Fleeing Russian attacks in Ukraine: People forced to find new places to call home

We're in Vinnytsia. We've just driven about three hours from Kyiv. And we're about to meet up with Alina, who just recently moved here from the capital. Hello. My name is Alina. Nice to meet you. How are you? Fine, thank you. Alina and her family moved here last month to get away from the air raid sirens and attacks in the capital. But also to prepare for the cold. Like my husband said, it should be enough for the winter. This is how they plan to stay warm for the next few months. Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure are forcing families like Alina's back to the basics. Yeah, we told all our relatives if it will be cold, you can come and be warm this winter. Their rental house has its own well and a septic tank. We pay just for electricity and for water because it's quite expensive right now. Alina says when she saw a picture of a mother with the body of her son who'd been killed in a missile attack in Kyiv, it was the final straw. At that moment, I understood that we have to move, and my kids is my priority. Programming now. A familiar sound. Our producer's phone alerts us to another attack in Kyiv. We just heard the air siren go off on our phones, but here, there's nothing. Let's see. No. Alina tells us she's had to unlearn old habits, like constantly checking her phone to see where the drones are. People here, she says, don't do that. No, we don't monitor any channel because we have this trauma of Kyiv. For her teenage daughter Milana, it's been hard to leave her friends in Kyiv. But she admits she feels better here. I don't need to wake up at night to take my little brother and go to the corridor, I can sleep all night and feel safe. The lease on the house runs through July. The family have yet to decide what they'll do after that. Actually, we planned to live in Kyiv all our life, like to build something year by year, and now I don't know. Alina and her family aren't alone. They're some of the millions of Ukrainians finding ways to stay safe and warm this winter. Audrey McAlpine, Al Jazeera, Vinnytsia.