Human suffering is being exacerbated by the Russian army’s gradual march in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine is battling two issues with two months to go before a change of government in Washington: how to stop the advance and how to get ready for Donald Trump.
Evacuees from war-overtaken villages and towns are continually coming at a shelter in Pavlohrad, some 60 miles (100 km) west of the slowly moving front line.
There are 31-year-old Anastasiia Bolvihina and her two kids, Rostyslav and Arseniy. Among the few possessions the family has managed to carry from the village of Uspenivka, which is located just outside the besieged city of Pokrovsk, is the family cat, which is napping.