When I turned on the TV, I found out once again that Ukraine was about to be attacked. Domestic channels commented on the news, not particularly choosing expressions. Everyone is talking about Biden and his midnight speech. In fact, he did not say anything new, but he did it on time, just during the next escalation in the Donbass. Since the TV cannot be trusted, I prefer other sources.

In the sleeping area, the center of social life is a supermarket. In "Silpo", it seems that Biden was not believed. In "Auchan" - too, and in ATB. In any case, people are not up to the invasion. There are no queues, the price tags still bite. The people of Kiev are dissatisfied with the new initiatives introduced in retail chains. Instead of banned plastic bags, customers are offered biodegradable ones for 10 hryvnias apiece.

Almost everything has gone up in price in recent years. A sliced ​​loaf will cost the buyer almost 25 hryvnias, by Moscow standards it will be 74 rubles. A kilogram of cucumbers - 6 dollars! Pensioner Valentina Stepanovna, burying herself in the price tag, is barely audible indignant: "It must be the same for a cucumber to be six times more expensive than a banana!"

- War, you say? Yes, we will soon die without her ...

An ATM is nearby. No one is particularly fond of him. "And what should I take off? - says pensioner Dmitry Dmitrievich. - I received my pension the day before yesterday, so I took it off. All three thousand hryvnias."

Khreshchatyk is pedestrian today. Like ten years ago, with a break, of course, for the "revolution of dignity", the main street of the Ukrainian capital is provided to the people of Kiev and guests of the capital. Motorists did not always like it, they have to wind circles, but recently they have other worries. Taxi driver Vasily, who agreed to drop to Khreshchatyk for 150 hryvnia, complains about the prices: "Today at the gas station - 37 hryvnia per liter, you know, that's more than a pound sterling!"

He speaks softly about politics. Like, judge for yourself, some kind of fuss. They tell us from every iron that Russia is about to attack, they call the day and even the hour when this will happen, time passes, but nothing.

- Is it true that the streets have become calmer, traffic jams have disappeared?

- Yes, in recent days there are fewer cars ...

- Is this connected with the fact that, fearing for their safety, many moved to Lviv and Ternopil?

- Maybe someone left, but I'm telling you about gasoline again! How much did I take from you? Four liters of petrol? And you won't give more! That is the question!

Saturday was sunny, almost spring. But there are not so many people on the street, there is a certain tension in the air. A group of young people are talking animatedly outside the Gamaliya travel agency. It's about travel.

By the way, the tourist peak in the Ukrainian capital unexpectedly coincided with the aggravation of the situation in the east of the country.

People who have money prefer to wait out the times of "invasion" away from their homes. "In the days of psychosis last week, there was a surge in demand," Igor Golubakha, head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Tour Operators and co-founder of the Gamaliya company, told reporters in an interview.

And this despite the fact that February in the tourist market is considered a dead season.

He returned home by subway. By the way, for those who cannot afford to wait out the "troubles" in warmer climes, the authorities widely advertise the capital's bomb shelters. There is no panic among the people of Kiev, but the most impressionable ones are packing "disturbing suitcases". Particularly successful in this visitors from the western part of the country. Yarema, having moved to the capital from Lvov, searched for a bomb shelter near his house for several days, but at the indicated addresses there was either a pub, a nightclub, or a training hall.

So Yarema decided to give preference to the metro, which he announced on social networks. And this is true, because the same point of view is shared by the capital's mayor Vitali Klitschko. "In the event of the start of military aggression by Russia in Kiev, there is a clear plan for the evacuation of the population," Klitschko said. In the event of an "attack", the subway door will be open within 10 minutes. Later, no one will be allowed inside. People will be placed directly on the platform. For critical needs, even in tunnels. They also have toilets and ventilation.

True, when I asked the duty officer at the Independence Square station a question about this, the girl looked at me as if I were crazy.

They say that in the capital, as well as in other cities and villages, in case the invasion still cannot be avoided, the formation of territorial defense units is in full swing, which will resist the enemy with all their might. The well-known TV presenter Danilo Yanevsky posted a post on the networks, the lines from which I allow myself to quote: “Today I signed up for the Buchansk Terodefense Battalion, one of the 150 created in the country ... Everyone is calm, sure, many people know each other. Someone looked at me with surprise: "Are you here too?". For people like me, there are two options for service: "reservist" or "member of a voluntary formation."

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