Youth of Kyiv

How does it feel to grow up as a young person in wartime? After weeks of siege

in February and March 2022, more and more life is returning to the Ukrainian

capital Kyiv. The first theater rehearsals take place again, music clubs organize

flea markets instead of rave parties. The first reunion at the bathing lake, the first

concert to benefit the Ukrainian military. Many young people have returned after

fleeing Kyiv for safety reasons in the first days of the war. Now, often after weeks

or even months, they are back to support their homeland and try to live in their

new normality as best they can. While Kyiv has been considered comparatively

safe in Ukraine in recent weeks, the future here still remains uncertain. The work

„Youth of Kyiv“ gives a voice to young people in this particular phase of their lives

and documents their new daily events and routines.