‘Noise, speed, chaos and fuss everywhere’: diary of evacuation from Kyiv
by Larisa Kalik from World news | The Guardian on (#5WHCG)
Larisa Kalik documents the Russian invasion of Ukraine and being forced to leave the city she loves
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When Vladimir Putin announced he would recognise the Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics", I was in the centre of Kyiv. I read the quotes from his speech, but I could not bring myself to look at his face or listen to his voice. It had seemed that he would declare war that very evening, so many people initially exhaled when they heard his words. But then they realised that he would not stop there.
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