Russia’s new shelling tactics deepen suffering in Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine – When Olena Krakovska is at work selling tools for manicures from a small shop on the basement floor of a shopping centre in central Kyiv, she doesn’t hear or see much.“I’m already in a bomb shelter. Air raid or not, I’m at work,” the 42-year-old single mother of two boys told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump, Putin hold ‘frank’ phone call as US restarts Ukraine deal effortslist 2 of 4Cluster munitions kill, wound over 1,000 globally in 2025list 3 of 4At least eight people killed in Russian attacks across Ukrainelist 4 of 4In maps and charts: Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian targetsend of listOutside there are regular wailing air raid sirens, red-and-white explosions of Russian drones hit by Ukrainian interceptors, gong-like thuds and white plumes of smoke swelling in the sky.Falling debris, from tiny metal pieces to larger fragments of fuselage, flop in the wind and come down with the sour stench of gunpowder.But when Krakovska is at home, the air raids rattle her senses and nerves.“There’s been too many recently. My brain isn’t functioning, my movements are uncoordinated,” she said.Since mid-August, Russian air raids in Ukrain...