The extra units of police officers and the National Guard employees will come out to the streets of the cities of Ukraine during the night of December 31 to January 1 as the Interior Ministry reported.
Consequently, the security measures will be enhanced on the New Year’s night.
910 festivities are planned all over Ukraine. They will take place in 702 settlements. Preliminary, over a million of citizens will participate in them.
The Situation Room of the National Police will monitor the situation 24/7 for the provision of the public security and order as well as coordinate the work of all detachments.
As we reported, the first festive bicycle parade from Christmas tree to Christmas tree #bike2holidays was held in Kyiv. The cycling parade started at Sofiyska square and ended at Kontraktova Street.
Earlier, Kyiv's Sofiyska square hosted the solemn opening of Ukraine's main Christmas tree. 112 Ukraine TV channel broadcasted the event.
The festivities began at 5 p.m., as the carnival march took place, and the visitors met with "St. Nicholas the Wonderworker". The music concert included performances by NAONI orchestra and Druha Rika rock band.
