Maksym Sologub extinguishes the fire at his grandmother's house with the help of some friends following an overnight airstrike in the northwest suburbs of Sloviansk. "In our village where I live, people have become closer to each other. Stick together, help each other," he says. The heaviest fighting in recent weeks has centred on the Donbas region where Moscow's forces have slowly advanced under fierce resistance since failing to capture Kyiv. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES