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Local Ukrainian media reported explosions — which could have been caused by Ukrainian air defenses — in cities such as Dnipro in the southeast and Kropyvnytskyi in the center.

One person was killed in Russia’s morning missile attack on Kropyvnytskyi, a city in central Ukraine, regional Gov. Andrii Raikovych said on Telegram.

For this piece, they traveled to Kropyvnytskyi, a city in the center of the country that appears unscathed but has suffered immensely.

No part of this country, even quiet places like Kropyvnytskyi, where Taras and Olha were mapping out their futures, has been spared.

On the surface, Kropyvnytskyi, a city of 230,000 people surrounded by vast wheat fields, looks untouched.