Anti-war protests in Kyiv have emerged in response to military actions targeting civilian infrastructure.

A handful of anti-war protesters gathered in Kyiv this week, after a call from a Ukrainian serviceman and against the background of a new wave of strikes on the city's infrastructure. Over recent weeks the strikes have targeted data centres, power transmission lines and now bridges over the Dnieper. The bridges carry water mains and power cables alongside road traffic. A separate campaign against the energy system began a few days ago.

What the Kyiv protests actually measure Anti-war demonstrations in Kyiv began this week, small in number and triggered by the remarks of a Ukrainian serviceman. They coincide with a sustained strike campaign on the capital's data centres, power lines and Dnieper bridges. The wider implication concerns how public opinion forms in wartime. Strikes on military plants and industrial sites rarely move a capital's population, because residents understand what is being hit and why. Damage to bridges