this week on world stories, we continue to report on the ukraine war and its aftermath. how psychologists are helping traumatized children, how refugees students can continue studying. we begin in northern ukraine after the withdrawal of russian troops from the region people tell of their suffering and losses. this is we give a small town that's just emerging from a month and a russian occupation month in which it was on the front lines between russian and ukrainian forces. toys was sometimes just the woods. people were children. it's as much as many residents of this ukrainian town could think of a plea to the russian troops to leave them and their families alone. and they hid in their homes who disagree with what's a theme new people in this village spent 27 days without water on the 27 days

without bread, we grew up. when you i was a demon his wife held out for 3 weeks until the shelling became too much to bear. and they were finally able to leave for a neighbouring village of them up when they got back of the cranium military had retaken the town, the home would be ransacked by retreating. russian troops across the hood. they've got it. everything carried everything out. all that laughter, the walls and the sofa, the only, you know, they've taken all the electronics. i don't even know where they put it all over the months they were here, the russians really changed for the worse than it was. i'm just disgusted at the thought that they were moving around and eating in my house. at least they didn't sleep here with the full doesn't look dollars to put in the book. goodness qual, uh, they just destroyed things for the sake of it. the ceiling, even at the but the impact on this community goes far beyond limited homes. wiley,

locals, phyllis, they were kidnapped and detained in sellers for days on end. accused by the russians of helping the ukrainian military. several residents is still missing, fear killed. a priest arrived linny, bring village with supplies for those who have lost almost everything, but it's not food or money that the locals are asking for us. who am i and what does a local put the people here need, tranquilizers, who or what many of them have lost everything with me that they spent a lifetime saving for wallace with this, with their houses brought their cars. it's all gone into separate from what you both shows as the damp seller where she her husband and her neighbors spent some of the coldest nights of the year. you know the truth. good, national geographic douglas. we weren't just hearing the shelling. we could feel it . everything was shaking will be we in the all we could do is pray that it wouldn't hit us. we just kept praying. lewis to both tells us she and every one she knows

has exhausted her watching or was waiting for something. they can't quite define unable to ever let go. first thing we said we didn't use to understand what it was that people and on boss have been going through all these years stuck in their salary. the last month has taught us what war is, is names with the ticket. for now, the russian army has been pushed back more than a 100 kilometers. but the fear they might return a sudden, as they appeared, is never far away. ah, the war has left deep, emotional scars, especially on children. psychologists in western ukraine are trying to treat their traumas and overcome their own in the process. when words fail, pictures sometimes help. 4 weeks live eats largest. psychiatric clinic has been treating more and more children with severe watch ra bazzi. lena comes from hard keith. she saw rockets destroy her home town and kill many people. she was

evacuated, but her parents remain in the embattled city. what are you drawing right now? this is the ukrainian flag. why are you drawing the ukrainian flag at? because we will wind hill the therapist say that's drawing helps many children to process their experiences. they often cannot talk about it. but even small children perceive the terrible things around, then i will movies. will you, my parents and grandparents often try to gently explain to the children what is going on. well then sometimes they act like it's all just an exercise of a game or something. but then the children reply, no, we live in a war with this is a real war. i'm here again, watch hertz, the doctor. most the children are constantly searching for explanations for the horror. and many begin to doubt themselves. either good do sometimes the kids think that this has something to do with their behavior that it just happened because

they did something wrong with. what did we then try to explain to them that they live in a free, independent country. we didn't break any borders. we didn't behave aggressively towards other countries, so it's not their fault at all. you can, even if i'm approved for them over the children, often have sleeping disorders, would swing since become apathetic. many ask every day if they can ever go back to their old lights. i'm so sorry about my country. i used to live in such a beautiful city. now everything is destroyed exxon us t and tries to reach out to the children with games and music. and they are often amazed above the resilience of the young patients. whenever this league, but then sometimes we ask ourselves who was treating home or are we treating them or they treating us to me. it works in both directions, even if they give us so much of a of if they went with us, we would be much worse off more than i bought the gift of a patillo son that has learned through her work that dr. sort of gift showed when

