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