‘I’m very scared for my family’: readers in Ukraine on the Russian menace

Five people living in or visiting Ukraine describe the atmosphere amid the threat of invasion

While fears of a possible Russian military invasion of Ukraine continue to grow in Europe and the west, people in Ukraine have to get on with their daily lives.

A callout asking people about the situation in the country received scores of responses, with readers primarily emphasising that while there was concern, Ukrainians were not in a state of panic and life largely continues as normal. Many underlined that the crisis was not new - there has been a conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the country's east since 2014.