News Summary

• Since mid-August, Russian air raids in Ukraine have become longer, more frightening for residents.
• The raids are part of Moscow’s new tactic aimed at “terrorising our people, our cities and our villages far more intensely,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on September 6.
• They interrupt office hours, business meetings and school lessons, traumatise people and cause long traffic jams.
• Stoicism, a macabre sense of humour and ingenuity keep Ukrainians optimistic.