Kyiv deff surprised me. but also not surprised me at all. 

There's very visible poverty. but also HUGE cathedrals with gold roofs that are still being built! That's something I personally don't understand, but on the other side I really didn't do any research whys that so. 

Overall, I would go back and visit Ukraine again. We spent 1 and a half day in Kyiv and 1 whole day in Chernobyl but next time Id stay even longer in the capital city.