. >> reporter: but svitlana melnyichuk, on the left, didn't see the light. throughs. she brought her daughter, myroslava, while her adult daughter stayed home. svitlana lost her husband, yuriy, a civilian building inspector, who volunteered the day after putin invaded. svitlana mixed homemade explosives for the troops, as her husband sent text messages from the front. svitlana told us -- [ speaking in a global language ] -- pictures started coming in, good morning, darling, with a photo of a flower taken right from the trench. it was spring already, right from the trench. the photos thrilled her because yuriy had always worked too much at the expense of the family, she thought. but after the invasion, family was all he cared about. his revelation lifted their lives. then, he was dead, and her rage is almost like blindness. [ speaking in a global language ] i became very distant and angry, and i kept all the sorrow inside. i didn't share it. >> reporter: nathan schmidt was keeping his sorrow inside when, in 2019, a friend invited him on a climbing trip. schmi