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The village of Senkivka in Ukraine is situated at the border intersection between Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. Â鶹Éç correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from the village that was once the site of festivals that celebrated the friendship between the three countries and which is now a war frontline. Its residents tell of families separated across borders and living in fear. The village is shelled several times a day, and rockets can be found in residents' yards. Experts say they could have carried cluster bombs, banned in many places. Lidiya Bilousova, now in her 90s, remembers World War Two. She describes how the war has driven her family and the community apart. "Back in the day I could run away, now I can't. I wouldn't leave here for anything in the world. There's nothing good about war. We've been friends with Belarus and Russia for years. People from our countries visited each other, married each other. My late husband was Belarusian." Photo: Lidiya Bilousova, a resident of Senkivka. Photo: Â鶹Éç