installations that are being struck repeatedly by these russian forces. why are they doing it? of course, you mentioned it. there's that strategic ambition, it seems, on the part of moscow to try and make the situation as uncomfortable, as unpleasant and as unbearable as possible for the civilians of this country as winter hits we're seeing the first snow now in ukrainian capitol of this winter. temperatures set to plunge even further. the russians have even acknowledged that saying this lack of power is a consequence of kyiv not coming to the negotiating table. christine. >> matthew, how are the people coping? >> reporter: well, i mean, they're coping with this sort of relatively well in the sense that, you know, the morale amongst the population as far as i can make out is still holding up. obviously it's a challenge in these cold winter months, but i