
‘It’s blitz, blitz, blitz’: Kyiv’s shelters fill up as Russia intensifies aerial attacks
Luke Harding in Kyiv. Photographs by Anastasia Vlasova
created: July 12, 2025, 6 a.m. | updated: July 13, 2025, 8:50 a.m.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/The GuardianIn the early hours of Thursday, Orysia finally slept.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/The GuardianOne explanation is military-technical: the Kremlin has increased drone production, building new factories.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/The Guardian“It’s like the London blitz but far worse.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/The GuardianOn Thursday morning a pall of smoke hung over the capital as groggy residents inspected the damage.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/The GuardianDown the road, close to Lukyanivska metro station, another drone had punched a hole in an old brick-built factory.
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