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The delegation of MEPs outside Kyiv last week (Photo: Alde)

After Bucha, there can be no business as usual

Air sirens are now such a regular part of daily life in Ukraine that they are numb to its droning tones.

Some Kyivans, in an act of defiance — but also determination — have begun to come back to their homes, coffee shops are re-opening and hairdressers have started to resume. Gone are the days where one could see cars lining up to leave the city.

It is an eerie new-normal that is entering Ukraine's largest city.

But things are anything but normal. Fear, trauma and sorr...

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Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP is acting co-president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE). Timmy Dooley is also acting co-president of ALDE and an Irish senator.

The delegation of MEPs outside Kyiv last week (Photo: Alde)

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Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP is acting co-president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE). Timmy Dooley is also acting co-president of ALDE and an Irish senator.

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