The view from Kyiv
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Russia announced earlier this week it would scale back its offensive around Kyiv. We take you in and around the capital city to see whether that’s true. Plus, how videos of impromptu concerts around Ukraine have become the soundtrack of hope in the face of war.
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On Tuesday, Moscow announced that it would “drastically reduce” its military assault around Kyiv. But U.S. officials are leery of Russia’s promise to shift away from the capital city.
Post foreign correspondent Siobhan O’Grady has been in Kyiv since the start of the war. She tells us that Russia doesn’t seem to be telling the truth based on accounts from the city and its surrounding areas, and explains how life in Kyiv has changed since the start of the war.
Plus, how videos shared online of musicbeing made in the face of war have become a soundtrack of hope in the midst of despair.
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| 0:31.4 | It is 5.15 in the morning on Wednesday, March 30th and I just woke up. |
| 0:41.3 | That's Shavano Grady. |
| 0:42.3 | She's a foreign correspondent who's been reporting from Keith. |
| 0:46.0 | We heard a lot of booms overnight, like way more than usual. |
| 0:52.2 | And we weren't expecting it because the Russians actually said they were going to pull back |
| 0:56.1 | off of Kiev. |
| 1:03.4 | But despite those promises, that doesn't seem to be the case. |
| 1:08.5 | I heard several loud booms and then the siren went off simultaneously with another boom. |
| 1:14.5 | This has just been the soundtrack for Ukrainians for five weeks. |
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| 1:26.0 | I'm Ella Heizaddi, in for Martin Powers. |
| 1:30.0 | It's Thursday, March 31st. |
| 1:32.2 | Today, we take you to Kiev to hear what life is like there. |
| 1:36.8 | Shavano has been in the Ukrainian capital since before the Russian invasion and has watched |
| 1:41.1 | the city change overnight. |
| 1:43.2 | We said at the beginning of the war, there was immense fear that Russia would take Kiev |
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