'We call it war-life balance': Daryna's daily struggle to live, survive in wartime Ukraine

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Daryna, a 25-year-old in Kyiv, tries to maintain an ordinary life amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Air raid alerts, power outages and sheltering in the subway shape her daily routine as bombardments continue.

Daryna, 25, entered adulthood in a country at war. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, her days have been shaped by air raid alerts, power outages and nights spent sheltering in the subway. Despite the uncertainty that shadows every day, she is determined to preserve a semblance of normal life in Kyiv. FRANCE 24 met a young woman who has become emblematic of a generation learning to live under daily bombardment.