# Stay or flee? Kyiv mothers struggle to keep children safe as Russian attacks intensify

https://mins.news/en/item/109911

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-21 17:46 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/stay-or-flee-kyiv-mothers-torn-on-how-to-keep-children-safe-as-russian-attacks-step-up/

> As Russia stepped up drone and missile attacks on Kyiv in late summer and early autumn, some mothers again faced the choice of staying or leaving. Anna Lodyhina moved with her son to Lviv and said they had finally been sleeping peacefully, but drone attacks and air-raid alerts have also grown more frequent in western Ukraine. Families fear worsening conditions and winter outages of heat, electricity and water.

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