From: Globe and Mail by ANNA VLASENKO
For the past two months, Oksana Parafeniuk has been struggling with sleep deprivation, as constant air alerts and the sounds of explosions rattle Kyiv at night. She regularly takes her two-year-old son to the hallway of her apartment and monitors the notifications on her phone to find out how close the danger is. The windowless space is a relatively safe place to be.
Kyiv residents find it difficult to get regular sleep because of Russia’s constant attacks on their city. It’s rare to sleep more than half the night without being awakened by alarms or the sounds of air defence systems at work.
“I forget when I had normal sleep. My brain can’t work effectively the next day after a sleepless night. I also started to sleep during the day to feel slightly better. But the next night, drones attacked the city again, and all of it repeated,” Ms. Parafeniuk said, adding that the situation often leaves her depressed when the night comes. “During the day, I am living a normal life, but I struggle to survive during the night.”
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