is itfairto is it fair to say from the moment you saw them you felt something special? buchais bucha is only 30 kilometres from kyiv. a growing commuter town. and at heart is yablonska street. on the street a glassware factory help create a thriving community in soviet days. new flats were being built for young couples creating their future in bucha. for decades, bucha had known piece. nato says it s the biggest deployment of russian troops in belarus since the cold war. even when tensions started mounting on ukraine s orders, for your earlier suddenly the russians had landed, trying to take the capital, kyiv. elite airborne forces staged a surprise attack just five kilometres from yablonska street. across bucha, resident sought shelter underground. they filmed what was happening as they would throughout the unfolding crisis. natalya and her son fled west to safety, joining hundreds and thousands of ukrainians in the face of the russian advance. her husband was to follow. ac
it seemed as if the danger was over. that morning, local officials even celebrated yablonska street s liberation. but nearby, the enemy was on the move. 0n the afternoon of march three, the russians were back and on yablonska street. hiding behind windows, some residents capture the moment.