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Kyiv's brief glimmers of joy amidst war: 'Never in my life have I seen so many beautiful people in one place'

For the second year in a row, the Vyriy music and visual arts festival brought together several thousand people in Kyiv on August 8 and 9, despite relentless Russian drone attacks. Soldiers on leave and families joined partygoers to dance and celebrate Ukrainian folklore inside this rare bubble of peace.

Kyiv's brief glimmers of joy amidst war: 'Never in my life have I seen so many beautiful people in one place'

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