Life in Kyiv

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Back in February, when Russian forces began their invasion of Ukraine, their tanks were heading towards Kyiv. The Russians retreated before making it to the centre of the city, but left devastation in every area that had been fought over in those weeks. In a café in Kyiv, the BBC’s correspondent Joe Inwood met up those now living and working in the city to hear how it is changing and recoverin. The District One Foundation is a 1000-strong team of volunteers dedicated to helping restore damaged homes, schools and hospitals, and give whatever support they can to people returning to live in the city. The work is challenging, but they say it’s energised them and given them a sense of great positivity. He also talks to, two photographers and an artist who how their day to day work has changed, but their art can be put to essential use on social media and beyond, informing the rest of the world about the war and how life is in Ukraine.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Joe Inwood on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS Conversations, Life in
0:07.0	Keeve.
0:12.0	Here in the Ukrainian capital we're seeing a return of life.
0:15.0	A couple of months ago or so this was a city frozen by the fear of Russian tanks approaching,
0:20.0	but they were beaten away.
0:22.0	And while fierce fighting has moved to other parts of the country, Keeve is recovering.
0:27.0	Gathering together, you know, and changing someone's life, this is actually what made me
0:32.0	feel incredible.
0:33.0	In the last weeks I'm thinking that this time is the best time of my life.
0:41.0	I'm in the centre of Keeve looking out onto the Maidan, the great square that's been at the
0:47.0	heart of so many protests, including those that started this whole crisis.
0:52.0	It's a city that is once again changing, recovering from the trauma of invasion and getting back to normal.
0:59.0	The physical scars of that Russian advance at the start of the war can be seen a short distance from
1:04.0	here in towns like Aping and Butcher on the outskirts.
1:08.0	And then there is the psychological damage, which is virtually impossible to gauge.
1:13.0	Hundreds of thousands fled from the area, but recently some residents have begun returning to their homes,
1:19.0	trying to restart some sort of normal life.
1:23.0	To capture a little of that, I got myself an outside table at a cafe and sat down in the sunshine to chat with a few people.
1:30.0	Four of them were members of an organisation called District One Foundation,
1:34.0	which is attempting to do something practical to help.
1:37.0	Hi, my name is Marie.
1:39.0	Hi, I'm Dana.
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