A new underground school has opened in Kharkiv, providing a safe space for over 1,000 students in a city under constant Russian attacks. With most children forced to study online, only 7% can attend bunker schools, which operate in two shifts and follow a mixed format—three days in class, two online.

Each school day begins with a moment of silence for the fallen.

For 644 days in a row, eighty-three-year-old trombonist Valentyn Dudka goes out into the front yard of his apartment complex and plays the national anthem of Ukraine at nine in the morning to pay his respects to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers. Valentyn is a musician and worked for many years in the Donetsk Regional Philharmonic. He shared his motivation with me: “When the great war started, I could not stay home. I am already as old as the world, and I cannot fight or even volunteer because I can barely move.

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"Yura, how can this be? What did they do to you? Why?" - the man leans over half of his friend's body and begins to sob uncontrollably. The rescuers managed to find Yura a few hours after the Iskander missile strike on the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region He was one of those who attended the burial of the soldier and then went to a memorial dinner with his fellow villagers. Now all that remains of him is a burnt body with no arms and no legs.

“The war is not over. The war is becoming even more brutal. Many people are dying. The war can only stop when we provide more support. Anyone who can fight should fight for freedom!” These are the words of Ruben Mavic, a burned volunteer from Germany. Yesterday morning at about 10 am, four members of the “Road to Relief” volunteer initiative set off from Slovyansk towards Bakhmut to help civilians. They were caught in the crossfire in the village of Ivanivske, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region.