Kyiv's new frontline: Russian strikes target civilians as residents refuse to flee

Russian strikes on Kyiv are intensifying and increasingly targeting civilians, leaving the Ukrainian capital without power and water. Residents are enduring severe psychological strain but most refuse to leave the city. The attacks now occur in daylight and hit residential areas, with one missile carrying cluster munitions launched in late October. Olena, a resident, described windows shattering during an explosion, while many neighbors remain hospitalized. Night strikes are the worst, sometimes minutes apart. With power plants damaged, electricity and water are cut off, forcing many to sleep in underground metro stations, some for nearly two years. Schools continue classes in bunkers, where children learn Ukraine's pre-invasion map, though over one million Ukrainian children suffer psychological distress from the war.