Ukrainians woke up on Nov. 20 to a message that a number of foreign embassies were closing their Kyiv offices — a stark reminder of the departure of foreign diplomats from Kyiv days before the start of the all-out war. The U.S. Embassy in the capital said it had received
In Kyiv and cities across Ukraine, sirens sounded, people headed to shelters, and emergency blackouts were introduced.
At 10:30 a.m. local time, sirens will sound for one minute accompanied by loudspeakers calling "Attention everyone!" and emergency broadcasts on TV and radio.
The wail of the air raid siren in Ukraine, which signals potential or incoming attacks, has become as burdensome and commonplace a sound as that of traffic or construction work. More than 40,000 air raid sirens lasting from minutes to hours throughout the day and night have sounded across
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