Russia's bombings of civilians, homes and hospitals continue in Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelensky is once again appealing to the outside world to close the country's airspace.

SVT's foreign correspondent Samir Abu Eid and photographer Salim Alsabbagh are on site in the Ukrainian city of Zytomyr, where airstrikes have intensified in recent days.

- People we meet are terrified and feel terrorized, says Samir Abu Eid.

Heard no alarm

Taisa Bilous is one of those affected.

Her husband is believed to be lying dead is believed to be lying dead in the racial masses.

The bombing house is located next to a military base but is inhabited by veterans and their families.

- He came home but did not go down to the shelter during the night.

No flight alarm or alarm was heard at all.

A missile - that's all.

Six apartments are gone, says son-in-law Roman Klymchuk.