By Katie Stallard, Sky Correspondent, in Donetsk
At the psychiatric hospital in western Donetsk, an elderly man stands reciting Pushkin.
The shelling has been getting closer, the patients are being told what is happening, but it's difficult for many of them to understand.
Inside, on the ward, the staff are trying to keep things as normal as possible, but they're frightened too.
The doctor shows us a picture of one of their nurses - Irinia Radchenko - she was killed in shelling at home a few days ago.
"It was Wednesday," Dr Valentina Vozovikova told us.
"She was at home after work when the place was heavily shelled and she died.
"She was killed by a big piece of shell. It went through her chest.
"We are really afraid. Today on my way to work when I was almost at the bus station the shelling began so I lay on the ground.
"It was really scary, but I made it to work because the shells didn't land too near to me."
Dr Vozovikova showed us around the ward and asked us to film a 92-year-old retired schoolteacher - neighbours found her lying on the floor at home.
The doctor hoped relatives abroad might recognise the frail lady and be able to help.
"Her name is Vera Feodorovna Pismenova," Dr Vozovikova said, "She has nephews in Russia, maybe someone will see that she is alive, that she cannot look after herself."
"We brought her here and we don't know if we can save her or not but we hope we can."
In another room, we met 77-year-old Nina Pavlovna, she was found begging near a church.
"The shelling began … I had nowhere to live," Mrs Pavolovna explained.
"I was begging on the street so they took me here, washed me, changed my clothes and I'm grateful for that."
Staff said their salaries had not been paid for four months, and the hospital was running low on food and medication, that they only had a few days' supply of some drugs left.
Medical aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - also known as Doctors Without Borders - has warned of an increasingly dire situation in the region, as hospitals are stretched to breaking point with dwindling supplies, and an increasing number of patients.
MSF is working on both sides of the conflict zone, transporting medical supplies to frontline hospitals, but heavy fighting is restricting access to some areas.
We filmed Dr Wael Abdelrahman Ahmed delivering medication to an elderly care home in Makiivka, north-east of Donetsk, who explained the difficulties facing doctors in the region.
"There is a really big problem with medications," he said.
"We're getting different requests from different hospitals - they need support."
"We are doing our best now to support them - for instance with maternity and chronic disease kits."
The organisation said their teams had twice been turned back over the last week, trying to reach the hospital in the frontline city of Gorlovka, and urged both sides to allow humanitarian aid to reach those who desperately need it.
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