Shelling between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists has intensified in recent days.
The uptick in fighting is worsening the already precarious situation for civilians living on the front lines of the eight-year conflict.
Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports from the village of Hranitne, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

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