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SJS On the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, UCL VPEE student journalist Joshua Robinson looks at the efforts of the SSEES community to help those living in a besieged Ukraine Russia's war on Ukraine has warped city life into something unrecognisable. Between sirens and the indiscriminate levelling of parks and apartments, the hum of generators allows small semblances of normalcy to continue. Cafés still serve hot coffee in paper cups. Supermarkets, however, open their doors intermittently. It is cold, and alternates between rain and sleet. At night, trundling trams flicker between the shapes of dark, scarred apartment blocks. Any scarce electricity is coddled in city metros and transport, which have become the go-to phone charging hubs due to the installation of USB ports on the underground network.
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