One week ago, Ukrainians woke up to missile attacks from Russia.

An unprovoked invasion had begun.

One of those Ukrainians was a 22-year-old college student named Vitaly.

We're using his first name only for safety reasons.

It's really scary because the apartment, the houses are trembling.

It's very loud, noises, I guess.

That was when I spoke with Vitaly last week.

He spoke with NPR again this week on Wednesday.

Things had gotten worse.

I cannot say that that is a good morning because I hear outside right now.

There's like a rocket launcher and lots of shooting's going on.

A lot of people are terrified and there's a lot of Russian troops are walking the streets.

Vitaly is in Harsan.

At Port City on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, it is the first city Russian troops have

captured.

In my neighborhood, there was a man.

Yesterday, he went outside and he wanted to buy some food.

Unfortunately for him, there was a bomb.

While that bomb tore apart this man and, well, I don't know what to say anymore.

To the north, the outlook is more hopeful for Ukrainians.

The capital, Kiev, remains in their control.

A massive Russian convoy on its way to the city has been stalled by Ukrainian forces as

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