A Ukrainian woman says her parents don’t understand why she is against Russia’s invasion of her country, even though she had to escape Ukraine after enduring heavy Russian bombardment.

Kateryna Iakovlenko, a former resident of Irpin is fresh from her escape from the Russian bombardment of Kyiv, Iakovlenko says her parents have a much different view of what is happening to their country. “My parents have Russian perspective, they watch Russian news, unfortunately, they have no access to Ukrainian news, so sometimes its quite difficult to explain to them what is really going on.”

Her parents live in the so-called people’s republic of Luhansk, a part of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region where Russia first invaded eight years ago to help a Russian separatist movement take control. They blame Ukraine and the U.S. for the war and do not see it as a Russian invasion. Something that is very difficult for Kateryna and her sister who have both become victims of Vladimir Putin’s war.

Russian forces have decimated Irpin and surrounding residential areas, killing civilians as Russian soldiers try to take the Ukrainian capital.

British intelligence says Russia has made little progress advancing on Kyiv, with fierce Ukrainian resistance keeping Russians outside the city. The UK’s latest assessment concludes Russia has five Ukrainian cities encircled, but not Kyiv. That city is imposing a 36-hour curfew due to the shelling threat.

Overnight, eight people were killed after Russia shelled a shopping district in the capital, the explosions caught on surveillance video. A Ukrainian government video shows firefighters rescuing a man from the rubble. The aftermath shows the extensive damage, but Kyiv has been saved from the intense bombardments in other cities.

NATO leaders including prime minister Trudeau will meet later this week in Brussels, for a special summit to discuss the invasion.