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Objects of war become new normal in Kyiv


Nepalnews
2023 Mar 15, 8:44, KYIV, Ukraine
A statue is covered with sandbags to protect it from the Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo)

There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests, and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted on walls point to the nearest shelter, while air raid sirens occasionally wail across the city, which still sometimes comes under missile attack.

But against this backdrop of war, residents of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, are living their lives as normally as they can while Russia’s invasion of their country continues into its second year.

A sign reads "mine" in Moshchun, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo)
A sign reads "mine" in Moshchun, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo)

Although many fled in the opening stages of the war, residents have gradually returned to their homes as Russian forces were pushed back from north of the city last year, and the conflict became centered mainly in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.

Sand bags are placed in a corridor of a building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo)
Sand bags are placed in a corridor of a building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo)

Shops, restaurants, and bars are open — even if customers have to wrap up their evenings early and rush home in time for the 11 p.m. curfew. Nobody pays attention to the angular steel anti-tank hedgehogs by the side of the road or the occasional pile of sandbags.

Concrete blocks are laid out to make a checkpoint in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
Concrete blocks are laid out to make a checkpoint in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)

Outside the landmark Saint Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv, people pose for photos beside destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles. Nearby, yet more photos are being added to a wall with pictures of those killed in the fight against Russia.

Barbed wire is laid on the ground in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
Barbed wire is laid on the ground in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)

It’s a strange type of new normality, where the harsh objects of a brutal war have been incorporated into the scenery of regular city life.


A bracelet with the colors of the Ukrainian flag is attached to a destroyed Russian tank displayed outside of St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo)
A bracelet with the colors of the Ukrainian flag is attached to a destroyed Russian tank displayed outside of St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo)
Journalists sit on sandbags inside a building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo)
Journalists sit on sandbags inside a building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo)
A trench in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
A trench in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
Metal anti-tank barriers can be seen in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo)
Metal anti-tank barriers can be seen in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo)
A net covering sandbags at a checkpoint is seen in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
A net covering sandbags at a checkpoint is seen in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
A sign reads "shelter" in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo)
A sign reads "shelter" in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo)
A sticker of the Ukrainian coat of arms is attached to a car painted with a camouflage pattern, in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo)
A sticker of the Ukrainian coat of arms is attached to a car painted with a camouflage pattern, in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo)

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