Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza. 9News
These final days of 2022, in the
There are days when streets in Kyiv's downtown have light, but the authorities have imposed some restrictions and scheduled power cuts, meaning that there's no traditional gleaming city during the Christmas season.But even in these gloomy moments, some people have decided to show their determination and rescue whatever they can these holidays — like the Christmas tree, still standing proud even if it doesn't have the brightness of recent years.
The "Tree of Invincibility" was inaugurated on December 19, the same day that Russia launched a drone attack against Kyiv, but damaged only a power plant that didn't caused a massive blackout in the city. Smoke billows from a power infrastructure following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.
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