44 minutes agoThe sun rises again in Kiev: Hundreds of citizens enjoy good weather
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Kiev residents went out Saturday to take advantage of the high temperatures of up to 34 billion degrees Celsius, with hundreds of citizens enjoying sunlight on the city's central beach -- a few weeks after the Ukrainian capital was surrounded by invading Russian forces with missiles that destroyed buildings and killed civilians, writes the Daily Mail, records Periscope. [...]
Photos taken by the banks of the Dnieper River show cities in the sun, swimming and playing volleyball, with the sky of the first city across the river.
Earlier this year, the same view would consist of smoke spreading into the sky as Russian missiles bombarded Kiev and Ukrainian warriors struggling to keep the centre from being occupied by the occupants.
At that time, snow covered most of the city. Now, summer weather coincides with relative peace as Vladimir Putin's forces withdrew from the capital and moved to eastern Ukraine.
But also a sense of anxiety as men from the capital continue to be called to front lines -- where almost every day they are being killed by 100 Ukrainian soldiers -- and the danger of the attack is still present, with Kiev being attacked by Russian missiles recently Sunday.
After Russia's initial attack on Kiev, where death and destruction were inflicted, the capital found itself in the position of a passerby in the war.
As Kiev civilians enjoy a period of calm, fighting is continuing east and south of Ukraine, where Putin has restored his troops and military resources. /Periscopi/
