This was Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, before the military attacks

Sirens, explosions and gunshots are the protagonists of what the largest cities in Ukraine were before the Russian invasion. On February 24, the president of the neighboring country, Vladimir Putin, ordered the invasion of military basesairports and others to expand to various points in the cities.

Currently, only soldiers, militiamen, military vehicles and citizens pass through its streets trying to flee as best they can. The population that continues nearby hides in underground shelters from the subway or from their own homes, places where they can breathe a little peace in the face of a day-to-day chaos.

Kiev (3 million inhabitants) and Kharkov (1.5 million) went from being two of the most important social, economic and cultural bases in Eastern Europe to a couple of cities where rubble, pain and anguish are the daily bread.

The images that are front pages of newspapers around the world, with buildings in pieces or citizens saying goodbye to their parents, husbands, brothers and friendsmark a before and after in the life of Ukrainian society, and give us a turnaround of realities that is difficult for many to digest. (I)

A look at what was and what is

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