Friday, March 18, in the early morning, while the inhabitants of the Podil district were preparing to enjoy a sunny day after a thirty-five hour curfew, a missile wanted to fall on them.
The ensuing explosion saved their lives: the city's anti-aircraft system intercepted the craft in the sky.
But the debris fell on a residential complex in this northwestern suburb of kyiv, starting a huge fire.
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As firefighters finish putting out the flames, the colorless facades make the buildings look like flayed monsters.
Blinded in addition to being burned: the gaping windows have disintegrated in a rain of broken glass on which the survivors are walking, staggering.
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A bald giant wanders among the rubble.
The bandages on his face are already half unstuck from the blood that continues to flow.
He walks towards a tiny lady wrapped up in a midnight blue coat, also injured.
In the middle of the courtyard, between…
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