(16 Jun 2023)
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Kyiv, 16 June 2023
1. People waiting for the end of the air alarm at the entrance to the subway
2 Various of the entrance to the subway and the name of the station
3. Various of people waiting for the alarm to end at the subway station
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Taras Danilov, volunteer:
"I ended up here because I was seeing off a colleague. I generally don't use the subway. As for war, I have a carefree and indifferent attitude towards it. That's because the more you fear something, the more you attract it."
5. Various of people exiting the subway after air alarm ends
6. Woman piling up foldable seats
7. People walking through subway
8. Medical professionals from the Kyiv Center for Emergency Medical Assistance and Disaster Medicine in the subway providing first aid advice
9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Hanna Fedorchenko Field medic from the Kyiv Center for Emergency Medical Assistance and Disaster Medicine:
"We are teaching basic lifesaving skills for the pre-hospital stage, teaching how to control bleeding and deal with common conditions that often arise, so that ordinary people can initiate assistance before the arrival of emergency medical teams."
10. Various of medical professionals at the subway station
STORYLINE:
Air raid warnings encouraging people to take shelter are part of daily life in Kyiv, particularly since Russian forces recently stepped up aerial strikes in their nearly 16-month long war.
The increased attacks come as Ukraine has reported limited gains in the early stages of a counteroffensive to take back the nearly one-fifth of Ukraine's territory that is under Russian control.
People in Kyiv often take shelter in the metro where foldable chairs are available.
Friday's air raid came as a delegation of leaders and senior officials from Africa arrived in Ukraine seeking ways to end the invaded country's nearly 16-month war with Russia and to ensure food and fertilizer deliveries to their continent.
This provided a reminder of the challenges they face.
The delegation including the presidents of South Africa, Senegal, Zambia and the Comoros Islands first went to Bucha, a Kyiv suburb where bodies of civilians lay scattered in the streets last year after Russian troops abandoned a campaign to seize the capital and withdrew from the area.
Shortly after, air raid sirens began to wail in Ukraine's capital.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported an explosion in the Podilskiy district, one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods.
“Russian missiles are a message to Africa: Russia wants more war, not peace,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down six Russian Kalibr cruise missiles, six Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles and two reconnaissance drones.
It gave no details on where they were shot down.
Despite the air raids some local people were quite relaxed.
"I generally don't use the subway. As for war, I have a carefree and indifferent attitude towards it. That's because the more you fear something, the more you attract it," said Taras Danilov.
Emergency medical staff use the air raids as an opportunity to teach people how to perform emergency first aid.
"We are teaching how to control bleeding and deal with common conditions that often arise, so that ordinary people can initiate assistance before the arrival of emergency medical teams," said Hanna Fedorchenko, from the Kyiv Center for Emergency Medical Assistance and Disaster Medicine.
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