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[ad_1] Residents and visitors in Kyiv on New Year's Eve expressed a resolve to celebrate the new year, and also hope that 2023 could bring peace, as Russia's invasion grinds on. Anastasia Grimaylo and Daria Zhabinska. (Denis Lapin for CNN) Daria Zhabinska, a 19-year-old student who works for Visit Ukraine, said her wish for 2023 is for Ukraine's 1991 borders as an independent state to be restored. "For us to return to the borders of 1991 is the only dream. And I want all my loved ones to be healthy," she told CNN.  "We do not have a New Year's mood like in previous years; in previous years, we had everything decorated and prepared for a month, and we still do not even have a Christmas tree. We are going to look for one now and if we find one, we will have one this year and if not, that's OK," she said.  "All this adrenaline, all this stress, when you read the news or talk to someone, you just want to celebrate this new year," she...