Oleksandr had just enough time to save his cat before the flames engulfed his flat, which was hit by a Russian missile that pierced the ceiling. The 67-year-old was the last person to remain in his building, located not far from the industrial area of the city of Lyssychansk, a hotspot of the war where the fighting and bombing rage ever fiercer. "How can I call the firemen? Who will ever come to this place? I was the only one left here," Oleksandr says as he watches the flames and smoke destroy the falt he once called home. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES