Being winter it gets dark at 4pm-5pm, however, because of the threat of air attacks no lights are allowed when it is dark, and evenings now consist of hiding in basements and making calls to loved ones from the dark.
What they want is for people wherever they are, New Zealand, Australia, Europe - even Russia - to sign petitions calling for the closure of Ukrainian airspace so there can be no missile attacks.
Money is also needed to help the women and children who are escaping, while many are also giving money to the military.
"Sending money to organisations like the Red Cross to help the women and children with medicine and food is helpful, any money is helpful," Olya said.
"You can give to the Red Cross and organisations like that if you want to help civilians and refugees, but I think it's also important to support the military," Sergey said.
"If the military can't protect the civilians then the number of casualties will be even higher.
"Some people are labelling it a conflict, the conflict is real, but I think it's a full-scale war and it's not just a Ukrainian war, it could spread.
"It's important for New Zealanders to understand that, that's why it's better to stop it at the start."
In order to help us understand what it is like for civilians, Sergey said, "A parallel to help understand would be if Australia took over New Zealand.
"We're close to each other, have friends in Russia and have quite a close culture.
"A lot of the civilians in Russia are brainwashed by their government, but there are also a lot who don't like what they're doing.
"It's a super-hard time for Russian people too, and a lot of them are trying to help us."
Talking to her sister yesterday, Olya said there was an option for her sister to leave with friends to go to Poland.