How Russia's war changed everyday life in Ukraine's capital

What is it like living in Kyiv during the war? We at the Kyiv Independent often hear this question from our friends and readers abroad. In this video, our reporter, Daria Shulzhenko, will guide you through everyday life in the Ukrainian capital amidst the full-scale invasion.
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[@kyivindependent]

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[@ashleyupshall7641]

Beautiful Kyiv. Stay safe,many people all around the world are with you and will remain with you. ❤

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you!

[@RB2013-jj7kq]

No we're not 😂😂😂😂

[@annalefsrud3132]

So courageous all of you, all my heartfelt hopes and prayers for you Mother Country 🇺🇦💜🇺🇦

[@oneanywhere8561]

Nice, well-balanced report. Thanks.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you!

[@GridDownSurvival]

Much love and respect to the Ukrainian nation and all of your citizens

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for the support!

[@diratoba]

Thanks for sharing. Wishing you all the best. Slava Ukraine

[@IanPowellNZ]

Thank you for sharing about your current reality

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for watching our video 🙂

[@JohnnyLawBMC]

Excellent Episode. This is very powerful information to see and hear. On Tuesday, we begin our journey into Ukraine to volunteer in Kryvyi Rih. I hope to learn to speak the language and cook your foods while helping any way we can. Slava Ukraini.

[@ivanivanov9707]

thank you, sir! that's a noble thing to do may god help protect you and your loved ones

[@olgadoudesh3179]

I hope you don't end up in trenches. Be careful

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for watching and have a safe trip! We appreciate your support.

[@florinadrian5174]

Stay strong and free. And keep teaching the world how to live with dignity.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for this message!

[@user-lo9qq9um2y]

ПОЛЗАЯ НА КОЛЕНЯХ ПЕРЕД США? 😂😂😂😂

[@RayBrown]

Very sobering and powerful video...thank you!

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for watching!

[@simo8529]

Thank you for this documentary. Proud to be italian husband of ukrainian woman! 💙💛

[@gosiagorecka3454]

Power to you Ukrainians ! Victory to Ukraine from Canada! Such a strong nation and smart and brave people! You deserve free, prosperous country!

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for your support!

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

😂 half are traitors weak people who left 🤬🇺🇦

[@user-lo9qq9um2y]

КЛОУН, ЭТО САМАЯ БРЕХЛИВАЯ И ЖАДНАЯ НАЦИЯ

[@maritaschweizer1117]

Wonderful pictures of Kyiv. I was in August and September in Kyiv but never saw any destroyed buildings all the time. As a tourist it looks of course different.

[@johnglover3682]

I was in Kyiv May/June 2022 and July 2023, and likewise, did not see any destruction until my taxi took me north-east to Irpin and Bucha. Repairs made quickly no doubt. Kyiv is large city and spread out.

[@sashad.7722]

Destructions in the center are not many and usually are "mended" quickly.

[@maritaschweizer1117]

@@johnglover3682 Ok, this make sense. I was not in the suburbs beside the palace of Yanukovic. But Irpin and Butcha was destroyed by ground troups and not by drones and Kalibr. Thats why I never was scared in Kyiv despite the air raid alerts. Life is always a risk. In my last visit to LA I suddely found myself suddenly midst in a shooting.

[@superman_Z]

​@@johnglover3682Bucha and Irpen were bombed by Ukrainians because Russian troops were stationed there.

[@WhosAfraidofErikNordingII]

I'll be back in Kyiv in January 2024 for the first time since February 24, 2022. I will be so pleased to see my favorite Kyiv again even during these difficult times.

[@kyivindependent]

Have a safe trip!

[@soTurkishyeah]

my heart is in Ukraine! GLORY TO US! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@joe-qs1yf]

Thank you , I'm watching all the way from Australia i love small independent media. That was a great insight into daily life in Kiev . Top job .....

[@carllingelbach204]

Thank you for this perspective of Kyiv.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for watching!

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you so much for watching this video! If you want to support us and help to grow our channel - please subscribe for more content about Ukraine 💙💛

[@PavloLukashuk]

Чудовий контент , про нашу реальність життя !🇺🇦 Дякую вам ! 👍

[@MrVince8]

Slava Ukraine!

