Former Liberal MP Paule Robitaille, who is currently in Ukraine for a series of reports, praised the resilience of Ukrainians who are learning to survive with Russian strikes on a daily basis.
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In recent weeks, Russian missile attacks on energy infrastructure have left many homes without electricity.
“It’s random. We all freeze a bit like leg splints, but it’s still spectacular to see, like the Ukrainians, the government, the army […] succeeds in intercepting the Russian missiles and then repairing the infrastructures,” Ms Robitaille said Tuesday at the microphone of QUB Radio.
The journalist gave as an example the case of Odessa, where the water and electricity supply was out of order on Monday, but had to be repaired on Tuesday.
“That changes. It depends on the places. Here it is four hours with electricity, four hours without. I come from a small village where there is electricity two hours a day,” continued the former MP, who was in a small community south of Kyiv.
Despite everything, the Ukrainians showed great resilience, noted Paule Robitaille.
“We can find ourselves in a world war situation overnight. People live in the present because they don’t know what tomorrow will bring. They’re living to the fullest and crossing their fingers,” she said.
“A lady said to me, ‘I can live without electricity. When are we going to have a rocket hitting next to us?’ They still live in that fear.”