STORY: Tetiana Tymoshenko, a 47-year-old accountant, rushed to a Kyiv metro station with her dog Fil on Saturday (December 6) when she heard Russian drones were approaching the city.

Tymoshenko took shelter in the underground station, lined with tents and yoga mats, which has become a haven for thousands of residents during waves of Russian attacks.

Tymoshenko lost her apartment in April 2025 when a missile strike hit her building. She says repairs could take at least a year and a half.

“Russia simply won't stop until it destroys us,” she told Reuters when asked about prospects for peace talks.

Russian drone and missile attacks hit energy infrastructure in eight Ukrainian regions overnight, causing blackouts, Ukraine's energy ministry said on Saturday.

Power and heat generation facilities in the Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions were targeted in the attack, Ukraine's ministry for development of communities and territories said.

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 6, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF APARTMENT WINDOW WITH CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS / SOUND OF AIR RAID ALARM

2. VARIOUS OF BLASTS OVER KYIV SKYLINE

3. MAN ON CRUTCHES WITH DOGS DESCENDING INTO METRO

4. METRO ARRIVING / TENTS AND YOGA MATS / PEOPLE STANDING

5. 47-YEAR-OLD ACCOUNTANT TETIANA TYMOSHENKO SITTING WITH HER DOG

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 47-YEAR-OLD ACCOUNTANT TETIANA TYMOSHENKO, SAYING:

“It (Russia) simply won't stop until it destroys us. That's my opinion. And I think that's how it will continue. Their plan is to bring us down as a nation.”

7. TETIANA'S DOG "FIL"

8. TYMOSHENKO SITTING WITH HER DOG

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 47-YEAR-OLD ACCOUNTANT TETIANA TYMOSHENKO, SAYING:

“We go down into the metro every time, well, we used to go down there before... Since our building was hit and we lost our flat, we now go down into the metro once the air raid alarm starts."

10. VARIOUS OF TYMOSHENKO SITTING WITH HER DOG

11.(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 47-YEAR-OLD ACCOUNTANT TETIANA TYMOSHENKO, SAYING:

"We are waiting, waiting for the renovation. It will take a long time, at least a year and a half, but we don't have any other choice. We need to live as we survived after what happened. So, we don't have a choice. We have children, and we need to raise them."

12. PEOPLE SITTING AND TALKING ON CHAIRS

13. METRO ARRIVING / PEOPLE SLEEPING ON YOGA MATS

14. PEOPLE IN METRO

15. WORKER WALKING WHILE METRO DEPARTING