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Shopping between air raid alerts: A day at Piramida mall

Shoppers at Piramida mall, now reportedly co-owned by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Photo by Kateryna Malofieieva for URN.

By Iryna Fedets and Kateryna Malofieieva

Piramida was never meant to be a destination.

Unlike Kyiv's giant shopping malls, it serves the surrounding neighborhood. Residents stop in for groceries, collect prescriptions, eat with their families and browse familiar shops a short walk from home.

That is precisely what makes it valuable—and why it became part of a reported investment by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy.

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