While Ukrainian forces are enjoying relative success on the battlefield, intensified Russian air assaults on Ukrainian cities are testing resolve on the ground.
“It was very difficult to talk to my sister as she [knows] some people who living in this building. Not exactly in the place where there was a rocket, but [in] the same building.
To overcome existing Ukrainian air defence systems, Russia has begun to target the country with ballistic missiles. The US has agreed to supply the powerful Patriot air defence systems, which may help thwart such an attack. But it's yet to be implemented on the ground."[The attack on Dnipro] hit everyone really, really hard just because everyone can relate, because such buildings are very common all across Ukraine," explains Oksana Koshel, Seva’s wife, who also features in the latest episode.
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