The Chornobyl café as an Invincibility Point during the blackouts.

In winter, when Kyiv lived by power-cut schedules, our Chornobyl café on Andriivskyi Descent worked as a small Invincibility Point. Yaroslav Yemelianenko was one of the first to draw 220 volts from car batteries through an inverter, so the lights stayed on. Later a generator was added.

Neighbours came, vendors from Andriivskyi Descent, friends and passers-by. They charged phones and power banks, drank coffee and, when the frosts set in, warmed up with mulled wine.