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Kyiv is attacked from the air. Of Russian rockets. On Wednesday, like so many other days.
Timor, six years old, knows what’s going on.
– He understands everything, he hears everything, there is no point in hiding from him what is happening, says his mother Maria Jusenko.
Maria and Timor were at home on Wednesday, when the son was cranky.
Then came the attacks.
The rocket attacks on Kyiv, as well as on the large city of Lviv in western Ukraine and several other places were another massive attempt by the Russian military to knock out Ukraine’s infrastructure – far behind the battle lines in the eastern part of the country.
– I probably heard four or five explosions today, says Maria Jusenko, who lives in the capital with her husband and son. The home is equipped for the everyday problems that the Russian war of invasion creates and spreads – in addition to destruction and death.
– We have water in every room, saved, we have to have that to be able to wash ourselves in the morning, to flush, clean and cook, Jusenko continues as water shortage is a problem.
Periodic power outages
And then there are the power outages, previously recurring with two hours of electricity and four without. Then authorities were able to reduce the shutdown to four hours three times a day.
– But right now we are without electricity even though it is supposed to go on at this time of day, she says during the late afternoon.
The internet phone line is unreliable, the connection doesn’t always work, she often can’t follow the news and therefore hasn’t seen Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klytchko say the power may be out for a long time because of Wednesday’s attacks.
– It’s good to know, she says.
Maria and her family often live with insufficient information, even if it is not misinformation. Like, for example, the rockets had been shot down.
Important information
– The authorities do not say exactly where, or what was met, she states understandingly – it is, among other things, about security aspects and information that the Russian army would like to receive.
– But today the attack was not as extensive as almost two weeks ago. Those attacks were more aggressive.
Nevertheless, it is a reality that is ours to understand, but important to explain:
– It is of course difficult to tell what is going on for our son, yes almost impossible. But he sees and hears everything, and then he has to know and understand, says Maria Jusenko, who also has her parents in Kyiv.
– My mother is scared. Continuously.