Hello, I'm Kruppar Patti. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

In BBCOS conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences.

This time, we hear from people in Ukraine about life in the country after a thousand days of war.

As winter approaches and temperatures drop, Russia is targeting Ukraine's energy system,

leaving millions of people without power.

In our conversations, we hear from the victims of recent Russian attacks

and bring together three politicians determined to keep democracy alive.

It is pretty complicated to remove the political ambitions and have the

fighting behind the closed doors so that we can act as team Ukraine to the outside world.

November the 19th marked a thousand days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And in the past few weeks, the fighting has intensified. Russia claimed to have used a new type of hypersonic ballistic missile in its latest attacks on Ukraine. This came after President Biden removed sanctions on the use of U.S. long-range guided missiles by Ukraine outside its borders.

As well as launching hundreds of missiles and drones at power infrastructure across the country

on the front line of the fighting, some observers are claiming Russia is advancing at the fastest

pace since the invasion began in 2022. Since the outbreak of the war, people caught up in the conflict have been

sharing their experiences with us. And for our first two conversations, we can hear firsthand about

some of the latest attacks. First, let's go to the Black Sea port of Odessa. My colleague

Mark Lowen heard from Hannah and Tatiana. My flat was totally destroyed on the Thursday night,

as well as several other flats in Odessa. That was the very heavy Iranian drones attack. And they've

been just falling in the historical UNESCO protected centre, giving the fire and the absence of roofs.

So I'm now in the middle of my flat looking to the skies instead of

looking to the wonderful ceiling. Then each day that was the heavy attack either of the drones

of the missiles. One left us without electricity for some districts 24 hours. I'm here also like

no electricity in the downtown now. And today in the

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