Blasts heard in Kyiv, around Ukraine in early hours of New Year’s Day

KYIV, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Numerous blasts were heard in Kyiv and in other places around Ukraine and air raid sirens wailed across the country in the first couple hours after midnight on New Year’s Day.

As the sirens wailed, some people in Kyiv shouted from their balconies, “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!” Reuters witnesses reported.