how would you describe the overall safety of Ukraine currently?
I was in Kiev 2021, and would like to go back to visit but have been hesitant due to the ongoing war.
One of the really awesome things about Ukraine is there's a strong libertarian feel to it. If you're not harming anyone else, people tend to let you do what you want with little red tape.
Case in point: two different businesses were able to do rope jumping from this pedestrian bridge in the middle of Kyiv. They're doing it out in the open, no permits, right in front of soldiers in a defensive post guarding the bridge.
Another example is the Urbex tours a few companies run. I'm not sure how much is going on during the full scale war. But just prior I was able to go on one, paid, tour through cold war era bunkers and tunnels all around Kyiv. The guy running it didn't have any formal permits or anything. Though I suspect that one isn't possible anymore, because those bunkers are probably getting used by the military again...
Of course, buying and selling Bitcoin is easy to do here without any AML/KYC. Currency exchange in general is easy to do everywhere, without any AML/KYC or forms to fill.

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how would you describe the overall safety of Ukraine currently?
I was in Kiev 2021, and would like to go back to visit but have been hesitant due to the ongoing war.
Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, etc. are relatively safe. There's no chance of those cities getting actually invaded anytime soon, if ever. As for air strikes, just walking around it shows that the actual chance of getting hit is relatively low: the vast majority of buildings don't have any damage from the war. Some do of course. But it's well under 1% in almost three years of full scale invasion, and even if you did happen to be in one of those buildings, more likely than not you'd be fine if you're sensible during air raids. Main thing is get under cover if you actually hear things getting shot down. Though in my experience Ukrainians in those cities almost completely ignore air raids. Eg I was having dinner once in an outdoor restaurant, and something loudly exploded relatively closely to us (~2-3kms?) a few minutes after an air raid started. Literally no-one did anything other than flinching from the loud bang.
Other cities closer to the front line are much more dangerous. Eg in the Kharkiv area, Russian forces are close enough that they're able to hunt down civilians with drones and drop grenades on them. They're straight up bragging about it publicly, and publishing the videos, apparently calling it the "human safari". And from what I hear, a lot more buildings in Kharkiv have been hit; being closer, you get a lot less notice to take cover.
I wouldn't hesitate to visit Kyiv. I'd want an actual reason to visit Kharkiv.