Hello, I'm Luke Jones. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. It's three years since Russia invaded Ukraine.

This time, on BBC OS Conversations, we bring together people to share their experiences of the war.

At dawn on the 24th of February 2022, Ukrainians were woken by sirens and the sound of explosions as Russia launched

missile strikes across the country. Three years after the start of the full-scale invasion,

we bring together Ukrainians, hear from refugees, and women rebuilding to the sound of rave.

You have like a Detroit plane, you have like destroyed buildings and you have people who

are volunteers and instead of dancing under the music of the DJ, they're actually building the

house or cleaning up the debris. At a summit in Germany last weekend, the US Vice President

J.D. Vance told a delegation of European leaders that

there's a new sheriff in town. This week, that new sheriff, President Donald Trump,

turned his attention to Ukraine. On Tuesday, US and Russian officials held face-to-face talks

without Ukraine. Then, the US president appeared to blame Ukraine for starting the war. In response,

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said President Trump was living in a disinformation space.

The US president subsequently called President Zelensky a dictator and said Russia holds the cards

in peace negotiations. Just to be clear, the Ukrainian president was democratically

elected in 2019 and elections in the country are suspended because of martial law brought in

at the start of the war. As we record this program on Friday lunchtime, it's not certain how any of this

diplomacy, if that is the right word, will play out.

What we can do is get a sense of what life is like in Ukraine by catching up with some Ukrainians living under the constant threat of Russian missile and drone attacks.

We brought together three people who we first met on this programme

shortly after the full-scale invasion of the country in 2022.

Daniel is an artist,

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