By daytime, Ukraine is a sophisticated European country going about its business, and Kyiv seems like an enchanting city. But by night, the sirens roar, and the war begins.

Acclaimed former ABC Global Affairs Editor – and now ABC News Americas Editor – John Lyons doesn’t write about geopolitics or military strategy in his evocative book A Bunker in Kyiv, published by Harper Collins Australia. Instead, he focuses on  the everyday resilient civilians who are taking part in it.

Lyons talks to Network Ten political correspondent Hugh Riminton and Ukrainian ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko about the huge army of civilians — from old punk rockers to university professors and Coca Cola brand managers — who are working behind the scenes to outwit the Russian army.
 

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