In kyiv, the feverish wait for the next Russian escalation

Thousands of people took shelter once again in the metro this Thursday afternoon, when the air alarm pierced the snowy sky of kyiv. On the steps going underground, two friends are playing chess. A little further away, schoolchildren wait patiently on their foldable stools for the alert to end. Behind them, the McDonald's employees also came down.

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For the past week, residents of the Ukrainian capital have resumed the habit of going down to the metro at each air alarm, while the conflict between Ukraine and Russia crosses the threshold of escalation day after day. “ There is talk of nuclear war on the news. Honestly, I stopped following “, sighs Sasha, an underground coffee seller, shrugging his shoulders. Next to him, a woman waits against a billboard. ” That It’s been a long time since I’ve been down. When it's the usual drones, I stay at home, but since a few days, that…