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Ukraine at War: Champagne here, wrecked tanks there

2022-04-02T11:30:40.987Z


Kiev's center and Dmytrivka are only 40 kilometers apart. While the capital's supermarkets are selling alcohol for the first time since the war began, everything in the suburbs lies in ruins.


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That hasn't been the case for a long time.

Since the war began on February 24, the official sale of alcohol in Ukraine has been largely banned.

Now the shelves of this supermarket in Kyiv are full again.

A sign of a return to normalcy after Russian troops have apparently withdrawn from the capital's vicinity, at least for the time being.

OTones women shopping

"I bought some dry wine. Just to have a bit of balance. But basically we could do without it. The main thing is that the sky above us stays peaceful."

"I think we have to go back to normal life. It's not a question of whether we can or we can - we just have to. It doesn't mean that we ignore the situation. We support our country on this path. Nobody has anything of when we're depressed and doing nothing."

The suburbs, where Ukrainian troops stopped the invading Russian forces and finally forced them to retreat, paint a different picture.

Dmytrivka, a 2,000-person community 40 kilometers west of downtown Kyiv.

The fighting is over, the Russian soldiers have left.

They left devastation and destruction behind:

OT Leonid Vereshchagin, local resident

"We were there when they went from house to house. They opened the cupboards, looked for something. I have a very brave wife, she kept an eye on them and made it clear to them that they should dare not take anything with them."

Some houses are intact, others completely destroyed.

The damage is already being recorded.

OT Yevheb Yenin, Deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine

"The enemy overestimated his strength in the Kyiv area. And we keep advancing, liberating cities and evacuating our people. The most important task now is to restore public order, provide water, food, electricity, telephone and internet connections. "

Rebuilding could take years, even if war doesn't come back, at least to this area.

Source: spiegel

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