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Why some Ukrainians don't leave their country despite attacks

by Kateryna Denisova and Nick Allard June 10, 2025 9:07 PM 1 min read
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Russia has conducted another mass attack on multiple Ukrainian cities on June 10. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the attack was one of the largest on Kyiv during the full-scale war. The Kyiv Independent has visited the apartment complex in one of Kyiv's residential districts that was damaged overnight, and spoke to its residents about why they chose to stay in Ukraine's capital, despite Russia's intensifying attacks.

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