With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine, this year Russians will have to pay more for the dish, which is traditionally served alongside caviar and tangerines, before the New Year is toasted in.

Across hundreds of miles of the front, Ukrainian forces are waging dozens of pitched battles for patches of land no bigger than a few city blocks. The scope of Russian attacks continues to grow, despite staggering losses,

In his New Year's address, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a bold challenge to Ukraine and the West, declaring that Russia will not halt its military actions. He praised the Russian soldiers fighting on the frontlines,

One of the drones flew back to Russia and another to Belarus. The drones were launched from Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, Bryansk and Orel oblasts, as well as from occupied Crimea. Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported thatat least four people had been injured in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital on the first day of the New Year.