Snowboarders enjoy heavy snowfall in Kiev city centre
By AFP
16 February 2021 |
9:00 am
With school closed, children take advantage of the heavy snowfall in the Ukrainian capital to snowboard down the Kiev's historic and popular tourist attraction, the Andriyivskyy Descent.
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