so the buses that were sent to rescue thousands stood empty. translation: in the first days of. the war, we counted dozens of dead. now it�*s hundreds and it�*ll soon be thousands. but they don�*t even give us a chance to count, because the shelling hasn�*t stopped for six days. people were supposed to be bussed here, three hours north, to zaporizhzhia, still firmly under ukrainian control. there is no shelling here yet, but it�*s too quiet, almost deserted. we spotted armed police doing spot checks. then, one patrol yelled at us to pull over. three armed officers pointed their guns at us, made us open the car doors, wanted to check who we were. they asked us to put our hands in the air. once they saw we were journalists they were fine, but it is getting really nervy here. the fear comes before the fighting,