There are days when streets in Kyiv’s downtown have light, but restrictions and scheduled power cuts mean there’s no traditional gleaming city during the Christmas season. ukraine
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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. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko talks to the press during the inauguration ceremony of a Christmas tree set up on Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Square on Dec. 19, 2022.The “Tree of Invincibility” was inaugurated on Dec. 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.Article content
Before Kyiv’s government decided to install its tree, there was some debate about whether it was appropriate in a year that brought so many tragedies and horrors. Similar discussions happened all across the country, and some regions decided not have trees.Article content“We are grateful that we can see at least something in such times,” said Oleh Skakun, 56, during the unveiling of the tree on Monday..He said that every Dec.
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