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where thousands of civilians are dying from russian bombs and mar your poll. makalya patasha escaped and has returned to save others yup. and most i understood the city is under siege. i understood that nobody's driving there now. but my employees were there, and i just promised them i would company and my friends, and i would willing money to buy this bus. i am on the road. i hope all will be fine and i will get there. you will stop me cuz i was all study how people and then when i drove past the last ukrainian checkpoint in ref level, i encountered the water, the mines, the burned on tongues or the horrors. let me just say, will be to bibles here and to hear them. none the less he was still there, but i drew your how much?

well, i had a business in mary. oh, probably was a club. most of the space was in the basement. it had concrete ceilings, so we transformed it into a bump shelter. there was a grill, so we could cook food and water. we would joke that this is a 5 star bomb shelters to really all, and we did come under fire at everything that came to us. missed was something hit here and here, here you run down it's had ruled by that moment that grandma died to see the children makes me cry there. so scared screaming,

i hope god will say it's horrific. just horrific. we try our best memory to come in during the 1st opportunity we left, we took children, pregnant women and mothers with children. look, my passengers are low wave into the camera, which is it was terrifying. we came across mines and tanks. there were lots of manic image. i mean that people like we told them they were mannequins, but in fact there were bodies. right? right. oh, isn't us another by says joined us. we are becoming more and more global again. oh, my 1st trip i was the only one. and on my 3rd trip i would already be standing in

the queue at the checkpoints for 40 minutes. there were so many people who wanted to help and get people out here to volunteers had read thousands out of the city in their own and many did not return so many to mind. some came into crossfire while driving at night. these are regular ukrainians, regular people. the russian troops may have withdrawn from northern ukraine, but they have also the mind behind in their place. it will take years to clear them out. i a broken leg, an injured spine, will lead me to value, barely survived a land mine explosion. why should you see you need time?

much needed comfort from his wife, while at amier was on assignment, restoring electricity in the key free gin when it happened. just when were you home? when we were driving in the car with my colleagues, there were 3 of us, the driver image, myself of and my boss. so are going to, we were talking about our plans for the next day, and then sir, i don't remember anything from them from a blue. that's when the car drove overland. mine value only survived because he was in the middle seat. he's colleague sitting next to him. died demining teams like this one work against a clock here in the churn have region. sometimes they're able to remove about 40 explosives per day. it's not nearly enough. like a kid you might, it's a 3 amount of work is huge and now because the grass is growing and everything is blossoming, it makes it impossible to work faster than it was harder. for instance,

to see booby trying watch to rydner roster. oscar booby traps are banned by international law. the teams task today, a controlled explosion of this hurricane rocket full of cluster munitions, indiscriminate weapons that can cause many fatalities before the war. people came here to walk. now, even that has become risky after the withdrawal of russian forces it will likely take yours to the mine ukraine. as the war ages on me, how yellow explains velocity sticky. one month of war equals one gear of d mining over the civilians get blown up by these tramps was those who have nothing to do with any of this. and never wanted to be part of this war in the 1st place. i'm in the fulton brother park. one of them had physical injury, so he'll say,

but he must go with the mental impact to go with the bouquets. what can i say when you speak to a person who's and a minute or 2 later, you understand that this person is not alive anymore? this is very heart difficult, but someone needs to know the job. one mother's comes with 2 of ah, despite the hidden danger of mines and other explosives, he wants to continue this dangerous job and bring electricity back to the people. ah, the russian, more of aggression has forced almost 2 thirds of ukraine's children to flee. some of them are finding refuge in the western part of the country, but they still long for home. ah, it takes a village to raise a child, and more times i'm no exception. human, even though frankie's in western ukraine,

locals have mobilized resources and manpower to keep young displaced children. a safe haven, martin, some friends set at his safe space, was the support of antonio mexico. when the worst started to, we really wanted to make a bigger contribution and to ever saw so many people who are new to our cd, it with the families. and. and we also saw there was a big needs in taking care of the kids while parents to trying to figure out their life here in our city. and to together with my friends who is a in education area. ah, we are open to the school camp. disco. camp brings a semblance of normality back to the lives of these children. to all of them miss home. may, could i young? we play dr. and hairdresser, with my friends. going. i want to go home. i'm from key la. my name's my name's sophia, i'm from genevieve. i miss my friends, that elusive,

despite coming from very different places and not unless sharing the same language or cultural background. children here quickly adapt religion when kids from different parts of ukraine talk to each other. it's very good junior, as they share experiences, isabel lots from eastern and central ukraine speak russian, but now they're trying to speak ukrainian sometimes with a funny accent, but it's good. they're trying beyond us the linings. the children are still experiencing the term off wall. something indicators also try to address children need to talk by themselves about this. and for this particular reason, we have every week, art therapy sessions was now recertified psychologists and that they worked with them through therapy, through art, through therapy for them to express themselves across ukraine. similar initiatives are tackling children's names while they alleviates to apply to for them. they

cannot replace the safety of their homes, they have lost ah, finan avoided entering into a military alliance for decades. now the country is looking to nato for protection against russia. the historic turning point war games to secure the peace more than 3000 finished troops and 700 vehicles took part in the arrow 22 military exercises in west and finland. the exercises were conducted to with nature as planned. last autumn, armed forces from 5 countries are taking part of this military exercises the host. finland is not a later member yet, but that could change soon for the 1st time in via history, the majority of finance wanted to join nato. a turning point in history keenly felt

by people in law, pandora, on the border with russia for decades, that they have benefited from living in peace within the boss. welcoming a steady stream of russian tourists from nearby st. petersburg, says social worker, linda brandt up in my opinion. i never saw russia as a threat, but now i'm constantly thinking about our common border. it's over a 1000 kilometers. this nearby border crossing is seeing little traffic from either side at the moment. this is partly due to corona virus relate that restrictions, but it's also a direct consequence of russia's invasion of ukraine. the war has dramatically changed to the fence attitude towards joining nato in just a few weeks. my, i got, i mean, at 1st i thought we shouldn't get involved and military alliances, but i'm,

but now i think we should have made the decision a long time ago. my eyes have been opened and i no longer see nato as some kind of war association. but as a defense alliance, roughly thought upon for defence through deterrence has been the principle behind the latest reinforcement of its eastern flank in recent months. the idea being a strong defense will not be attacked about this good boy, one at the medley, the bows womack, formulate their lives. i hope that will join nato as soon as possible, or crime asa thought off law for and that the war in ukraine will end soon and that europe will live in peace and stability. how high up or volatile back or call my lie. i offer for you know you she says that that now at be school and stable, fin lump is only possible as in the to member ah

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