The atmosphere in Kyiv right now might surprise you
War is hell. People are dying and the horrors you see on TV and social media are real. But there is optimism in the air almost a week after Vladimir Putin’s authority was challenged by Wagner.
Kyiv | It’s almost 17 months since Vladimir Putin began his assault on the Ukraine people, but life in the capital Kyiv rumbles on.
Sure, the war is fierce, people are dying, and cities are being destroyed; so it’s clearly far from normal. The horrors you see on TV and social media — like Tuesday’s bombing of Ria Pizzeria in Kramatorsk which claimed at least 11 lives — are all too real.
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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.
