Julia Contino, 29, says she’s developed a routine when she messages her family in Ukraine. “I ask them if they’re alive or if it’s quiet. Those are our messages right now. The responses … those are quiet too, ‘We’re alive,’ they say,” Contino, who lives in New Jersey with her husband, Joey, said Thursday afternoon. As Russia’s invasion entered its eighth day Thursday, the fighting has only intensified in Ukraine and for Julia Contino’s family, the threat only more palpable. Julia Contino said she’s used the Viber app, an online messaging tool, to stay in touch with family, make secure calls an…