Cultural objects in Kiev streets and their protection
Unlike cities in the East Ukraine, Kiev didn’t suffer much during the war and had enough time to protect sculptures, monuments and other cultural objects.
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Transport and food prices
Everyone in every country might now feel the consequence of our war – prices went up. In Uktaine fuel crisis has been ongoing for a month already; social networks are full …
Waters and plants of Holosiiv forest
In 1986, the year of Chernobyl disaster, a group of enthusiasts build a bath in Holosiiv forest in the south of Kiev which is now known as “Holosiyivska Kupel”.
What happens with animals during the war?
Designer and zoovolunteer Maria Obrizan drew the above picture in memory of animals that died in a municipal shelter in Borodyanka near Kiev. They were abandoned during occupation, from February 28 …
Here be dragons – the lair of Zmei Gorynich
Poet Nikolay Gumilyov dedicated to his wife Anna Akhmatova such verses: “From the city of Kiev, from the lair of Zmiy, I took not a wife, but a witch” In 1910 they married in …
We won’t leave while our homes are intact – Kievans who remain in the city
Universytet Metro Station in Kiev serves as a bomb shelter for several dozen people. Sisters Daria and Catherine have been living here since the beginning of the war. We talked in …
Urban wildlife and garbage in empty city
I was waiting for a meeting while a crow landed near me and look at me as if she expected I would give her some food.