Sleepless in Kyiv: how Ukraine's capital copes with Russia's nighttime attacks
Daria Slavytska, 27, takes shelter inside a metro station with her 2-year-old son Emil during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 9, 2025. PHOTO | REUTERS
For the past two months, Russia has unleashed nighttime drone and missile assaults on Kyiv in a summer offensive that is straining the city's air defences, and has its 3.7 million residents exhausted and on edge.