On Thursday, February 24, 2022, kyiv woke up to the crash of Russian army missiles, which were invading Ukraine. Daily life of Ukrainians, migration of refugees, infrastructure, armament, energy and food crises, consequences of this war on Europe and the world… Notre special file.
On the outskirts of kyiv, a small Soviet-built building has become their headquarters. Inside, on the decrepit walls, a large flag flies. It is red and white. In its center: the Pahonie, a knight symbol of Belarus in the 19th century that has become a forbidden image, that of the Belarusian democratic resistance. Aleksandr enters the room and looks proudly at the emblem before looking serious. “In Belarus, we only had a few years of democracy. Everyone under 30 today has known only one president: the dictator Alexander Lukashenko.