and pro-russians and ukraine army is 4 30 kilometer long and there are thousands of people stranded there without infrastructure, electricity, shops, administration. and i wanted to give voice to these people. that s why i wrote the gray beast. but i didn t expect this situation. yeah. it is a pleasure to speak with you, andrey, a famed author here in this country. ironically known for comedic work as well. this is not a laughing matter. it s been wonderful to speak with you. andree kurkov. thank you so much. ukrainians aren t giving up without a fight, but neither are the russians. how trip wire and booby traps are making life even more unbearable for ukrainians living in cities under siege. we ll be right back. with the newinvesting
all of it sparking europe s worst humanitarian crisis this century. more than one million refugeesvd have fled the country, and the u.n. fears more than four million people, about 10% of the ukrainian population, could be displaced in the coming weeks. dozens come to this shelter here in the western city of lviv before leaving the country. that s four-year-old andrey, exhausted after 20 hours of sleepless escape. his father stayed behind in the captured city of kharkiv. now he only has his mom and big brother.ig brother. every day begins with every day begins with a text to our relatives.s. we ask are you we ask are you alive? . diaz: chris livesay joins us from lviv. chris, more than one million ukrainians have already fled the country. can you put that in perspective for us? reporter: well, it is an astounding number on par with iraq and afghanistan. and it s going to get a lot
he had chemotherapy, he didn t complete the therapy. the next morning they wait for triage. this is just next morning they wait for triage. this isjust a desperately next morning they wait for triage. this is just a desperately sad situation. children who are safe from the war but now plunged back into danger with their illness, rushing to resume treatment that s been broken off. this is a conflict thatis been broken off. this is a conflict that is killing, uprooting and threatening the most vulnerable. the one doctor is overwhelmed. she checks 12 year old andrey who soft tissue cancer has spread to his lungs. this is very serious situation. other patient you think
i really hope i will be able to defend the country to the end, but i know for sure that in zaporizhzhia, i ve already met a lot of people who i have ultimate confidence that they will do what s needed and the least i can do is to help support them with the needed supplies so they can defend the country and make sure that other people don t have to die. andrey, take care of yourself. be safe. i appreciate you joining us. i admire your courage. thanks so much. thank you, don. we have a group of supporters, many in the u.s., we re now called ukraine defense fund available on all social media, ukr defense fund, people should free to follow. thank you very much. thanks for having us. absolutely. he won t be deterred: u.s. intelligence warning that vladimir putin will double down on the lies and attacks even as his own tanks and troops are being taken out by ukraine. i m going to ask a former cia
and now threatening the most vulnerable. the one doctor is overwhelmed. she checks 12 year old andrey who soft tissue cancer has spread to his lungs. this is very serious situation. are there patient you think and die from situations like this? yes. most of these kids are in a life threatening situation and any kind of delay of their treatment is very bad for them. this, of all places, is little andrei s first ever trip abroad. i miss my home and my grandma and grandpa he says. at least here we don t have to run into shelters, because that was scary and hard. as volunteers from germany take the first children to a hospital