On Tuesday, January 24, it will be exactly eleven months since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
In Lyman, which used to be an industrial town with between 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants, almost all the houses are damaged by shelling.
Many people have chosen to leave the city, while some have remained.
Konstantin and his family have not moved outside for nine months, he tells SVT's team on the ground in Ukraine.
- You can't go out and have nowhere to go.
We live in the basement.
What kind of life is that?
His wife Irina did not leave the basement for two months.
- I never breathed fresh air, she says.
Hear more from the family in the clip above.