In Kyiv, we remain fearless. But war is becoming a backdrop to everyday life | Nataliya Gumenyuk

To stop Russia, Ukrainians must show, for as long as possible, that we are unconquerable

This week I had my first nightmare about war. In the dream, I woke up to find that Russia had attacked my home city of Kyiv: there was no internet connection, and no way of finding out what had happened.

I had this dream on Wednesday, the night on which - according to western intelligence - Russia was most likely to begin its attack on Ukraine. Over the last few months, we Ukrainians have of course considered various scenarios and contingency plans, but mainly we have kept calm. But when the US, the UK and dozens of other states evacuated their embassies from the capital, it felt different.

Nataliya Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist specialising in foreign affairs and conflict reporting and author of Lost Island: Tales from the Occupied Crimea