A Christmas tree decorated with the colors of the Ukrainian national flag stands at Sophia Square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza. These final days of 2022, in the middle of a war that has ravaged the country for 10 months, a more modest tree stands there, its blue and yellow lights barely breaking the gloom of the square that is otherwise dark apart from the headlights of cars.
But even in these gloomy moments, some people have decided to show their determination and rescue whatever they can these holidays - like the Christmas tree, still standing proud even if it doesn't have the brightness of recent years. The "Tree of Invincibility" was inaugurated on Dec. 19, the same day that Russia launched a drone attack against Kyiv, but damaged only a power plant that didn't caused a massive blackout in the city.
Before Kyiv's government decided to install its tree, there was some debate about whether it was appropriate in a year that brought so many tragedies and horrors. Similar discussions happened all across the country, and some regions decided not have trees."We are grateful that we can see at least something in such times," said Oleh Skakun, 56, during the unveiling of the tree on Monday.
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