{"id":1497,"date":"2025-08-05T14:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2025-08-05T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:14:16","slug":"the-new-normal-of-life-under-siege-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/the-new-normal-of-life-under-siege-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The 'new normal' of life under siege in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Sherman is a White House correspondent for NewsNation.<\/em>\u00a0He is reporting from Ukraine.<\/em><\/em> Subscribe to his\u00a0<\/em>newsletter: Frontlines with Robert Sherman here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

(NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014<\/strong> Three-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n

Three-and-a-half years of war.<\/p>\n

Three-and-a-half years of bombs falling.<\/p>\n

Three-and-a-half years of sleeping underground for the sake of safety. <\/p>\n

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That is the so-called \u201cnew normal\u201d for people in Ukraine as the war with Russia continues on.<\/p>\n

The precautions are hardly excessive. Just Thursday, over 30 people were killed in a major attack on Kyiv, including 5 children. That\u2019s the single largest attack we have seen since 2024. <\/p>\n

Other cities like Kramatorsk, Odesa and Mykolaiv are coming under fire in recent days as well.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources of pressure are currently colliding, on the one hand from Russia, the other from Washington as President Trump reups his threat to institute new economic sanctions on the Russians if they don\u2019t move towards peace.<\/p>\n

Those sanctions include secondary tariffs on major trade partners. Today, the president wrote on Truth Social, \u201cIndia is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits. They don\u2019t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine. Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n

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