Daryna Antoniuk
darynant.bsky.social
Daryna Antoniuk
@darynant.bsky.social
Cybersecurity Reporter at Recorded Future News. Ex at The Kyiv Independent/Forbes/The Kyiv Post

📍Kyiv, Ukraine
Three hours of electricity today. It’s just insane. My whole life revolves around the outage schedule now.

I barely have time to charge anything, cook, or even do laundry. And with an awful weather in Kyiv right now, the whole situation feels even more depressing.
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Kyiv’s subway at 7 a.m., as Russia launches another large-scale missile strike on Ukraine. The air-raid siren has been going off since 2 a.m
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Imagine coming from Kyiv — with its endless blackouts, the buzz of generators, and constant drone attacks — to any other city in Europe. Life here feels so normal, and I feel like an outcast.

My first thought when I arrived in Warsaw was: why is it so bright here?
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trying to romanticize life during blackouts while slowly losing my mind from the cold, endless darkness, and the constant buzz of power generators.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Imagine feeling sad, lost, and heartbroken while living through near-daily missile strikes, awful weather, and endless power outages✨
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
POV: You’re at boxing class when the power suddenly goes out — but everyone just keeps punching the bag in the dark, in total silence. There aren’t many things that can catch us off guard anymore.
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Went to a fusion jazz session at the bar across the street and thought I was feeling dizzy because their performance was so good. Turns out I actually have a fever — 38°C

But I have no regrets
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My heart’s shattered into a million pieces. I’m sick and surviving on Coke Zero for the second day. But I bought myself the most beautiful flowers and spent hours playing piano this morning, so life’s not all bad
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
trying to romanticize fall in Kyiv — not really working so far
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Kyiv, why are you doing this to us? Like, isn’t fall this year depressing enough already?
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What other girls order online: makeup, clothes, bags, Labubu.

What I order: a radiator.
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The view from your gym when your neighbor is Russia.

It has been damaged twice by Russian drone strikes in the past two months — and it hasn’t closed for a single day.
September 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Ukraine’s airspace right now. Looks like it’s gonna be a sleepless night…
August 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Another night sleeping on the floor, listening to the sound of dozens of drones flying toward Kyiv and wondering if you’ll make it through. The air raid alert hit just as I was drifting off, and it’s too late and too cold to run to the shelter now. Just hoping our air defense holds.
June 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
MASSIVE drone and missile strike in Kyiv.

My cat’s so terrified by the explosions, he can barely walk.

I had surgery today, and now I’m stuck sitting on the floor in the hallway, hiding from the attack🫠
May 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
turned 24 today. haven’t really changed
April 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Kyiv’s central railway station is packed after a massive cyberattack took down its online systems.

The railway’s app is down, so people are stuck waiting in long lines to buy tickets offline.
March 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM