Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Sergiy Nayev (C), awards a medal to Ukrainian serviceman Sergiy (L), 42, who reportedly shot down a cruise missile using an M2 Browning machine gun during a recent attack on the Kyiv region, during a visit to Ukrainian Air Defence servicemen near Kyiv, on January 3, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Deadly air strikes hit residential buildings in Ukraine and the Russian border region on January 2, 2024, in an escalation of aerial attacks that killed five people and 130 wounded, less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to step up strikes following an unprecedented Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)