Heidi Levine recounts her experience on covering drone strikes in Kyiv this week.
Sunday night in Kyiv, I slept in my clothes, phone and laptop by my pillow, with Sofia, the kitten I adopted in southeastern Ukraine a month ago, cuddled by my side. My Washington Post team had been on high alert for days as our security advisers warned Russia was planning another attack on Ukraine’s capital. Monday morning, I didn’t have to wait long. An hour after I awoke, sounds of explosions sent a flock of sleepy pigeons into frenzied flight.
I was on a hotel rooftop when the second strike hit. It was the “double-tap” that our security advisers always warn us about, often meant to target first responders, including journalists. I captured an image of a plume of smoke rising over the capital as Ukrainian forces unleashed a crackle of gunfire into the air, trying to target the Russian drones before they reached their targets. I have heard drones before — while covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza.
Once again, people in Kyiv were frantically seeking shelter, some carrying their pets. Firefighters and rescue workers engulfed in smoke climbed on the rubble of a four-story residential building, looking for survivors and digging to recover the dead, including a woman who was six months pregnant and was nearly burned beyond recognition. The firefighters used lights as they continued to dig for victims into the night, and news of another body came the following day.
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