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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Kitchens pop up in Kyiv

It is providing a much-needed distraction from the harrowing news about Russia’s escalating invasion

AP/PTI Kyiv Published 09.03.22, 03:29 AM
An elderly woman’s arm is bandaged on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, one day after an attack by Russian forces on a residential street in the village of Ternovka, near Mykolaiv, Ukraine. On Monday, Russian forces also hit a warehouse complkex and barracks used by Ukrainian airborne troops.

An elderly woman’s arm is bandaged on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, one day after an attack by Russian forces on a residential street in the village of Ternovka, near Mykolaiv, Ukraine. On Monday, Russian forces also hit a warehouse complkex and barracks used by Ukrainian airborne troops. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

The field kitchen at a makeshift camp in Ukraine’s capital was a hive of activity on Monday, giving volunteers a way to contribute to the war effort — and providing a much-needed distraction from the harrowing news about Russia’s escalating invasion.

A woman identified only as Oksana said the kitchen duty gives her a way to avoid the latest developments. “I got information that people need help in the kitchen,” she said from the tent village.

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