What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable

New York Times16 October 2026, 09:00 UTCUkraine

A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.

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