From the hills to the west, the Ukrainians pours shells on Russian positions. From the east, the Russian forces respond in kind from their own trenches opposite. In the midst of this crossfire, the last inhabitants of Siversk live on edge. In a residential basement, one points to a rocket he says is unexploded, while another, a 90-year-old woman, shows the damage done to her home by shelling. "We have everything here, our lives, our houses, our parents in the cemetery" says Alla, a 55-year-old Siversk resident, "we cannot abandon this place." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES