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Stephen Shrubsall

'Sometimes you have to ride into the nearest air raid shelter': The realities of being a cyclist in Kyiv

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“Hang on, things might get a bit noisy in a minute,” Nathan* told me over a phone call. He was training on Zwift in his apartment in Kyiv (Ukraine). He had just received an alert via Telegram, the platform used to provide real-time war updates, air-raid alerts and official government broadcasts.

Right on cue, the air raid sirens started.

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