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will return to normal. and we visit those who are finding it difficult successes and you know, weekly coven 19 special. every thursday on d. w. with this week on world stories. ukraine, mines, thread 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 my days, a boy called this is the day she has been waiting for. her son is being ex you today. soon shows them 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 forty's. the blue with the town of what a young girl was heavily shelled and then occupied by russian forces. life is too far from normal supermarkets and shops looted and destroyed. people here depend on

a 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 times some have yet to be identified. nozzle that got there about that through unfortunately, will 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, if it's not only those who did it from you know, but also those who ordered it give them more than that. give more, you cannot feel 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. i know that his soul is gone. i know this is just a body, but it's the body that i used to hug and love the way it is good. it's my child. i

cry every day because of a boy. in addition, a boy cause one small comfort. and soon she will be able to bury her son properly. the ukraine was considered the bread basket of europe, its crop. so now threatened by war. the russian army has stolen grain, devastated farms and mind countless fields. ah, the war has left its traci's, not exxon's official and the property on sandra is a farm. on the outskirts of cave, he owns a 1000 act as a farmland and agriculture machinery. it is business has been ruined, since russian troops entered the village at the beginning of march. burnt arch,

ahmed vehicle. 6 ways harvest. did you go what it did? they came to the gate and began rattling. you put my worker inside the found when they realized the trip with arching 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, alexander is 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 haven't been here yet, so we don't dare go out. we can't work at the moment. de mining brigades are out and about and 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 for future legal 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 guess is it might take years for agriculture to get back to normal. meanwhile, the winter wheat is growing. alexander sold it before the war. what we'll do, we'll, we'll go we sloan drones are with the field workers and where we see traces of vehicles news. my workers have been searching for mines with metal detectors. oh or so, but we need clearance for the whole field for 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 are considered support as a person. on may, 9th, the day of victory as nazi 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 bills 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 latvian government because e 3 tobias to them to speak latvian, the official language. even though many russians can't speak it, doctor brucely in buddhism, those habits city, the chilly language needs a linguistic environment to live in moore's mystic. a person must be able to speak if he can to create problems. furthermore, 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 russian celebrate the day for many lottery and civil tor 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 of your

celebration isn't meant to humiliate the latvian nation, but we russians learned to celebrate this in childhood. we have it in our blood, yon, it shouldn't be taken away there. the bureau 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 vladimir putin. oh, but not every one think so. no, it's russian language journalist in up lavaca. a big part of russians believe the russian propaganda and stand behind put in. she says, oh,

she's thorazine and my ears, 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 as the system blocker says the linguistic divisions in lot of our fir, the separate people. and she believes the responsibility lies with russians who won't integrate. but she suspects rushes of war, and ukraine could now change event. yet they're watching you as the purchase thought. i thought only found very clearly that i am a part of this country at this time. it's a difficult admission to college, but i don't want to be part of russia anymore. and you'll be, even though it's the country whose language i speak and i got my apostasy, english boost the out. his go at models, music, in any case, the eternal flame as his soviet memorial in dog, aff bill cycle bone on victoria. he wouldn't without the

officials, celebrations, ah, more than 3000000 people have fled ukraine to poland since the war began. many whisp, antonius, he taken in by people eager to help. one family in particular has been extraordinary. a small gesture of gratitude for yeskis hosea. 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, south and broccoli. okay. gotcha. gotcha. 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 her coming. and i felt weak in the knees. the problem says is, but i said, yes, i'm good. no breath or spontaneous gesture has become

a long term solution. her family is exhausted or did look machines and even worked for years, not scott, for 2 months. i have not known what it's like to come home and just hear silence. no reminder. so maybe we need to get that slowly back to normal. but from that was 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 dare say 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 in everything we need for the children to buy a glass legit. okay. so in order to help host families, the polish government wants to pay monthly grants of around $250.00 euros for refugee. but it miasca hasn't received any money yet. mama miller

tries to earn some extra cash cleaning houses. yes, but she cannot afford her own apartment. was it was it though, and because of back i wanted that i have 3 children. many, even if i work 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. i can ask her would be happy if at least some money came soon, but she doesn't regret helping many pullers feel the same way and like the ukrainian guests, they hope that the war will end soon. ah .

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