hanna perekhoda is a historian at the university of lausanne. is a member of the ukrainian democratic-socialist organization called sotsialnyi rukh. she is also part of the european network for solidarity with ukraine. we welcome you both to new york and to the united states and to democracy now! hanna, can you describe what is happening to your country now? your response to the latest attack in the donetsk region? are you from the donetsk region? >> yeah, basically, the essence of this war is the same as one year before. that means most of the ukrainians living in any part of the country are facing the threat of russian missiles targeting their residential areas because russia has engaged itself in a strategy of terror against civilians. this continues as we can witness it with this horrible attack on the city of the donetsk region. i am from this region. it is very painful for me to see all of the streets and cities that i spent my childhood in to be completely destroyed by the ongoing war. but also what defines this war is the fact a big part