Standing in a blackened room of what remained of his flat after the missile strike, Aleksandr Miankevich was thankful that he and his wife were still alive. In the next street Olena Derkach was hurrying along to visit her wounded soldier brother in hospital.
Half a mile away Anna Kucherenko was waiting in a long queue worrying about whether there will be anything left on the shelves to make a birthday cake for her seven year old son.
