Main square of Izyum. Photo: Petr Ruzavin / Mediazona The Russian army retreated in September, and since then life in Izyum, a city in the East of Ukraine's Kharkiv region, is gradually getting better. There is electricity and water, but the people in town still suffer from the cold: broken boiler stations do not work, and locals warm themselves with stoves. The city is no longer shelled, but the risk of being blown up is still high: mines, trip wires, and unexploded shells are still everywhere.