The Big Shelter: How Kyiv’s Metro Stations Became Essential Bunkers for Millions

The contrast between the purpose of the shelter and the time of year adds another layer of grim complexity. Whether it is the searing heat of summer or the biting cold of winter, the metro’s underground environment offers a constant, albeit regulated, temperature that is less subject to the extremes of the weather, a small, practical mercy in a time of great hardship.