Kyiv Residents Are Spending the Night in the Metro Again - Radio Meduza

Kyiv Residents Are Spending the Night in the Metro Again

Radio Meduza

Russia is shelling Ukraine more heavily in 2026. Listen to the diary of a Kyiv resident taking shelter from the strikes in the metro

Russian strikes on Ukraine became more frequent and larger in scale in the first half of the year. Kyiv remains one of Russia’s main targets, so the city’s residents, as in the first years of the war, are once again forced to take shelter in the metro.

Ukrainian journalist Iryna Olegova spent two nights underground. Listen to her diary on Radio Meduza, and you can read the text here.

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