extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here, and just behind us are hundreds of thousands, or 100,000 people, who managed to get tickets, people cheering and celebrating to 2023. there were messages being played out with those fireworks a message with the queen, a message from the mayor, in terms of the yearjust gone. 2022 is no more. and we now focus on the new year, 2023. greg mckenzie reporting there from the banks of the river thames in london. turning to ukraine now, and the new year celebration has been rather more restrained. in the capital kyiv, there was a curfew an hour before midnight. there have been reports of missile strikes in the city in the early hours of sunday morning, and air raid sirens have been sounding across the country. president zelensky released his new year message
extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here, and just behind us are hundreds of thousands, or 100,000 people, who managed to get tickets, and now you can hear the famous song, auld lang syne, which isjust playing in the background, people cheering and celebrating to 2023. there were messages being played out with those fireworks a message with the queen, a message from the mayor, in terms of the yearjust gone. 2022 is no more. and we now focus on the new year, 2023. turning to ukraine now, and the new year celebration has been rather more restrained. in the capital kyiv there was a curfew an hour before midnight. there have been reports of missile strikes in the city in the early hours of sunday morning, and air raid sirens have been sounding across the country. president zelensky released his new year message before that happened. here s what he had to say to his fellow ukrainians.
spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and in an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the chimes the bongs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye iconic around the world. i am actually speechless having watched it right here, and just behind us are hundreds of thousands, or 100,000 people, who managed to get tickets, and now you can hear the famous song, auld lang syne, which isjust playing in the background, people cheering and celebrating to 2023. there were messages being played out with those fireworks a message with the queen, a message from the mayor, in terms of the yearjust gone. 2022 is no more. and we now focus on the new year, 2023. greg mckenzie from the banks of the river thames.