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These photos show how daily life continues as Kyiv enters its 2nd winter of war

11:33am December 23, 2022

by Pete Kiehart

Winter has come with hardships from war, but life in Kyiv goes on. Soldiers attend church. Opera performances continue. People go ice skating and shop at holiday markets, using headlamps in the dark.

Civilians sit on an escalator while taking shelter inside a metro station during an air raid alert in the center of Kyiv on Dec. 16, 2022. A fresh barrage of Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine early on Friday.

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Russia launches new wave of air attacks across Ukraine

10:27am December 16, 2022

Regional military administrators across the country say Russia launched more than 70 missiles targeting at least 10 of Ukraine's 24 regions.

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday. It was the second Monday in a row of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

Ukraine war updates: Russia strikes Kyiv as Russian troops move into Belarus (Oct. 17)

1:20pm October 17, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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Explosive suicide drones rock Ukraine's capital, hitting residential buildings

9:43am October 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Explosions rang out across Kyiv early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June.

Emergency workers clear debris from the crater of a missile strike at a bus stop in a residential area of Dnipro, Ukraine. Missiles struck multiple cities across the country Monday morning.

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Deadly missile strikes hit Kyiv as explosions reported in other cities across Ukraine

9:48am October 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The attacks came only hours after Russia blamed Ukraine for a weekend explosion that partially damaged a strategic bridge that connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with Marina, 6, from Ukraine's Kherson region, during his visit to a children's hospital in Kyiv on Thursday.

Secretary of State Blinken offers big aid package on unannounced visit to Ukraine

11:16am September 08, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Antony Blinken is on a trip to Kyiv, where he visited a children's hospital and met with U.S. Embassy staff. The U.S. announced nearly $3 billion in aid and weapons for Ukraine and other countries.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speaks in March in front of an apartment building that was shelled by Russian forces. Klitschko, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, has been mayor of Kyiv since 2014.

Once a heavyweight champion, Kyiv's mayor now fights the Russians

5:56am August 25, 2022

by Greg Myre

Mayor Vitali Klitschko was known as Dr. Ironfist when he dominated the boxing ranks. Now he leads Ukraine's capital city with an equally fierce determination in the battle against Russia.

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Firefighters work to rescue residents and put out a fire after a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday morning. As President Biden and other leaders of the Group of 7 nations meet in Germany, Russia has unleashed a

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Russia bombs Kyiv in a weekend missile barrage across Ukraine

9:59am June 26, 2022

by Greg Myre

A Russian missile slammed into the top floor of an apartment building in the capital, killing at least one person and injuring several others.

The boots of a dead Russian soldier can be seen under a flowering tree in Moshchun.

Ukrainians' discovery of a dead Russian soldier left for weeks stirs anguish and anger

1:38pm June 14, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

A Russian soldier's forgotten body is discovered in a liberated village north of Kyiv, setting off a range of emotions and an inquest — as Russia refuses to acknowledge many of its war dead.

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A music supply store in Bucha lies in ruins after being shelled by Russian forces on March 3. In another part of the same shopping pavilion, other stores, including the Yanta Market coffee shop, are reopening.

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Some war-ravaged parts of Ukraine try to rebuild as fighting rages elsewhere

1:02pm May 13, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Since the war has mainly shifted to the east of Ukraine, residents and business owners have been returning to parts of the Kyiv region, including hard-hit Bucha.

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