Ukraine: How Kyiv's electronic dance culture is defying Putin with beats and baseball bats. Take a look.

Alia ShoaibSep 4, 2022, 20:32 IST

A DJ plays music for revellers at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

Kyiv's nightlife is slowly returning six months after Russia began its invasion.
Daytime raves have been taking place across the city as people look to take their minds off the war.

Kyiv's once vibrant electronic dance music scene is reemerging six months after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

Images shot by a Reuters photographer show a daytime rave in the Ukrainian capital on August 27.

Cultural life is slowly returning to Ukraine's capital. Across Kyiv, people are cautiously going to raves and bars and meeting up with friends as the city's residents find ways to forget – for a few hours – the horrors of more than six months of war.

Some events donate proceeds to the Ukraine's armed forces.

A woman dances at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

Ravers find ways around Kyiv's 11pm wartime curfew.

Revellers crash into each other in the "mosh pit" during a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

After pandemic restrictions and the ongoing war, residents look for normalcy.

A woman dances at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

Despite the moments of escapism, war continues to rage on.

Revellers dance at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

Ravers take their anger out on a Russia-themed barrel.

Revelers destroy a barrel symbolizing Russia during a performance at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

The raves are a form of stress-relief for many.

People dance at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

Revellers dance at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 27, 2022.

Rave-goers dance in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

The realities of the war are impossible to entirely forget.

A rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 27, 2022.Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

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