Vladimir Putin’s army crumbles as Russia faces over 1,000 daily losses in Ukraine

We don't understand what to do in such situations,

said Olga

Yes, we were weaving camouflage nets, collecting humanitarian aid, accompanying fighters there, but we still didn't realise it. Now it has come,

Svetlana said

You understand that it is war, but you don't realise it properly,

Svetlana, wearing a winter coat with a fur collar, said

In my opinion, this attack won't be the last,

said retiree Sergei, criticising Ukraine's "bloodthirsty" European backers who were supplying it with arms

I'm scared for the children,

said Andrei, an electrician who lives on the 12th floor of a building that was hit

There is not even any thought that tonight will be peaceful. It's scary,

said Olga, a 21-year old who works in IT and lives in the adjacent building to one hit

People just have fear in their eyes,

she told AFP, the ground around her covered with shrapnel

My six-year-old daughter was sleeping with me, she woke up crying from the noise,

he told AFP

My heart is bad. I don't believe there will be peace,

she told AFP

The news says that more and more drones are being shot down. It's scary to even go to sleep after such a thing,

she added

Despite the costs imposed on its land forces, the Russian forces have been able to impose constant pressure on Ukrainian defences,

said the update

Michael Kofmaninternational Peace senior fellow

The Russian offensive effort in Donetsk has stalled in recent months due to poor weather, exhaustion among Russian forces, and effective Ukrainian adaptation to the way Russian troops have been fighting,

said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington

We stocked up on ammunition, conducted, let’s say, a mini-artillery preparation, identified in which parts of the village the enemy was located, and delivered a massive strike there,

said Major Taras, who like many soldiers asked to be identified by his first name in accordance with military protocol

The Russians are constantly regrouping their forces, replenishing losses and redeploying units from other directions,

he said

We see their declining troop quality and quantity, which, fortunately for us, is worsening,

he said

There have even been cases where the enemy crawls forward with mines strapped to their backs to blow up our positions — crawling under a building, throwing in mines, and detonating them,

he said

Every army in Europe has to prepare for the new war. It might sound arrogant, but no military in Europe or the United Kingdom is prepared for what is coming, for that kind of war. It’s a war between robots, machines, drones. It is not what people are used to.”

Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of Ukraine’s frontline region of Kherson Oblast told The Independent

It all began as a joke but then we developed into a fully operational combat unit and started recruiting members,

co-founder and commander of the unit Anton Spitsyn told ABC