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In the year just ended, Ukraine's government issued nearly 15,000 air raid warnings.

That's one measure of how often Russia has targeted Ukrainian cities, and the New Year has begun about the same way with people taking shelter.

NPR's Yulean Haida joins us now from Kiev.

Hey there.

Good morning.

How's the New Year begun for you?

That's been a busy couple of days for Ukraine's air defense.

The latest attack on Ukraine was early this morning, around 1 a.m.

Ukraine says that Russia launched 44 attack drones at Ukraine.

And a handful of what they're calling long-range weapons, damaging some of the power grid that coincided with extensive shelling in cities along the front line with Russia.

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