Hello, this is Andrew Peach. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. This time in BBC OS conversations, we hear from Ukrainians sharing their experiences of war and hopes for peace.

Over the past week or so, events that could shape the future of Ukraine and potentially

end the fighting have been taking place a long way from the front line.

The summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska

was billed as a vital step

towards peace. But despite warm words, no ceasefire was agreed. A few days later, President Trump

welcomed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to Washington alongside European leaders.

That was followed by a NATO meeting on Wednesday, and as we record this program

on Friday lunchtime in London, suggestions of a summit between the Ukrainian leader and the Russian

president. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, Russian drones and missiles continue to kill and injure civilians.

Russian invaders control around a fifth of the country,

and many Ukrainians fear that any peace agreement could result in a permanent loss of territory.

Away from the international diplomacy, we wanted to give you a sense of how life has changed in

Ukraine over the past three and a half years. In our conversations, we'll hear from soldiers, Ukrainians living abroad,

and in a moment, three women in the country.

Let's start, though, with these messages from Miroslava in Leviv in the west of Ukraine

and first Victoria in the capital, Kiev.

Almost every day I live under the shalien, almost every day that that's missiles and there is no shelter in my residential building.

So me and my boyfriend, we just, almost every night we sleep on the ground floor because it's too scary to sleep in the basement.

Because if missiles hits the building, it's just going to crash.

I suffer from depression and panic attacks

sometimes. I'm trying to deal with it because I have to work and to leave somehow. But yes,

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