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gone, leaving behind death and destruction. the city of germany, heave of 2 weeks of siege and have his shelling by russian forces. we meet 5th, lana, and valentino sapient coin a local hospitals where they survived, but were both injured in an air strike that hit their house. the ballistic wounded some one logan took less than a 2nd. loosely, sweet. we just heard a whistle yet creak. boom. the gym. i screamed get down, wasn't covered. my son seemed like little savoy. even school valentin still has surgeries ahead of him. svetlana is doing a little bit better even though she shows me pictures of their house before and after the attack. there's done up on why did they attack us over? i don't know. we didn't do anything bad. where civilians are still. the quinn is love. the hospital itself was not spirit either bought and rushed. load the hat of

the trauma center here tells us after russian strike his team struggled to keep going through all it before we worked without water and electricity willingly put headlamps on and took care of those seeking medical assistance. and also it was very hard on me, but we stayed here and did what was necessary. well, we'll have social wellness and the situation worse than when russian forces completely encircled the city. residents tell us some of them were killed by russian troops. others died because they could not reach the hospital due to heavy shelling. in the local morgue, edward slept please using refrigerator trucks. what a bodies that still needs to be identified or pick up by relatives. that dubois thought they were you colo, many people left the country to escape the fighting, that they are not in ukraine, and cannot get back to bury their relatives escape from wilma. so that's why there

are still many bodies here heard of her. all right, listen, it was that would be those who come here to claim their loved ones are overwhelmed by grief. like egos, family, he was a husband, a father, a brother, shut debt by russian soldiers who rented summerbrook. he was the best buy there. he could have, i was so proud of him and now something this terrible has happened to us never what, death and destruction is all that is left after the withdrawal of russian forces from trim, the heath. and what those who survived your most is that the russian army might return ah, reports of re pearl. so mounting from ukraine, there are many indications that russia is systematically using sexual violence as a weapon of war. and example from boucher

this is carina. you show over. she was about to turn 23 when russian soldiers marched into her town. future on the outskirts of cave. carina had plans. she was managing the local sushi bar, but was saving money to study at university. this is the last place where sure. carina was seen alive the stairs outside her flat. it was march 10th. after this, everything becomes unclear. this is where one man thinks he saw russian soldiers kill her, but he can't be sure if the woman was corrina or some one else. this with the, with the law he put her here, yoko said you like this. another for head was bent back. then he took her in his arms and carried her over there. then another soldier shot tom was. it. is it wouldn't you? you would be lou. this is where police told korean his parents, they found the body, they said it looked like she'd been raped. but is this what the police said that

she was badly tortured because they shot her ex. my girl wanted to live so much. oh, i see. she even applied before anything is to her to stop the bleeding oh, good ago. but the old den with a shot at the handle, they killed her solo. when you'll be forensic scientists examining the hundreds of bodies, the russians left behind. so many of the women have been right. organizations across the country support those who survive. extra melissa, rocky leave it on. as of the 12 cases we're working on 11, our cases of gang rape is really sad. up in all of these cases, women reported that the occupiers were drunk or had taken drugs law on business with us. i mean, oh, good enough of it. as in india,

ukraine's commissioner for human rights tells me the she had number of coals makes them think russians are using right as a weapon, but the most good. ha. okay. when a russian soldier rapes a ukranian woman, a girl, while boy an elderly woman, they keep saying things like this. this will happen to every nazi hor, got, or we will rape until you can't give birth g ukrainians back of when you these are signs of genocide of the ukraine. are people of mark, you know, give not say though greens, coronado them the korean, his parents, the only certainty they have is their loss and their fury making age. we then, you know, we hate the russians, which i'm ashamed to speak. russian. i will learn ukraine. yes. they buried corrina here and billet circa near the morgue, 2 weeks after her 23rd birthday. since the war started in ukraine, many people in lithuania have feared

a russian invasion. in particular, there's been growing concerned about the su. well, key gap, lithuania is only land link with its nato partners. bollywood slash gauss. gus is straining for the worst case scenario. is a member of the lithuanian rifleman union, a state backed paramilitary group that has been growing ever since russia annexed. grand mia? in 2014. 0, oh, so propaganda. old one russian stayed propaganda. targeted lithuania for us. it meant we could be the next ones with especially if you live here in the saw called while g gap, lithuania, us only length connection with its western natal pod mouse. this stretch of land is crucial for the transport of goods and military equipment. these are walter gap is just 65 kilometers wide. it's located exactly here between the russian exclaim of

callian grat on the one side and rush us l. a bela rose on the other side. in lithuania, many fios that russia might try to cut of this land breached of the west. dense with moscow has been rising. lithuania has been a member of nato since 2004. but since the start over the void, ukraine, politicians and normal citizens have grown more determined, i would say we owe you more about your audience, which is to defend your freedom and so on. it's like understanding before 4 is a fundamental things we have just few here of to prepare ourselves. that's why we need, ah, more natal presence in our region as a very credible that of deterrence against russia. this is also the aim of an unusual art exhibition in the capital videos. this strain from

moscow stops twice a day here on its way to the russian exclaim of calling and grat. russian passengers are not allowed to get off, but they are confronted with photos of war outside to their windows. when po loosely kolscott is not training for battle. he takes off his rifle, mammy uniform to work as a lawyer, that early global. so i have russian clients that i keep in touch with, i don't feel any personal hatred towards them, but rather towards the russian state and russian state propaganda. obama lincoln, many here would agree with him. lithuanians have been called to between a constant state of vigilance and resilience. but with the onset, all the boy, you're crazy people living in the so wild to gap, i look into the future with even more concerned little

davida suffers from a life threatening illness. just recently, he and his family fled ukraine. now german doctors are fighting for his life. vetoed on our chic escape, the war in ukraine by fleeing to germany. now her main worry is keeping her 10 month old son, david's a life he needs breathing equipment to stop his lungs. collapsing. davina suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. a rare degenerative disease causing gradual loss of function without treatment, babies with the condition usually die by the age of 2. when you that a yeah, cool. like i can't sleep at nights even when does he does the sleep hours aluminum . i keep checking on him. i pray to god so that he won't stop breathing. why?

and sometimes it seems like he is not breathing and said the kind of thing. it's a genetic disease where you can simply loose your child in a moment. veto lift ukraine with the of eats and her older son at young who was 7 just as the 1st shots were being fired. like you out there. when i saw the fear in our jumps eyes i am new, we had to flee back home and ukraine veto was able to race 11000 euros a month for david's treatment through crowd funding. here in germany, volunteers including eula and son, rena, help her to obtain the drugs and german health insurance covers what's needed now

in the longer term, davita will need gene therapy, costing to 1000000 euros. it's not clear whether that will be covered when does ellen gene. so i just have to hope we can get the treatment for david or to get the i know that he would live yet. i don't know whether he would be able to set up a walk, but i know he would live. having slept the wall with the children and coping with of its illness. liter cannot be certain. she will ever return to ukraine. but she remains resolute. you're mom of jackson, i am firstly, the mother of 2 sons. walks in order to keep you young and i cannot be weak key fob with, but in unison. now my m, i have to stay strong. ah

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