At a regional office of the Veteran Hub of Vinnytsia, 250 km from Kyiv, morale is low following the abrupt suspension of US aid on January 27, which forced it to close for a week. The NGO, which offers psychological services to former combatants, was able to reopen with the help of local funding after staff quickly took to social media to publicise the consequences of the aid freeze. Still, the future looks uncertain. "It’s a huge web of connections and interactions that has been working for years. And if these connections break, everyone in the chain will say, “Damn, what’s going on? What happens next?”," says Mykhailo, case manager at Veteran Hub. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES