Makar and Nadiya Mikhailyuk chatter excitedly as they get ready for their first day back at school in Ukraine, after their family moved back from Poland. Their parents, Oleksandr and Viktoriya, decided to bring the children back to live in their home town of Irpin outside Kyiv, which was heavily damaged by Russia's invasion but has been largely reconstructed. "Nadiya and I kept asking, 'Mom, when will we come back, when will we come back?'" 8-year-old Makar tells AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES