Shelter gaps leave Ukrainians desperate, angry as Russian attacks mount

Tetiana Lishchynska was overcome with emotion when dozens of residents in one of Kyiv’s districts hardest-hit by Russian strikes gathered this month to press authorities to open a bomb shelter under preparation since 2023.

“I had to run with my 4-year-old grandson to a clinic while there was a ballistic missile attack,” she screamed, amid a crowd of exasperated civilians in Sviatoshynskyi district....