A mother and her two children sit on a bed in a dark flat in Kyiv. The mother has her arms around both children, and her daughter is holding their cat. They are all dressed in warm winter clothes.Image source, Daniel Wittenberg
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Single mother Daryna Kulchytska has been trying to giver her son Kyryll (left) and daughter Olena (right) as normal a childhood as possible

ByDan JohnsonReporting fromKyiv
  • Published5 minutes ago

Daryna Kulchytska is a mum under pressure. A single parent in a seventh floor flat in Kyiv trying to feed two lively kids and ensure they do their homework. But Daryna also faces the added strain of a deadline she can't even be certain of.

All she knows is soon the lights will go out, the sockets will lose power, the wi-fi will drop, and the taps will run dry. Tonight, the electricity has kept flowing an hour longer than advertised, but Daryna's still racing to serve dinner and finish her own work from home.