BBCNEWS BBC World News June 4, 2024 05:12:00
Families are also getting by. valeriy has adopted a stray he's named princess diana. he's a railway worker now busy trying to keep his neighbourhood warm. there's no central heating in town, no gas or piped water, either. valeriy�*s wife, era, an accountant, shows me the basement where they've lived for the past nine months. a warren of tiny storerooms. it's onlyjust now that power has finally been restored here. new year's decorations, still in place. some of era's neighbours in the cellar were openly pro—russian. "there were quite a few russian supporters down here," she says, "but they ...