Ukraine faces grim start to 2023 after fresh Russian attacks

A police officer patrols the empty streets near Independence Square just minutes after midnight in Kyiv, Ukraine (Felipe Dana/AP)

Ukrainians faced a grim start to 2023 as more Russian missile and drone attacks followed a New Year’s Eve assault which killed civilians across the country, authorities have reported.

Air raid sirens sounded in the capital shortly after midnight, followed by a barrage of missiles which interrupted the small celebrations residents held at home due to wartime curfews.