false hope the situation is bad. and unfortunately, the most innocent of all, we'll probably have to live with this for a long time. ah, a foreign country, a foreign language. children who have fled from ukraine to germany. faith major challenges. teachers, welcome them at school. is that your pocket calculator? yes, it is my pocket calculator. now, altogether, pocket calculator after that sounds pretty good, especially given that these boys and girls have so far, only been in the welcoming class at the lessing high school for 3 weeks. just a week before that, the 12 to 17 year olds were forced to flee their homes in different parts of ukraine. i've had them at the event. i guess you could say that the welcoming class

really did make things easy for me to begin with. i. i've seen what happens in similar situations where the students haven't yet learned to read or write and where they can't speak any english. and that tends to make communication much, much more difficult. but it's not a problem in this class, and i'm the 5th index epa. gov if thought being able to speak english means that they can also talk to the german students or a berry vessel lies, brings a lot of passion to teaching the newly arrived students. after all, 30 years ago, she was herself a refugee. she knows just how important it is for them to speak, the new language in every day settings. one opportunity is at this environmental center for schools. today, they're learning about herbs, their names, how to recognize their smell and how to use them in the kitchen. i thought, oh yeah, i really like this school because they're in the system of education in ukraine in

germany are completely different. so we like talk more usually when we're in ukraine view like or read and doesn't screw. right. very much, barry, this a lodge is at pains to explain to the students just what a difference it might make for them to learn german as another foreign language. but she also wants learning to be fun because one thing is for sure their lives are already tough enough. oh, they're half of my family are still in ukraine. my father and my grandfather and my uncles errors are and i, but we are calling each other. but it's really hard to think about it. are a dairy vessel launches, fear is that the kids will be arriving in germany in the future might be far more traumatized than these students. if that's true. a huge challenge lies ahead for germany. schools in england,

who criticize as president putin in russia faces imprisonment. many russians have fled the country in berlin. they enjoy freedom of speech, but the break with their homeland remains painful. left. the lot of hasn't been in berlin for long. but for him, what remains of a burly wool is a warning of what could come? a world once again divided the 29 year old blogger is from the russian city of chile, up in st. he criticized wishes invasion of ukraine and was called an enemy office states. i was amazed and i felt totally empty. for the 1st time in my life, i was scared of my own countrymen. i was afraid that they would be violent wards me for my critical attitude when they sent me threats in europe. issue flood of packed his things and drove via estonia to germany. friends in berlin have taken him in romeo just author of us felt. mm. it's all gone and career goals for the whole life

that i led in my homeland summer blog. all my plans, my friends, my books seamlessly. i don't know if i'll see any of them again within the next 10 years. be registered loo. olga roman nova has been living in berlin for awhile. she fled russia 5 years ago when she was threatened with a lawsuit for advocating the release of prisoners. hi. go here for you. that them all you've made it to georgia. do you have papers showing you were arrested twice in russia? great law is many russians leaf i a georgia because there were still flights there. olga and her colleague yuri, provide supports with tickets and accommodation. some 300000 russians, critical of a regime have reportedly left. olga has attended nearly everybody in protest

against wishes war since it began freedom for ukraine. freedom for ukraine. russia without putin purchase like this one abandoned russia in berlin. left flood of can meet with people who share his views, but without fear of reprisals with white simply flags. the group wants to distance themselves from the russian government. well yeah, that's why i have a new flag here. it's not a russia flag. it's a flag of all the russians who are against this war is a symbolic break with our home country. he asked me for the 1st time ever, i don't know what to do. i dedicated 5 years of my life to my city, helping modernize it all that has now been destroyed because it's impossible for a society to develop without democracy. healthy options for from the exile in

germany, flooding a putin's russian opponents. a calling for an immediate withdrawal from ukraine, but some have given up any hope of russia moving towards democracy anytime soon. or by sparky. ah . imagine how many portion of lunch are thrown out in the world right now. the climate change is very hot. the story. this is life less the way from just one week. how much work can really get we still have time to go. i'm going on with what with his subscriber all morning with like people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center.

more and more refugees are being turned away. order families played on the tax in syria for the credit on it. and then tradeoff people seeing screen ross getting 200 people hassan from the agency around the world, more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes, why? because no one should have to flee make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah .