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Kyiv is many miles from the front line, but Ukraine’s war with Russia is never far away – with Moscow’s missile and drone attacks directed at the city almost every day.
On the frozen surface of the mighty River Dnipro, the BBC speaks to men who spend hours fishing to take their minds off the almost four-year-old conflict, which has left homes with no heating after Russian strikes on power stations.
Drilling holes in the ice of the river in the heart of the city, these ice-fisherman – many of them veterans with friends and family at the front – hope to catch small fish, and a little respite.
The BBC’s Wyre Davies reports.
