singing continues. everyone has lost someone. for 0ksana, it s her husband she mourns. for five years, they were together. and the grief is still raw. pavlo was a fitness champion who volunteered to fight. a russian airstrike destroyed his convoy last november. translation: honestly, it s still very hard - to accept that he has gone. it s only when i m here that it sinks in. i feel he s still somewhere. that he s still alive and on a mission, doing hisjob.
this road is regularly shelled. here, outside bakhmut, they head out and immediately take cover in nearby woods. this position is in range of russian guns. like thousands of other ukrainians, 0ksana had very little time to mourn. instead, she chose to fight. what we hear from a lot of soldiers on the front line is that the time to grieve will come when the war is over. japan has complained to china after local businesses and institutions were inundated with thousands of abusive phone calls over the fukushima nuclear plant discharge.
when they brought my husband here. he died while defending his motherland. it was the hardest day of my life. that moment made me realize that i have to be here. but that was the hardest day ever. this is only one day s worth of losses from one small part of this war s long front. but still, there is no slackening in the will to battle on. in marriage, 0ksana made a pact with her husband. she would join up if he was killed in action. she s still getting used to army life and the dangers that come with it. this road is regularly shelled.
to be built. at the moment dozens of councils can t allow new houses to be built unless it can be proved the work won t have a negative impact on local rivers. housing developers say the current rules have prevented thousands of homes from being built. to the war in ukraine now. estimates by us officials suggest a dramatic rise in the number of ukrainian dead. the bbc s quentin sommerville has been on the front line in the east, to where the grim task of counting the dead has become a daily reality. and quentin met two ukrainian women, who, despite suffering their own losses, have vowed to keep serving the war effort. for 0ksana, it is her husband she mourns. for five years they were together, and the grief is still raw.
here outside bakhmut, they head out and immediately take cover in nearby woods. this position is in range of russian guns. like thousands of other ukrainians, 0ksana had very little time to mourn. instead, she chose to fight. and what we hear from a lot of soldiers on the frontline is that the time to grieve will come when the war is over. distant explosions. she s now part of an aerial reconnaissance team, hunting for a russian anti tank unit.