Kyiv residents fearful, helpless as Russian troops approach
03 March 2022 |
6:17 am
Long lines at supermarkets, ongoing curfews, nights spent with strangers in underground train stations — DW's Alexander Savitsky reports on life in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, amid Russia's continuing military strikes.
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