Kyiv zoo braves blackouts and bombardment to keep animals warm

Staff are using stoves and generators to keep lions, camels and Ukraine’s lone gorilla safe from winter and war Europe live – latest updates Kyiv zoo’s most famous resident lays on his back watching television. On screen: a nature documentary. For a quarter of a century, Toni has been the zoo’s star attraction, drawing tens of thousands of visitors. He is Ukraine’s only gorilla. At 52 – old by western gorilla standards – he needs warm conditions similar to the lowlands of central Africa. Continue reading...

By Luke Harding in Kyiv. Photography and video by Julia Kochetova