[@albertmarc8117]

Slava ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

[@bialko123]

Western leaders could use some of that strong coffee, to wake up.

[@rsKayiira]

Cant wait to visit Kyiv. God bless the people of Ukraine. Slava Ukraini. Love from Uganda.

[@cross5269]

thank you for your support

[@davidarcher5770]

Kyiv is absolutely stunning city ,I was over for Christmas and New year

[@wernertognetti5956]

Thank you to KI for this short but excellent report. I have been many times in Kyiv. I love the city and all Ukraine. I became tears when I saw the ordinary people in front of the wall of St. Michael Monastery and the solders who comemorate to her fallen friends on Majdan. Since late 2013 we helped Ukraine. We stand with you ❤🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦❤️.

[@olgadoudesh3179]

Thank you for your support. Without it, Ukraine would've never known the pain and suffering it's experiencing today.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for your support!

[@AJ-Lohinska]

After Ukraine's victory, all these atrocities we learn about now, will be retained throughout history around the world. People will for sure want to come and visit such a resilient nation as Ukraine is. It will be quiet without the sirens, and people and nature will be able to show us around your beautiful country. Who says so? The passing of time. That is how it was for many of us after WW2. And I know that Ukraine deserves, more than any of our ally nations, to have what we all had in 1945, yet Ukraine had it so differently. This is why Boris John stated, "this time there will not be another Yalta". Everyone in the UK government understands this now. It's why we are staying with Ukraine now and beyond her victory. Lest we forget.

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

Жодна перемога неможлива

[@olgadoudesh3179]

Okay, stay delusional

[@LilyWhite-vo1bh]

@@olgadoudesh3179 #ruscism #naZism #russiaisaterroriststate russia has been making genocide on Ukrainians for the last 315 years.

[@IcarosImmortal]

Brave Ukrainian people !

[@carolwilliams8511]

Loved this. Thankyou for this vlog. I have grown to love Ukraine during the course of this senseless war.

[@par-eriklof7723]

What a beautiful country Ukraine is. All love to Ukraine from Sweden🇺🇦💙💛🇸🇪

[@east_coast_ceo1070]

Kyiv ❤is the Capital of #Freedom God Bless the Heros and people of Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤

[@mnblkjh6757]

🇺🇦👍🙂

[@michaellockhart6632]

I appreciate this video. I got a lot of insight from it and I feel like I know a little more about Kiev and Ukraine. I know that it will continue to stand Ukrainian strong.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for watching. As we wrote, this video was inspired by the question "How is life in Kyiv?" that we heard from our friends and colleagues abroad. So, we wanted to show what our life looks like now. Of course, this is only relevant to Kyiv and some other cities. The daily life of people living closer to the frontline is entirely different.

[@michaellockhart6632]

@@kyivindependent We see a lot of frontline footage here which is why this video stands out but there should be a lot more videos like this and more attention to the Ukrainian people. I want to continue to see a peaceful and prosperous Ukraine, maybe get a chance to visit, spend a lot of money there and sit in one of the cafes and devour the cakes and cappuccinos and take in the beautiful atmosphere. It's becoming more of a determination than a dream these days.

[@shosh63]

Informative!

[@CynthiaMiller-px9yb]

Informative and interesting! Thanks.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you, we are glad to hear that!

[@madeleinesuzette]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘💪

[@sashad.7722]

Last winter was all about generators. My mother owns a small hair salon. With a help of a generator (as big as carry-on laggage) her business survived. This generator was just enough for 1-2 hair dryer to work but was much appreciated😊

[@KevinK-ey5uu]

Thank you for the honest look at what is normal today in your city. I wish the best for you.

[@captainchaoscow]

Thank you for your video. I subscribed! And fully support for Ukraine! Just one thing - as people in the media - please promote some old and new Ukrainian heroes. (Not Bandera - this gives Russia just more free arguments - he was indeed horrible)

[@daniellow426]

You are Not Forgotten here in the USA, even with putin's little helpers in Congress the United States is with you. I and millions more are doing whatever we can and demanding our politicians do More for Sovereign Ukraine. Thank you young lady.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for your support!

