ah, this week on world stories, ukraine, mine's threats and crops, poland. a woman hosts 8 ukrainian refugees. but we begin in ukraine where authorities and key if suspect russian troops of systematically murdering civilians in occupied areas. evidence can be found in many localities to the police. it has become a grim routine. dozens of mass graves have been opened here in the past few weeks. but for an additional boy corps, this is the day she has been waiting for. her son was being x, u to j. young showed them where he was on his way back. he called to say he'd be home soon, but he never came. question to him boy call was shot on the street in the early

days of the war. his body was given a makeshift burial on the grounds of a hospital when the morgue had to close because it had no power. please say that here in the northern suburbs of keys, they have recovered more than 1000 bodies. overdue . the town of what a young girl was heavily shelled and then occupied by russian forces. spice is too far from normal supermarkets and shops looted and destroyed. people here depend on aid deliveries to survive at the hospital, police have exam 9 bodies to day it was civilians were shot in the streets or run over by tunnels. some have yet to be identified. nozzle that got that i bought out through. unfortunately, we'll be doing this work for many more years already, but we'll work as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. so we have sold evidence

to hold the aggressor accountable in the international courts will receive it. not only those who did it from you know, but also those who ordered it to kill care. the more than that give more you cannot the recovered bodies are being sent to the morgue for forensic examination will then be returned to their relatives. that it is the bill. hm. yeah. i know that his soul is gone. i know this is just a body, but it's the body that i used to huggins love the way it is good. it's my child. i cry every day because of the blood to madison a boy cause one small comfort that soon she will be able to bury her son properly. the ukraine was considered the bread basket of europe.

its crops are now threatened by war. the russian army has stolen grain, devastated farms and mind. countless fields ah, the war has left its traces on exxon's official and property. and sandra is a farm on the outskirts of cave. he owns a 1000 hacked as a farmland and agriculture machinery. it is business has been in room since the russian troops entered the village at the beginning of march. burnt out on the vehicle. 6 ways harvest did you go what it would you did? they came to the gate and began rattling, you push only my workers were inside the found. when they realized the troops with bulging through the gate, they ran over there across the fence, into the village. thank god, they're all alive for both. the russian forces in store themselves inside the

facility and alexander fled to keel. now alex andras, picking up the pieces, is not just his farm house that was destroyed. the fighting is also effected, his farmland is littered with unexploded ordnance supper minesweepers have been here. yes, so we don't dare go out. we can't work at the moment or de mining brigades are out and about, but for nowadays stablished the damage. they haven't even started the mining agricultural land for this years harvested might be too late. the sewing season is nearing its end and the military administration has little hope they will be able to help in time. perfect. you mind the roads and houses 1st, social facilities like schools in the things that are needed. so people come more or less walk around normally, we do the field only after we've done that 1st. with us, we're starting to he guesses it might take years for agriculture to get back to

normal. meanwhile, the winter wheat is growing. alexander so did before the war. what will do, or what always, sloan drones are with the field workers and where we see traces of vehicles. my workers have been searching for mines with metal detectors. oh, so, but we need clearance for the whole field. we don't know what's lying in there, and we'll have to wait for the mind sweeping to, to confirm that the field is safe, livable. the consequences of this war will continue to be felt far and wide. as ukraine has been feeding the world for decades. ah rushes neighbor latvia has a large russian community, most considered support is of putin on may, 9th, the day of victory. as in nancy, germany, a quarrel broke out there

a few cities in the former soviet bloc, which carry as many traces as of yet passed. as dull goth built in latvia with more than 90000 inhabitants, lottie, a 2nd to largest city has been considered a russian strong old until to day. every 4th barrister living lot via is russian. this is the only city were russian speaking. people are, even in the majority most russians came to dog of bills during the soviet era. off the vault were too many residents. he continued to feel culturally drawn to russia. some criticized that the latter young government because e 3 tobias to them to speak latvian, the official language. even though many russians can't speak it, though, after brucely in bo, using those numbers to do, the chile language needs a linguistic environment to live in moore's mystic. a person must be able to speak

if he can to create problems by at the more we want to let you have, everyone has, you know, so that live remains calm. here will us for coin. the device here between russians and black vents is evident every year on may, 9th victor, a day of a nazi germany. but while it russians celebrate the day for many lottery, uncivil 2 or 2 also represents the beginning of soviet occupation this year or so, it is finally decided to cancel events because of russia's war of aggression in ukraine and move some criticize on you. gurgainus yasamin. surely this celebration isn't meant to humiliate the latvian nation, but we russians learned to celebrate this in childhood. we have it in our blood urine, it shouldn't be taken away there at the very recently in the capital riga, hundreds of people from lottery, us, russian speaking community protested against the russian invasion and held rally insularity with ukraine. b o, o,

o. in the center of the latin capital russian speakers living here wanted to show that they do not support that the policies of flooding reporting. oh, but not every one. think so notes russian language journalist in that lavaca a big part of russians, belief the russian propaganda and stand behind put in. she says, oh, she's thought i still am i. e society is divided right now. i can feel that our communities and not united, and that scares me. this is a big problem for the security of our country. the system blocker says the linguistic divisions in lot of our fir, the separate people. and she believes that the responsibility lies with russians who want integrate. but she suspects rush us at all,

and ukraine could now change event. yet the question was to purchase the i thought only found very clearly that i am a part of this country. this tommy, it's a difficult admission. the good, but i don't want to be part of russia any more to be, even though it's the country whose language i speak and i got, and i had the just see a response that has gotten models music. in any case, the eternal flame, as is soviet memorial in dog, aff bill cycle burn on victoria. even without the official celebrations, ah, more than 3000000 people have fled ukraine to poland since the war began. many whisp antennae as he taken in by people eager to help. one family in particular, has been extraordinary. a

small gesture of gratitude for agnes cuz so pacific, it's become a daily ritual. ever since she took refugees from ukraine into her home. her family of 4 has been joined by 8 more people to have something broccoli on that as i saw. j rich shaw. so, but i wanted to give this room to 3 people here. but then a driver arrived in the middle of the night with 8 us without the children were coughing and the women started crying because they didn't want to be split up for them. and i felt weak in the knees the foremost as a. but i said yes, animal good abra or spontaneous gesture has become a long term solution. her family is exhausted or did work missions and even work though he's not scott for 2 months. i have not known what it's like to come home and just hear silence. not a minor, so maybe we need to get that slowly back to normal. but suppose after that, the good at miller, her sister and a friend came from western ukraine with 5 children. melissa, dean helpless, makes them uncomfortable. i guess doesn't visit so say you can as a desk,

so you can assume now lizzie, her lightly, her family from it's that they're used to being together. now suddenly having 8 people is very difficult. tell me as a student, i'm even a shame that all of the work falls on a jessica and her husband, the, the new one that they buy, everything them or when it's the food and everything we need for the children to buy a glass leaded book, set in order to help host families, the polish government wants to pay monthly grants of around $250.00 euros for refugee. but at miasca hasn't received any money yet. mama would mila tries to earn some extra cash cleaning houses. yes, but she cannot afford her own apartment. was it or was it though? and because of back i wanted that i have 3 children, many, even if i work them as a single mom, it will still be very difficult for me because given the cost to poland, the government in warsaw is hoping for more help from the you acne esco would

be happy if at least some money came soon, but she doesn't regret helping. many parents feel the same way and like the ukrainian guests, they hoped that the war will end soon. ah . these places in europe are smashing the records. step into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters, discover some of europe's record breaking sites on your back. youtube and now also in book form is the end of the pandemic in site.

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