Waves of Russian drones targeted infrastructure in Ukraine's capital and surrounding areas on Monday, damaging energy facilities and causing some power outages, officials said, as Russia extended its bombardment into the second day of 2023.
Ukraine’s air force said that its air defense systems destroyed all of Russia's 39 Iranian-made Shahid drones in a massive attack on Ukraine overnight.
President Zelensky said Russia's efforts would prove useless.
"Drones, missiles, everything else will not help them," he said of the Russians. "Because we stand united. They are united only by fear."
Ukraine's air defense systems worked through the night to bring down incoming drones and to warn communities of the approaching danger.