Standing among the ruins that was once her house, Natalia starts to clear away the debris and what’s left of the furniture. She is one of the people whose houses were badly damaged after a strike hit a village near the Ukraine-Russia border. Meanwhile in the city of Sumy, a few kilometres away, a humanitarian centre is busy supplying relief to evacuees. Some were evacuated from the area weeks ago, while others left more recently. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES