Last night, a taxi driver in Kyiv abandoned me on a dark street as curfew loomed and air-raid sirenssuddenly

Last night, a taxi driver in Kyiv abandoned me on a dark street as curfew loomed and air-raid sirens suddenly wailed. He had no choice—he had to drop me off immediately to get home before the cutoff. Moments later, two muffled explosions shook the air. My phone’s GPS had been disabled for security reasons, leaving me utterly confused in an unfamiliar territory. It took more than two hours of walking through blacked-out streets to finally locate my hotel.