Pavlo Magalias has made two equal piles; on the left are remnants of ancient storage jars unearthed in recent years at his vineyard in southern Ukraine; to the right, cluster bombs, dropped since the war broke out. Originally from Moldova, the 59-year-old former weightlifter set up the Olvio Nuvo vineyard in 2013 on the slopes of the estuary of Ukraine's long Southern Bug river. It owes its name to the ancient Greek city of Olbia, founded in the seventh century whose archaelogical ruins are just a few hundred metres (feet) away. Since February 24, however, this out-of-the-way, wind-swept spot has lost its usual tranquility. "I'm the winegrower closest to the frontline," Magalias sighs, overseeing the harvest of his grapes as the heavy rumbling of Russian and Ukrainian artillery resonates behind him. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES