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42-year-old Oksana Honohan is sweeping up with a tree branch broom.
She says nobody slept all night.
Within a second, very quickly, a drone was flying and we went to the shelter.
Utility workers are reconnecting electricity and plumbing.
Residents line up to get plywood boards cut for their blown-out windows.
I asked Honohan how Ukrainians keep rebounding.
We're Ukrainians, she says, that's it.
No matter how hard they hit us, we will survive, if only to make them angry that we're still alive.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
A child is among the dead amidst a mass combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital.
Air raid alerts were activated across the country.
The last attacks on Kyiv finished up around 7 a.m.
local time, say officials, and included Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
The heightened attacks come as Ukraine prepares to head to Florida in the coming days to discuss a U.S.
proposed peace plan with President Trump.
Ukrainians fear in his haste to conclude a deal,
Trump could propose ceding too much to Russia.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
In a video posted to social media, Zelensky said Ukraine must be strong and unified as it heads into peace negotiations with the Trump administration in the coming days.
For internal strength, there should be no reason to be distracted by anything other than the defense of Ukraine, he said.