Here are the highlights of the 1,042nd day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Here's what's happening on Wednesday, January 1:
Fighting
- Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, destroying at least two districts, city officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said the air defense was repelling the attack, and that debris had started fires in their homes.
- Ukrainian military intelligence he said On Tuesday one of its submarines – a Magura V5 submarine – shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter and destroyed another in the Black Sea.
- Ukraine's military said on Tuesday its forces hit a Russian oil depot in the Smolensk region.
Diplomacy
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand with Kyiv in the fight to stop Russia's 34-month invasion.
- Russia's long-standing gas supply to Europe through Ukraine, which ran for decades, has ended with the end of a deal between the two warring nations that gave Moscow billions in gas revenue and Kyiv in transit fees.
- Slovakia has said it will not risk gas shortages as Ukraine blocks Russian exports through its territory, but will have to pay 177 million euros ($184m) in alternative payments, according to the country's Finance Ministry. .