US first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced trip to Ukraine, the latest high-profile American official to visit the country in recent weeks
From CNN's Gul Tuysuz in Kyiv and Rob Picheta in London
"This house, I have lived here for 40 years. Both my kids were born here," Olga Teterska, a 48-year-old accountant from Borodianka, near Kyiv, told CNN as she looked at her destroyed home."It is impossible to describe with words how I feel being back here and seeing what has happened.""We celebrated May 9 until 2014," Teterska said."Now I will only observe May 8 as a day to remember the soldiers who fought and also as a way to be closer to Europe.
Most of Europe marks VE Day on May 8. But in Russia and a clutch of ex-Soviet states, the anniversary falls on the 9th. In Moscow, it is celebrated with an extravagant military parade and a speech by President Vladimir Putin."Now May 8 is more important," Valentina Torghunshko, from Borodianka, told CNN."May 9 for me is Russia’s day now. It used to be Victory Day but everything has changed now. The Russians want us on our knees.
That could bring yet more destruction for many in Ukraine’s east, and around the country. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has urged citizens to stay inside from Sunday into Monday, and Western officials have warned the Russian invasion may be ramped up.
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