"We are going to celebrate this new year with our friends, and we are very lucky that we can all gather together," says local student Viktoria Lukovenko who is one of many residents across the capital who say they have no intention of changing their party plans, despite being weary from 10 months of war. Not everyone is in high spirits however. "We are waiting for victory, that is the only wish. We don't need any celebration," says salesman Oleksiy Tykhonov. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES