at a frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 23 November. Photograph: RFE/RL/Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters  George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures: The State of Play in Ukraine The war in Ukraine seems per…

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 31 December 2022

Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/R3VzwufDTv

🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/xToxZQXVvg

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) December 31, 2022

NEW: Russian President Putin’s annual New Year’s Eve address continued to illustrate that Putin is uncertain of his ability to shape #Russia‘s information space and remains focused on justifying the war in #Ukraine and its cost to his domestic audience. https://t.co/jDuuvWisSD pic.twitter.com/a0xdpMt8fe

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) January 1, 2023

Ukrainians have had a grim start to 2023 with yet more sirens and fresh missile attacks on their territory, as the death toll from Russia’s massive New Year’s Eve assault across the country climbed to at least three. https://t.co/O4QbmSRXdu

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2023

Kiev region’s governor warns of drone attacks as air raid sirens sound off across capital and eastern part of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/nD0hYsPi83

— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) January 1, 2023

Ukrainian soldiers in the trenches of the eastern front-line mark the new year with sadness and resolve, remembering the fallen and vowing to fight until victory https://t.co/N9g3pQbFJc pic.twitter.com/Bqd3gbKFem

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 1, 2023

Ukraine must get long-term support, warns Nato chief https://t.co/frvUz9W8Pl

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 1, 2023

Ukrainians insist on celebrating New Year with parties and street gatherings despite curfew and missile strikes https://t.co/RtjmywDmPh

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 1, 2023

Meet Lev and Solomya: two Ukrainian babies born to the sound of sirens and Russian air strikes in Kyiv on the last day of 2022. pic.twitter.com/2nDhPLRomS

— DW News (@dwnews) January 1, 2023

 WNU Editor: Another day of interesting updates.

© Sputnik / Russian Defense Ministry  Sputnik: More Than 500 US, NATO Satellites, Alliance Officers Working for Kiev: Shoigu MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO officers, artillerymen and other specialists are in the combat zone in Ukraine, more than 50…

People celebrate the New Year eve in Kyiv © Thomson Reuters Reuters: Blasts heard in Kyiv, around Ukraine in early hours of New Year’s Day KYIV (Reuters) -Numerous blasts were heard in Kyiv and in other places around Ukraine and air raid sir…

Bild: Kyivcity.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (Bildgröße verändert) © Provided by Z-LIVE NEWS Int.  Kyiv Independent: Klitschko: Kyiv’s population returns to pre-war level Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told German magazine Spiegel…

 Spuntik: Russian Armed Forces’ Victory Inevitable, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Says In his New Year message to Russian servicemen on Saturday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in particular, signaled Moscow’s readiness to fight for the ri…

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov during a session of the Ukrainian parliament on December 28.  RFE: Ukrainian Defense Minister Claims Russia Is Planning A New Mobilization, Urges Russians To Avoid It  Ukrainian Defense Minister Ol…

Moon Of Alabama: Lack Of Good Analyses Contributes To The Decline Of The ‘West’ What really hit me last year was the dearth of correct analyses in main stream media and in politics with regards to the war in Ukraine. Little if anything is bas…

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 31 December 2022

Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/R3VzwufDTv

🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/xToxZQXVvg

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) December 31, 2022

Here are today’s control-of-terrain maps for #Russia‘s invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats. Full assessment to follow.

Click here to see our interactive map, updated daily: https://t.co/tXBburiWEN pic.twitter.com/VWNPsEp3jg

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) December 31, 2022

Multiple blasts rocked Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine, killing at least one person and wounding 14 others, in a sign that the pace of Russian attacks had picked up before New Year’s. https://t.co/sDqVH9CnbW

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 31, 2022

At least one person was killed and several injured in a missile strike on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, its mayor confirmed. Another Ukrainian official said a hotel in the city was damaged.

Other regions have also come under fire on New Year’s Eve — the latest: https://t.co/dioOhGU6rK pic.twitter.com/qv4SFjQ8X1

— DW News (@dwnews) December 31, 2022

#UPDATE Russian strikes targeted Ukraine on Saturday, including the capital Kyiv, just hours before New Year’s Eve celebrations while President Vladimir Putin told Russians that “historical rightness” was on their side ▶️ https://t.co/Ess1otDwjz pic.twitter.com/b64pwymgxK

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 31, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin rings in New Year with the annual speech ahead of fireworks

WATCH: https://t.co/iP698fqsoK pic.twitter.com/i8CHwqnKXw

— RT (@RT_com) December 31, 2022

Ukrainian President Zelensky tells Russians ‘Putin is destroying you’ https://t.co/B5pwdNW6Js

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 31, 2022