On the scorching asphalt besides what was once a bustling Kyiv flea market, vendors were trying to sell the remains of their stock, ravaged by a Russian missile strike. Moscow destroyed the popular Pochaina site in the north of the Ukrainian capital in a major attack last month – the third on the market since Russia invaded in February 2022.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Shards of glass and porcelain crunched under Vadym’s feet as he walked through the remains of his shop. Prized vinyl records and vintage audio equipment are nothing more than a blank mush, speckled with ashes and broken pieces. “There were four Led Zeppelin autographs and a Jim Morrison autograph,” Vadym said. “This is a Tour de France original bicycle,” from 1979, the 73-year-old added, holding up a piece of a rusted frame. A well-known institution in Kyiv, the market moved to a permanent building in the early 2010s, where vendors rent small spaces or containers. Informal street sellers would bustle nearby to catch passing trade. The site is now a hunk of twisted and blackened metal, surrounding a charred carcass of rubble. Now all the vendors who still have anything worth selling have been forced on to the street. ‘Trying to survive’ At least six Kyiv markets have been damaged or destroyed since Russia invaded in 2022, according to an AFP tally. A similar scene plays out every day at the central Lukyanivka market. A handful of sellers gather in front of the burnt-out shell offering tomatoes, cheese and cured meets on makeshift tables.