This is a story of my colleague. The neighbourhood where he was born and still lives often comes under shelling. After difficult nights in Kyiv, when we meet at work, he often tells me how he made it through — once, someone he knew was killed; another time, he helped clear rubble. After hearing his stories, all I can do is hug him.

So I asked him to give me a tour of his neighborhood. He showed me his house, then the kindergarten he attended, which now has part of the floor missing. As we walked around, there were more and more signs of destruction in the residential buildings. At the end of our walk, we came to an apartment block with an entire entrance section gone.

I have drawn here an approximate map of the area where my colleague lives. The points of impact are very close to his home. Windows show photographs I took while walking with him — this is what his neighbors see from their windows. 

Scotch tape is put on windows to avoid glass shattering all around. After a missile strike, if a window is blown out, it is temporarily boarded up with wooden panels — so people can somehow go on living until the glass is replaced.