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Misha Zelinsky

As the shells get closer, it’s time to leave Kyiv. But how?

It’s time to get out. But there are no cars and no train tickets. Russian tanks are spotted in the city’s north. The explosions are getting closer.

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Kyiv | As Russian rockets rain down on Ukraine’s capital, everyone is asking the same question: do we stay or do we go?

“My passport, it is at home. Two hours. But it is on the other side of Russian soldiers in the north-west,” says Ivan, a hotel staffer, talking about whether to try to flee the city.

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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.

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