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Russian strikes continue to kill Ukrainians as the fourth anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine approaches. There's no end in sight to the fighting, but Ukrainians have adapted as best they can and are trying to make something out of the hard times they're living through.
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00:03Ukrainian police handcuff a woman they believe
00:05is behind a deadly bombing in the city of Volviv,
00:08possibly under Russian instructions.
00:14Bombs hidden in trash cans went off early Sunday
00:17as police responded to a reported break-in.
00:20Police have detained several people in connection with the attack,
00:23but it hasn't eased nerves around the neighborhood,
00:25where buildings are damaged.
00:26Our mother is with us, and she is unable to walk.
00:31It is a war, and in her room, there is a bed not far from the window.
00:35My friend in her room taped up the windows, and that saved her.
00:39Then, in that room, all the windows were completely broken,
00:42and that film held them back a little, so everyone is unhurt.
00:47Thank God.
00:50President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a strong condemnation.
00:54It is difficult to call it otherwise,
00:56as it was precisely a cynical and cruel terrorist act.
01:00Two explosions, the second one when the rescuers arrived on site.
01:04Twenty-five people were wounded.
01:06Unfortunately, one person, a policewoman, died.
01:09She was 23 years old.
01:11My condolences to friends and family.
01:15If Russia did order the blasts, it's a new tactic,
01:18in a war that by Tuesday will have gone on for four years.
01:25But Russia hasn't stopped conventional attacks either,
01:28despite rounds of talks aimed at pausing its invasion of Ukraine.
01:32Overnight into Sunday, Ukraine's Air Force says Russia launched 50 missiles and 297 drones.
01:38Among the places they hit was this residential area near Kyiv.
01:47Ukraine has been striking back, even hitting targets deep within Russia.
01:52It says this footage from Friday shows flamingo missiles sent to strike an important military factory
01:571,400 kilometers from the Russian border.
02:01The strike injured 11 people.
02:03Ukraine hasn't been the easy target Russian President Vladimir Putin may have expected
02:08when he launched his so-called special military operation in 2022.
02:12But peace doesn't seem to be near.
02:15Russia wants Ukrainian troops to withdraw from parts of eastern Ukraine,
02:19a non-starter for Kyiv.
02:21Some Ukrainians feel resigned to the fight.
02:24It seems that it has become a little harder mentally,
02:27because in the first years we hoped that war would end soon.
02:31But now there's no end in sight.
02:34And then there are all the power cuts.
02:37Some even think things are getting worse.
02:41Since I am a soldier, it has changed a lot.
02:44I feel it during my work.
02:45Literally, more drones, more danger.
02:48War has changed. That's how I feel about it.
02:51But amid the struggles, people are trying to make something out of the hand they've been dealt.
02:57I noticed that many pregnant women appeared.
03:00Everyone started giving birth.
03:02Everyone started opening businesses and doing everything they had been putting off all this time.
03:07Because everyone realized that there was no point in waiting for the end of the war.
03:11Life goes on now.
03:13Four years of Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II isn't bringing much in the way of hope.
03:19But over the years, Ukraine's people have settled into a grim determination to stick it out.
03:25Setting up warm shelters when the heat goes out.
03:28Distributing food.
03:29And making sure the kids get their homework done.
03:32Even if there's no way to know when the next strike will come.
03:36Scott Huang and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
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