[@monsieurgrigny]

Very well made and presented video. Very informative and sobering.

[@DeniseSyrett]

This was beautifully done. I have followed the war since the full scale invasion. I watch a lot of videos about Ukraine. This gave me the best snapshot view of life in your beautiful city. Thank you. Of course, I always cry.

[@kennethburnet4374]

I AGREE.

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for watching, and we are glad it was informative!

[@taralown7023]

this was really great thanks for sharing

[@shoheltanviir5566]

I love Ukraine

[@xavitheta5190]

❤❤❤❤

[@dinocorreia1202]

💙💛

[@bandit4550]

SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@Christopher-xd5in]

I'm a 55:year old Floridian . An ocean and half a continent away, how can I support Ukraine? I'm learning your beautiful language and culture. And I feel it may take all of the free world to end Putin. I have never liked that psychopath. Slava Ukraine!!!!!

[@doctorboro5055]

I miss you Ukraine

[@justnicole4030]

рідний мій Київ... як я сумую(

[@jamesdonnell2290]

Daria, thank you for showing us just a micro snippet of what life is like in beautiful Kyiv under the daily threat of fascism... I hope to visit Ukraine once Victory is achieved 🇺🇦 ❤ I'll definitely invite you for a coffee or dinner 😊 You are all in our prayers 🙏 ❤️

[@kyivindependent]

Thank you for your support and glad you enjoyed the video!

[@robertginsburg8113]

How can it be that so many die because of one evil man's ego? Putler must be stopped! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@LilyWhite-vo1bh]

Not just one man, "russian culture" my ex gf is from Kazan, russia and lives in NYC. She totally support the genocide on Ukrainians since the last 315 years.

[@sashad.7722]

Still cannot get used to air raid sirens. Seems like I'm in some horror movie.

[@santery9968]

opaaa davaj

[@huangpo7398]

🇷🇺❤️🇷🇺

[@user-hi1ke5gp6n]

Я на ЦРУ работаю

[@user-vc1bv9bw7d]

U gonna take really long time to build something but when things people have been piled up collapse, it is always just a second. Zhina, Ruzzia took everything we enjoyed away within 3 years only

[@leontinaleal3251]

The west must wake up and smell a coffee 🇺🇦👏

[@soton5teve]

04:22 - "two steps from hell"

[@amosgenga321]

They are re building mariupol

[@LordLebu]

I wonder who started the bombing of Donetsk

[@dcsj6837]

Zelensky is a dictator.

[@Grizathvili]

As Zelenskyy, Budanov, Kirilov, Podolyak and Zalunshny order to send the missiles to Belgorod, then the missiles will go back to Kyiv in 10 x devastation. So, the more Zelenskyy attacks Russia, 10 x missiles will turned back to Kyiv. Shelling Donbas and Lugansk goes back to Kyiv, just 2 years by now they had for 8 years non stop?

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

The language of Ukraine is Ukrainian only !!! 2014 & 2019 constitution of ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛 UKRAIANIZATION

[@redscorpion-se4hr]

How's the troll factory in moscow going? It should be official language it's their country. Not Russian that was force on them in Soviet times. Go away imperialist

[@michaelhoran407]

All I know is Ukraine customs at KIev Borispol airport stole $3000 USD from me when I was departing to Moscow. Whereas, in Russia I never had a problem with anything. I’m American. Kyiv was called KIev then.

[@mesel7105]

So you know absolutely nothing, then?

[@mansiupadhyay9296]

and what exactly are you trying to say here? Should the channel contact that custom officer and give you back your $3K?

[@benoitroos6821]

le dombass bombardé depuis 9 ans , faut pas se plaindre de la riposte sur kiev

[@alexappell]

No, you did that yourself 😭

[@haypapa]

those building u show are damaged by your own air defence... liars

[@user-xz1nc3vc3n]

what did you to the people of DONBASS and DONETZ????

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

Війни не закінчуються зброєю, війни закінчуються переговорами

[@haypapa]

these ppl and channels pray on ppls emotions... to make a miserable dollar. same with all the ytubers... they need this war to eat

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

#STOPZELENSKY 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

[@xavitheta5190]

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