Paul Hosford: Life goes on in Kyiv as Russia's war on Ukraine grinds on

Ukrainians have resisted the invading Russians for four years and sometimes that means going about your day while trying to reassure yourself about wailing air-raid sirens, writes Acting Political Editor Paul Hosford in Kyiv

A makeshift memorial of 18,000 flags honours fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers at Independence Square, in central Kyiv. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty

As the spring sun beats down, young people queue at a hatch for coffee.

With drinks priced between 75c and €1.10, the small operation is doing a roaring trade. Across the street, breakfast business at an outlet of the French bakery chain Paul is picking up and people on their way to work mill around. A bus advertising an aquarium as a family day out rounds the corner.