Veronika Melkozerova

We think it's a goal for them to make our life impossible and to force us to move out our own country.

Most of the time we don't have electricity because Russian forces keep deliberately barraging our energy system, making our lives as civilians as miserable as they can.

When there is no electricity in my apartment, the only way to keep my food and beverages okay is to store them on the balcony where it's like minus 15.

So it's very hard to be there.

The reaction has been disappointment, although we're constantly labeled ungrateful because the world has done so much for us.

But unfortunately, other countries got tired of this war while we cannot afford to get tired because we're going to cease to exist.