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Kyiv now lives by the sound of the air raid siren. Students of the Kyiv School of Economics @kse_ua, who keep studying under these attacks, collected videos that residents filmed on their phones and turned them into this short video message. It is narrated by Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina, head of the Center for Civil Liberties, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In September alone, the city spent 242 hours under air raid alerts, more than a third of the month. Russia attacks the capital with jet-powered drones almost every day. They hit gas stations, hospitals, bridges, power lines, schools, research institutions, office buildings and much more. None of these were military targets. Russia is deliberately destroying what people need to live: electricity, heating, water and a sense of safety in their own homes. It is trying to achieve with cold and darkness what it cannot achieve on the battlefield. Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of war, and you can help them get through it. Search “how to help Ukraine” in your country, and you will find organizations near you that are already doing this work. Every effort matters.