Strings of Christmas lights twinkle across Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a city bearing the scars of nearly four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Public squares and shopfronts are adorned with garlands and trees during the day.

At night, air raid sirens urge people to seek shelter from Russian aerial attacks.

Festive displays persist despite rolling power cuts caused by Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid, forcing authorities to ration electricity and businesses to rely on generators to keep the lights on.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

KYIV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST CHRISTMAS TREES ON SALE NEAR SEVERELY DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN LUKIANIVKA NEIGHBOURHOOD

2. PEOPLE WALKING, CARS DRIVING NEAR SEVERELY DAMAGED BUILDING

3. VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN FLAG COVERING SEVERELY DAMAGED BUILDING

4. PEOPLE WALKING NEAR SEVERELY DAMAGED BUILDING COVERED WITH PAINTING

KYIV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 4, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

5. PEOPLE WALKING PAST MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL ON KYIV'S CENTRAL INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, DEDICATED TO PEOPLE KILLED IN RUSSIAN INVASION

6. MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL

7. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL

8. WOMAN LOOKING AT MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL

9. VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL

10. INDEPENDENCE SQUARE / AUDIO OF HUM OF POWER GENERATORS

11. ARMY RECRUITING ADVERTISEMENT

12. PEOPLE WALKING PAST POWER GENERATOR

13. POWER GENERATOR / CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

14. VARIOUS OF WOMEN TALKING, LAUGHING

15. MAN IN MILITARY UNIFORM, PEOPLE WALKING / UKRAINIAN FLAG

16. WOMAN WALKING PAST POWER GENERATOR

17. POWER GENERATOR

18. PEOPLE WALKING

19. UKRAINIAN FLAGS

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20. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED APARTMENT BLOCK

21. CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND NEAR DESTROYED APARTMENT BLOCK

22. VARIOUS OF MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO PEOPLE KILLED IN RECENT RUSSIAN STRIKE ON APARTMENT BLOCK

23. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED APARTMENT BLOCK

24. DESTROYED RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES ON DISPLAY AT ST. MICHAEL'S SQUARE

25. DOWNED RUSSIAN SHAHED DRONE ON DISPLAY

26. MAN WALKING PAST DESTROYED RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES ON DISPLAY

27. DOWNED RUSSIAN SHAHED DRONE ON DISPLAY / UKRAINIAN FLAGS

28. MEN IN MILITARY CLOTHING WALKING PAST DESTROYED RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES ON DISPLAY

KYIV, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 27, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

29. CARS DRIVING NEAR DECORATED SHOPPING MALL

30. WOMAN TAKING PHOTOGRAPH OF DECORATIONS AT SHOPPING MALL

31. PEOPLE WALKING PAST SHOPPING MALL

KYIV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

32. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET

33. MAN INSIDE CAFÉ

34. PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET

KYIV, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

35. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

36. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ICE SKATING

37. ROUNDABOUT CAROUSEL

38. UKRAINIAN FLAG ON ROUNDABOUT CAROUSEL

39. MAN HOLDING CHILD

40. MAN WALKING WITH CHILD PAST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

41. VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS TREE

42. VARIOUS OF RIDE WITH UKRAINIAN FLAGS

KYIV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 6, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

43.⁠ ⁠VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING OPENING OF MAIN CHRISTMAS TREE ON ST. SOPHIA SQUARE

44⁠. ⁠PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR CHRISTMAS TREE IN DARKNESS

45.⁠ ⁠PERSON TAKING PHOTO OF CHRISTMAS TREE

46.⁠ ⁠CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON TREE

47. ⁠⁠CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND DECORATIONS ON TREE

48. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS NEAR CHRISTMAS TREE

49.⁠ ⁠DOME OF ST. SOPHIA CATHEDRAL

50. PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET, CHRISTMAS TREE AND ST. SOPHIA CATHEDRAL BEHIND

KYIV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

51. VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN APARTMENT'S WINDOW / AUDIO OF AIR RAID ALERT BLARING