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Since the massive strikes of October 10, which damaged nearly 30% of the country's electrical infrastructure in one day, Varvara Vikhtiouk wakes up almost every morning with the howl of sirens.
After six months as a refugee in Poland, this 36-year-old mother has returned to live in Obolon, a residential district in the north of kyiv, to be able to send her two children, aged 6 and 8, to Ukrainian school.
But this Monday morning, an hour after the alarm, two explosions sounded, then three, then four.
In total, there will be more than ten.
“The explosions rattled the windows.
I took the children and we left to take refuge in the metro, ”
breathes Varvara, sitting on mattresses on the platform of the station with Soviet architecture.
Faced with military defeats, Russia has been using a new strategy since the beginning of October: plunging Ukraine into darkness.
On Monday morning, Russia launched more than 50 cruise missiles…
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