Spring in Kyiv doesn’t start with blooming trees. It starts with the asphalt “blooming” into craters. This week navigating my usual route felt like a high-stakes game of Tetris. I watched drivers performing a synchronized ballet of desperate swerves.

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This episode was originally published on February 27, 2026.

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash