Maria Pustovit describes the situation as inconceivable.
She says that she usually lives her life in Kiev's music and bohemian circles.
Last Wednesday night she was in the concert hall to listen to a violin concerto with music by Bach and Beethoven.
When Kulturnyheterna talks to Maria Pustovit at lunchtime on Friday, she is forced to take shelter in a basement.
The aircraft alarm sounds and she follows the reports that Russian troops are approaching the center of the capital.
- It has already shouted three times today.
I have to say that it is stressful for the psyche.
It's been over a day and people are jumping high just by the sound of a couple of lost keys.
See the interview with Maria Pustovit in the clip above.