A statue is covered with sand bags to protect it from the Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted onto walls point to the nearest shelter, while air raid sirens occasionally wail across the city, which still sometimes comes under missile attack. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
