‘Life in Ukraine is really difficult now’: Ukrainians express concerns ahead of winterpublished at 15:49 BST
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Anastasiia Levchenko
BBC News
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Residents inspect cars destroyed during an overnight Russian strike in Kyiv
Over in Ukraine, most people I speak to say they are more focused on their everyday problems, rather than following President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to the UK.
Yana Kolomiets, from Odesa, says there’s a lack of electricity, heating and water but this isn’t the the most “scary” aspect of the conflict.
“The more scary thing is that the Russians started launching guided bombs on our region,” she says.
“This is new for our region. I don’t know about others but I got used to everything already. I just live in a way I lived before. I keep working.”
Tetiana Dankevych, from Kyiv, says power outages and a lack of water and heating has made life “very difficult”.
Dankevych hopes that the winter will not be as bad as previous ones. “I hope our energy facilities will be repaired and this winter will not be too hard.
“I don’t have a feeling this war will end soon. But I really hope it will, because life in Ukraine is really difficult now.
Anastasiia Zarechenskova, who also lives in Kyiv, says she’s not afraid of the difficult winter – and is prepared to relocate to her work place “if things get really bad at home”.
“Although some people I know are not ready to get through this and they are planning to leave Ukraine. I understand them,” she says.
“And also I feel responsible. We have to unite now. We have to help our armed forces.”