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around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. with this week on wild stories, lithuania thea, of a russian attack. germany the battle to save little defeat. but we begin in ukraine for weeks. the city of china heath was besieged by russian troops. now putin soldiers have gone, leaving behind death and destruction. the city of germany,

his after weeks of siege and have his shelling by russian forces. we meet svetlana and valentino sapient coin a local hospital with they survived, but were both injured in an error strike that hit their house for the ballistic wounded some one logan took less than a 2nd. lucille is really, we just heard a whistle yet greek boom. the symbol i screamed get down and covered my son. feeling like little savoy. even school valentin still has surgeries ahead of him. svetlana is doing a little bit better even though she shows me picture of their house before and after the attack. this 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, islam. the hospital itself was not spirit either. balked and russia load, the hat of the trauma center here, tells us after russian strike his team struggled to keep going with you all 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. and 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 refrigerated trucks for the bodies that still needs to be identified or pick up by relatives. dubois through the will you co, many people left the country to escape the fighting. they are not in ukraine for them and cannot get back to bury their relatives from wallace. that's why there are still many bodies here heard of hers and i thought it was it 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. he was the best buy there you could have. i was so proud of him. and now something this terrible has happened to us mother, what, death and destruction is all that is left after the withdrawal of russian forces from germany heath. and what those who survived your most is that the russian army might return ah, reports of re pearl se 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 was 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 right. 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,

that's always nervous and even applied for any keys to her to stop the bleeding. oh, not good ago, but the old den with a shot at the head of the killed her softball. little b forensic scientists examining the hundreds of bodies, the russians left behind. say many of the women have been right. organizations across the country support those who survive. if shaw and elizabeth oh, on as of to 12 cases we are working on 11 are cases of gang rape. isley add up in all of these cases, women reported that the occupiers were drunk or had taken drugs law on business with us on the oh, goodness schnauzer 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 dot ok when a russian soldier rapes a ukranian woman, a girl wild boy, an elderly woman. they keep saying things like this. this will happen to every nazi hor, god, or we will rape until you can't give birth g ukrainians back of when you these are signs of genocide of the ukraine on people of mark, you know, do not say though greens, coronado them for korean. his parents, the only certainty they have is their loss and their fury making age. we are numa, we hate the russians are. whoo! i'm ashamed to speak russian, our learn ukrainian kim. they buried carina here and bill at circa, near the morgue. 2 weeks after her 23rd birthday. ah! 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. bow loosely scalouse gas is training 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 o sales propaganda, old one russian state 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 sir walter gap is just 65. you will meet us wide. it's located exactly here between the russian exclaim of callian grot on the one site and thrushes l. a bela rows on the other

side. in lithuania, many fia that russia might try to cut to this land breached of the west. tensions with moscow have been rising. lithuania has been a member of nato since 2004. but since the start of 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 forces, 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 veteran 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 exclaimed of calling in grat. russian

passengers are not allowed to get off, but they are confronted with photos of war outside of their windows. when polish 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 oberon was the 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 concern. 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 life. he needs breathing equipment to stop his lungs collapsing. david 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 are your cold, like i can sleep at nights, even when davi does the sleep, all aluminum, i keep checking on him. i pray to god more that he wants stuff breathing. why? and sometimes it seems like he is not breathing

that the kind of it's a genetic disease where you can simply lose your child in a moment. veto lift ukraine with the beats and her older son at young, who was 7. just as the 1st shots were being fired, like you are, the, 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 $11000.00 euros a month for david's treatment through crowd funding. here in germany, volunteers including eula and sundry 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

eli gene? so i just have to hope we can get the treatment for david or to could 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 fled the wall with the children and coping with of its illness liter cannot be certain she will ever return to ukraine. that she remains resolute. your mom of jackson, i am firstly, the mother of 2 sons. walks in the woods, give young and i cannot be. we key fob with that in unison. now my am i have to stay strong. ah. with

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