Archive · 26 Jun 2025
Kyiv Under Siege: Nightly Air Raids and Life in a War Zone
Imagine you live in a city where planes sometimes drop bombs.
Every night, your phone tells you when the bombs might come.
You have to decide whether to stay at home or go to a special shelter.
The shelter is like a big, safe room underground.
You might meet your neighbors there, with pets, and everyone waits together, listening for updates on the bombs.
Sometimes the bombs hit nearby, causing damage and hurting people.
After the raid, you might find out some buildings are destroyed, and sadly, some people have been killed.
It's a scary but very real thing for those who live there.
Kyiv residents face nightly air raids and seek shelter from Russian drone and missile attacks.
Air raid sirens start as drones enter Kyiv's airspace, with residents seeking shelter.
Shelters built during the Cold War provide refuge, housing people and pets.
Constant updates from monitoring channels relay the evolving threat of attacks.
Strikes result in damage, casualties, and the grim reality of war.
The attacks resulted in 28 deaths and over 140 injuries.
- Who
- Russian forces are conducting the attacks; Kyiv residents are impacted.
- What
- Russian forces launch drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine.
- When
- Attacks occur nightly over a period of time.
- Where
- Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Why
- To wear down Ukrainian resistance.
Ukrainian perspective
Russian perspective
Safety Decisions
Ukrainian perspective
Civilians must constantly make decisions to ensure their safety during air raids
Russian perspective
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- Main Threat
- Iranian-designed Shahed drones
- Air Raid Start Time
- 9:06 p.m.
- Shelter Features
- Wireless internet, beds, Cold War era construction
- Casualties
- 28 killed, over 140 wounded
- Type of weapon
- Drones, missiles and war planes