Nika describes situation in Ukrainian city where residents are being killed by Russian bombs
Nika, a teacher in Kharkiv, describes the situation the city’s residents find themselves in:
Nika’s family share a meal in Kharkiv while still wearing their coats in case they have to go to a shelter. “For our friends in these neighbourhoods, it was obviously horrifying. Many of them sleep in the basement. Some of them don’t have electricity or heating. The windows are broken in many buildings.
“We decided not to leave the city because of the traffic, but we moved to another neighbourhood to stay with friends. We are still lucky because we still have electricity, hot water and internet connection.“We try not to panic, we try to think logically that if we hear something that is really close, the basement is five metres away, so we will have time to run. We try to calm ourselves with this kind of logical thinking.