Uneasy peace settles on Kyiv as war rages elsewhere

A woman walks in front of an anti-war poster in Kyiv, Ukraine (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

With war raging on fronts to the east and south, the summer of 2022 is proving bitter for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

The sun shines but sadness and grim determination reign. The peace is deceptive, because it is shorn of peace of mind.