In summer, the buildings in areas like Saltivka were severely damaged. There were practically no activities, with shops closed and apartments destroyed. The winter has not improved anything.
"We have lost everything, and it is not clear at all what we can expect in the future," said Anna, a North Saltivka resident who left months ago and who didn't give her last name for security reasons.
"There is no heating in my house, (and) unfortunately there won't be until the end of the winter," he said, adding that he now tends to call the area he lives the "black neighborhood."