From: CNN OPINION Opinion by Amelia Glaser and Marci Shore

Editor’s Note: Amelia Glaser is professor of literature at UC San Diego. Her books include “Jews and Ukrainians in Russia’s Literary Borderlands.” Marci Shore is professor of modern European intellectual history at Yale University and the author of “The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution,” among many others. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. Read more CNN Opinion.KyivCNN —
Late morning Monday, from occupied Crimea, the Russians launched two hypersonic ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Our friends heard the explosion and the air raid sirens simultaneously — which is unusual. Hypersonic missiles are faster than the speed of sound.
Fragments hit the Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design, where the students, with no time to get to the shelter, lay down on the ground.