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Living but only just as Lysychansk is bombed 'day and night'
Living but only just as Lysychansk is bombed 'day and night'
by  AFP

Lyudmila says she can no longer stand living like this as she pits cherries outside the basement in eastern Ukraine which has been her home for the last three months. "We haven't had electricity or gas for three months," said Lyudmila as a woman prepared potato pancakes over a fire in a corner of the cellar.

'A bit like poker': Ukraine wheat harvest hangs in the balance
'A bit like poker': Ukraine wheat harvest hangs in the balance
by  AFP

Standing in one of his huge wheat fields in war-wracked southeastern Ukraine, farmer Sergiy Lyubarsky wonders how on earth he'll manage to harvest his crops. A little more optimistic, Lyubarsky still hopes he'll be able to harvest his wheat and is already thinking about his sunflowers due for harvest in September.

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