Kyiv Life. Bombs, Babushkas and Sunshine

Bombs On the 27th April, a series of bombs exploded in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. The bombs were planted in dustbins around the city and whilst nobody were killed, many people were injured including a number of children. As far as I know, the blasts haven’t been claimed by any group and nobody has been…

City guide: Dnipropetrovsk

A native’s guide to Dnipropetrovsk By Yulia Pentko Introduction I would be happy to tell you more about my hometown Dnipropetrovsk. Although it has very long and difficult to pronounce name Dni-pro-pet-ro-vsk a long time ago it used to have a shorter one: Ekaterinoslav. It was named and founded in honor of Ekaterina the Great…