Ukrainian soldiers take a brief moment to observe a tamed and mellow New Year’s celebration as Russia continues its high-intensity bombardment of the country.
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00:00Ukrainian soldiers took a brief moment to observe a mellow celebration of the holiday
00:06season combining both Christmas and New Year's.
00:10Some of these soldiers are observing their third holidays on the front lines.
00:14They say they haven't experienced a festive mood in years and cannot while their country
00:18remains under threat.
00:20Protecting Ukraine and its people, to them, comes before their own self-interests.
00:24Meanwhile, Moscow's attacks on Ukraine have continued on New Year's Eve.
00:39Ukrainian forces say more than a dozen Russian missiles struck infrastructure facilities
00:43in the northern Sumy Oblast region.
00:45Civilian residences and schools were among those targeted, but it's unclear if the attacks
00:50resulted in any casualties.
00:52Kiev has also been achieving military gains.
00:55A naval drone downed a Russian helicopter and damaged another on Tuesday in the annexed
00:59Crimean peninsula.
01:01Ukraine's intelligence agency says the operation was the first destruction of a Russian aerial
01:06target by an uncrewed vessel.