Air raid siren shakes morning Kyiv on war's six-month mark

Record ID: 1685962

  • Title: Air raid siren shakes morning Kyiv on war's six-month mark
  • Date: 24th August 2022
  • Summary: KYIV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 24, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED RUSSIAN HOWITZER AT INDEPENDENCE SQUARE WITH MONUMENT TO INDEPENDENCE IN BACKGROUND AS AIR RAID SIREN IS AUDIBLE POLICE CARS AND DESTROYED RUSSIAN HOWITZER AT INDEPENDENCE SQUARE MAN WITH UKRAINIAN FLAG ATTACHED TO HIS BACKPACK FILMING EXHIBITION OF DESTROYED RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES UKRAINIAN FLAG AND MONUMENT TO INDEPENDENCE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST EXHIBITION OF DESTROYED RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) KYIV RESIDENT AND BARISTA, YULIA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING: “I didn’t even think war could begin in the 21st century when people are heading towards the future and must think of peace. But “Putler” (referring to Russian president Vladimir Putin) thought otherwise. I didn’t think it (war) would drag on for so long, and expected it to last half a year at most, until the end of the summer. But I guess, it will last for long time.” MAN WITH DOG NEXT TO DESTROYED RUSSIAN ARMOURED VEHICLES VARIOUS OF DESTROYED RUSSIAN TANKS ON CENTRAL STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) KYIV RESIDENT AND IT SPECIALIST, 35, VITALII SKLADANOVYSKYI, SAYING: “I didn’t even think it (war) would begin. I couldn’t believe a full-scale war would occur. I thought those were mostly threats and saber rattling, which wouldn’t lead to a larger conflict.” MAN RIDING BICYCLE PAST DESTROYED RUSSIAN ARMOURED VEHICLES BARREL OF GUN (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) KYIV RESIDENT AND MARKETING SPECIALIST, 27, ANNA HUSIEVA, SAYING: “I hope it (war) will end during this year, so we can be joyful next spring and will not lose these times. I’d like it to happen. I would like us to get more help, so this can end sooner and we start living the happy life we had before the war.” BARREL OF GUN AND UKRAINIAN FLAG EXHIBITION OF DESTROYED RUSSIAN ARMOURED VEHICLES PEOPLE WALKING PAST EXHIBITION KYIV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 23, 2022) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING OUT OF UNDERGROUND PASSAGE, RESIDENTIAL BLOCK HIT IN FIRST DAYS OF FULL-SCALE RUSSIAN INVASION VARIOUS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REPAIRING DESTROYED APARTMENT VARIOUS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKER SMOKING DESTROYED RESIDENTIAL BLOCK
  • Embargoed: 7th September 2022 07:21
  • Keywords: Independence Day Russian invasion capital destructions war in Ukraine
  • Location: KYIV, UKRAINE
  • City: KYIV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001016323082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Air raid warning disrupted morning quietness in Ukraine’s capital on Wednesday (August 24) as Ukrainians marked 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union.
    Ukraine's Independence Day falls six months after Russia's Feb. 24 invasion and will be observed with subdued celebrations under the threat of attack from land, air and sea.
    Public gatherings have been banned in the capital Kyiv and the streets of central Kyiv were unusually empty on Wednesday morning following days of dire warnings of the possibility that Russia could launch fresh missile attacks on major cities.
    Ukraine's military urged people to take air raid warnings seriously.
    The government laid out the hulks of burnt-out Russian tanks and armored vehicles like war trophies in central Kyiv in a show of defiance.
    Kyiv residents polled by Reuters said none of them expected the war to last for half a year.
    Hanna Husieva, 27-year-old marketing specialist, said she hopes the war will be over soon.
    “I hope it (war) will end during the year, so we can be joyful next spring and will not lose these times. I’d like it to happen. I would like us to receive more help, so this can end sooner and we start living the happy life we had before the war.”
    The war has killed thousands of civilians, forced over a third of Ukraine's 41 million people from their homes, left cities in ruins and shaken global markets.
    It is largely at a standstill with no immediate prospect of peace talks.
    In addition to Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, Russian forces have expanded control to areas of the south including the Black Sea and Sea of Azov coasts, and chunks of the eastern Donbas region comprising the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk.
    (Production: Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey, Margaryta Chornokondratenko)
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