‘The worst sunrise in my life’: Ukrainians wake to attack

By JIM HEINTZ
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At dawn on Thursday, Ukrainians’ uneasy efforts at normality were shattered. A Russian attack, after weeks of warning signs, had hit home. Smoke rose from cities, even ones well away from a long-running separatist conflict in the country’s east. A morning commute transformed into chaos, with lines of cars waiting at fuel stations or fleeing from the gray and drizzly capital, Kyiv. People with luggage took shelter in the subway, unsure of where to go. Some panicked immediately. Others clung to routine, with irritation. “I’m not afraid. I’m going to work. By the end of the day, many had taken shelter deep underground, in Kyiv’s metro system.