Fear and calm among Ukrainians as Russian invasion begins

People walk in a subway to get a train as they leave Kyiv, Ukraine (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

Although Ukrainians had been warned for weeks that war with Russia was imminent, when the attacks finally came on Thursday many seemed not to know how to react.

Civil defence sirens wailed in the air of the capital Kyiv on the grey and drizzly morning, but the city’s main street Khreshchatyk was a mixture of anxiety and normalcy.