so evnika spent the first seven days of her life underground. as fighting just outside kyiv intensified, the family found shelter with relatives in the countryside. not until the russian troops withdrew from around kyiv did they return home. we were there, but our hearts were here. so, we decided to come back. there, we recovered from the constant air-raid sirens and caught up on our sleep. since then, their neighborhood has come back to life. cafes and businesses have re-opened, and more and more neighbors are returning. now, it almost looks like it did before the russian invasion. but the young family's daily lives are still overshadowed by the war. they've found an apartment on the ground floor where they feel safer. oleksandr aleksandrov works for a company essential to the war effort - he can't reveal anything more. i'd been waiting for this child. we'd had a miscarriage before this. we lost the baby in the third month. so, we were already pretty anxious. and then, at last, evnika was here, and a war was on. but we'll hang on. when the alar

so evnika spent the first seven days of her life underground. as fighting just outside kyiv intensified, the family found shelter with relatives in the countryside. not until the russian troops withdrew from around kyiv did they return home. we were there, but our hearts were here. so, we decided to come back. there, we recovered from the constant air-raid sirens and caught up on our sleep. since then, their neighborhood has come back to life. cafes and businesses have re-opened, and more and more neighbors are returning. now, it almost looks like it did before the russian invasion. but the young family's daily lives are still overshadowed by the war. they've found an apartment on the ground floor where they feel safer. oleksandr aleksandrov works for a company essential to the war effort - he can't reveal anything more. i'd been waiting for this child. we'd had a miscarriage before this. we lost the baby in the third month. so, we were already pretty anxious. and then, at last, evnika was here, and a war was on. but we'll hang on. when the alar