After weeks of heavy shelling in the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, residents try to regain some normalcy as the situation slowly improves. The Ukrainian army claims to have pushed back the frontline further from the city, giving some respite to the residents who haven’t fled. "We have to distract ourselves from this, because we should not dwell on it," says Alina, a resident of the city. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES