UKRAINE WAR REBUILDING – Repair Together: the young Ukrainians cleaning up destroyed towns

Before the war, Kyiv was home to a burgeoning underground electronic music scene. Now, young Ukrainians are organizing raves that gather hundreds of volunteers to help clean up the debris from Russian bombs and help repair buildings destroyed during the Kremlin’s invasion.

At what used to be a cultural center in Yahidne, a village north of Kyiv, dozens of volunteers are sifting through piles of rubble from the severely damaged building, all to the rhythmic backdrop provided by local DJs.

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