<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ukraine shot down 45 Russian drones overnight as the pro-Western country rang in the New Year, the air force said on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a New Year’s Eve assault, Moscow attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles and Iranian-made drones.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine’s air force said in a statement that air defenses destroyed 45 “Shahed” drones.</div><div><br></div><div>Thirteen drones were shot down at the end of 2022 and another 32 in the new year, the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian authorities did not say if some of the drones reached their targets.</div><div><br></div><div>Andriy Nebitov, the head of the Kyiv police, posted on Facebook a picture of wreckage of a downed drone that featured the words “Happy New Year” in Russian.</div><div><br></div><div>“That is everything you need to know about the terror state and its army,” he wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>The attacks came as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month.</div><div><br></div><div>After a series of humiliating military defeats, Russia in October began targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure, leaving millions in the cold and dark. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>