The Ukrainian capital is many things: a great city with a long history, political center, cultural hub, the city of revolutions, the city of opportunities, the city of flowers, and chestnuts. However, Kyiv is also a city of dirty streets and crosswalks. For many years this was taken as given, until recently a very small group of activists decided to take at least some minor steps to improve the situation. They called themselves Kyive, Myi which is a wordplay directly translated as “Kyiv, Wash” and went to wash their first location in the city center.
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A view of Kyiv's skyline on April 22, 2020.
