Egor kosov is another person we talked to on the day that russia invaded ukraine. Egor, i'm in e ke of what's it like in kiv? What's happening there now? Half the city's gone. The city's real empty. Nobody's outside. It's kind of spooky. But some people are still walking around. Major supermarkets are open for food. Pharmacies are open, but there are lines you got to stand in and you're not always likely get your meds. Every couple of hours will get air rat alert or shelling alert,. And then once in a while, in depending on the neighborhood, you hear a lot of
Millions of people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s war begin. We check back in with Kurii Vasyl, who stayed behind, and his niece Yulya, who fled.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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