President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his only wish for all Ukrainians for 2023 was victory and resolved to stay the course while the country fought for it.

"I want to wish all of us one thing – victory. And that's the main thing. One wish for all Ukrainians," Zelensky said in a video message a few minutes before midnight.

He reiterated, as he often has since Russia began its invasion in Ukraine in February, that he will stay with his people while they are fighting for freedom.

"We are ready to fight for it (freedom). That's why each of us is here. I'm here. We are here. You are here. Everyone is here. We are all Ukraine," Zelensky added.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, calling it a "special operation" to "denazify" and demilitarise Ukraine, which he said was a threat to Russia. Kyiv and its Western allies say Putin's invasion was merely an imperialist land grab.

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