​15,000 Are Sheltering in Kyiv’s Subway

 

Officials in Kyiv say as many as 15,000 people, including many children, have taken refuge in the subway system to escape bombing and artillery fire as Russian forces advance on the capital.

“KYIV, Ukraine — As the escalator glides down the final few yards into the subway stop deep in Kyiv’s normally immaculate mass transit system, a sprawl of foam mattresses, suitcases and plastic bags filled with food comes into view. The space is surprisingly quiet, almost silent, despite the 200 or so people camped there to escape the bombing and artillery fire above. They sleep three or four to a single mattress. The children push toy cars over the gray granite slabs of the station floors, watching their mothers scroll endlessly on their cellphones, searching for news of the war.Little hands and feet stick out from underneath blankets, though it is noticeably warmer in the station than above ground. Volunteers come and go, bringing food and other necessities of life. One mother sets up a tent, for a modicum of privacy. ...”

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Sandbags protecting a door at City Hall on March 01, 2022, in Kyiv.