Russian bombs bury songs and the memory of Kyiv when ‘the dance floor was packed’

27 October 2026 at 14:08

Vadym Glynarskyy, among his 25,000 vinyl records, destroyed in a Russian attack in Kyiv, October 11.

“Look, this one was by Manhattan Transfer.” Vadym Glynarskyy, 73, throws onto the scorched ground the remains of one of the 25,000 vinyl records from his collection that he estimates were ruined in a Russian bombing of the popular Pochaina market in Kyiv. “War is a disaster,” he laments as he surveys the desolate scene of dozens of businesses gutted by fire, including his own. He points out charred metal objects that only he can identify: a speaker, a mixing console, a turntable, an amplifier… even the frame of a bicycle he says was ridden in the 1978 Tour de France and had been given to one of his sons as a gift. In his assessment, the trader adds several thousand CDs and hundreds of cassette tapes that were also lost.

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Vadym Glynarskyy with a Manhattan Transfer album he salvaged from the remains of his collection.

Remnants of a bicycle that Vadym Glynarskyy claims was used to race in the Tour de France in 1978 and was a gift given to his son.

A view of one section of the Pochaina market after a Russian bombing raid.

Porcelain shards at a stall in the Pochiana flea market, which was attacked by the Russians three times this summer.

A van pockmarked by shrapnel from the shock wave following a missile strike on the Pochaina market in Kyiv.