Celebrations commemorating freedom from Soviet rule have been banned in Ukrainian city as spectre of war looms large
yiv’s decision to ban public celebrations of its independence day on Wednesday marks a rare blip in the apparent rapid recovery of the capital since the Russians were defeated in their attempt to capture the city at the March.
Although some city restaurants were closing early, at 7pm this week, the expectation is that the situation will be temporary. Even McDonald’s, which leftat the beginning of the war, has promised to return in September to the keen anticipation of Kyivans. Some gather at the Red Cross distribution centre, one of 11 in the city, at a former bank near the Maidan square in the heart of the city where food and medical parcels are handed to families, pensioners, and those with disabilities, often on small incomes.Photograph: Vudi Xhymshiti/The GuardianRed Cross, said “because Kyiv is not supposed to host any displaced people, they have to rent their own accommodation”.
Katerina, 43, was a dental surgeon from Mariupol, who found herself in Kyiv for work at the wart of the war, and so was separated from her 77 year old mother Raisa for an agonising month. Eventually, after a desperate search, a colleague found her mother, and she was able to get her safe passage out of the besieged southern city.
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