reporter: close by, tatiana is bringing supplies to pensioner yelena bykhovaya.ust a few months ago, a grad missile struck her house. she was at home when it happened. tatiana: this is where the missile hit -- it was a direct hit. reporter: but that wasn't all. yelena: another time i had shells land in the garden, directly under my windows. two others in my neighbor's front garden, they completely destroyed the sheds over there. on the other side of the road there were 11 hits. reporter: but yelena has no plans to leave. she will spend the winter alone at home, with every night bringing the chance of further devastation. it's a familiar picture in zhovanka. katya shows us what's left of the vegetable cellar that she and her children used to hide in. yekaterina: i don't want my children to be scared. i tell them not to be afraid. when the shooting starts, i bring them inside and we play hide and seek. reporter: katya tells us that she plans to stay put, in spite of the constant danger. yekaterina: i'd leave right away if i had an apartment of my own to go to. but