article_snippet: Burrowed underground, a grubby five-year-old boy peeks expectantly around a makeshift door as a woman prepares his pancakes.
article_snippet: Like the rodent his keeps as a pet, his has grown accustomed to a subterranean existence after nine months living in a basement where his eats, sleeps and plays.
article_snippet: Waiting for lunch: Pavel Makeev, age 5, peeks his head through a doorway while waiting for his lunch to be cooked in Donetsk, Ukraine .
article_snippet: Life in the basement is simple, but with working electricity, the family have light and are able to use stoves to cook.
article_snippet: : The young boy holds The young boy  pet, Masha, who lives with The young boy  in The young boy  underground home in the Petrovskiy neighborhood of Donetsk .
article_snippet: Pavel and The young boy  family were forced to flee Pavel and his family home and move to the squalid basement for Pavel and his family own safety .
article_snippet: Underground existence:
article_snippet: Light relief: the squalid basement has working electricity, meaning the children can watch television while the children take refuge from the fighting .
article_snippet: Children's bedroom: Two bunk beds are set up for youngsters in the basement of the Petrovskiy neighborhood cultural centre .
article_snippet: Electric burners are used to cook food for the inhabitants of the basement as Electric burners take refuge from fighting in Donetsk .
article_snippet: A woman named Lubov empties dirty water into a canister after making a lunch of oat pancakes in the basement home .
article_snippet: Forced to flee homes: A woman leaves A woman grubby living area by climbing through this opening between makeshift curtains .
article_snippet: Making lunch: Women prepare lunch of oat pancakes in the basement of the cultural centre in Petrovskiy, where there has been heavy fighting .
highlights_snippet: Pavel Makeev and Pavel Makeev family were forced to move to an underground basement shortly after the conflict began .
  