Kiev residents brace themselves. Make-up teacher Alona and biochemistry student Svetlana also join the fight | War Ukraine and Russia

Kiev residents prepare for a Russian invasion. It is not a question of if, but when it will come. People like makeup teacher Alona Bushynska and biochemistry student Svetlana Kalanova had never held a weapon last week, but they’re bracing themselves to defend their country. “Everything I hold dear is here,” Svetlana explains to Sky News journalist Alex Crawford.