Vera has been speaking to friends in occupied areas of Ukraine and the besieged city of Mariupol.

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Naliia spent the weekend catching up with friends all over Ukraine.

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Odesa hasn't been attacked for a while and Olga is finding the absence of air raid sirens eerie.

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Back in Kyiv, Naliia is helping volunteer soldiers in the capital.

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Odessa has been attacked by Russian missiles. Olga describes what it was like.

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After much consideration, Naliia has returned to Kyiv. In this voicemail she gives her visceral reaction to news of civilian killings in areas once occupied by Russian forces.

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Last time we heard from Kseniya she was in Poland. She has now travelled to Vienna.

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Naliia is shocked by some of the stories she’s seeing on social media.

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Vera remains hopeful that life in Kharkiv will return to normal.

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This is our first voicemail from Olga. She's a university professor living in Odesa, a city on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast.

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