we travel the path of russia s retreat to the south of mykolaiv. nearly half of this village of returns the invading forces will push back, but most are on aid. this places for children to play, not for shells to explode, naatlya tells me. she planted flowers in the bomb craters. translation: ., ~ ., translation: thank god we are holdin: translation: thank god we are holding on- translation: thank god we are holding on. sometimes translation: thank god we are holding on. sometimes i - translation: thank god we are holding on. sometimes i am - translation: thank god we are | holding on. sometimes i am scared that they might kidnap me and take me away. 0n the other hand, i am sure, they keep telling this to everyone else, that they have no business here. they should know better than loitering in our land. natalia tells me that when i leave, she will sit down and cry. she has lived 100 days in both defiance and dread. russian tanks have been at her door once. she is determined they wi
people thought it was defeated, but it wasn t. they could have a chance to move forward to 0desa, to the centre of ukraine. life has become increasingly difficult. water is a precious resource supplies were cut off after russia seized the neighbouring city of kherson. but many are choosing to stay. this may be a kremlin target, but it s also home. we travelled the path of russia s retreat to the south of mykolaiv. nearly half this village have returned after the invading forces were pushed back, but most are reliant on aid. this place is for children to play, not for shells to explode, natalya tells me. she planted flowers in the bomb craters. translation: thank god we re holding on. - sometimes i m very scared that they mightjust kidnap me and take me away. 0n the other hand, i m sure
this is some sort of life jacket that the russians use. and then even here you ve got old meal boxes, even with there s some things left inside there that you can see. for nearly two months after the fighting, residents stayed away. a trickle have now started to return. for them, russia s lasting effects here more than just bullet holes and bomb craters. not only do people who are trying to rebuild so often have to start from scratch, but there remains so many mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance that authorities are actually considering closing down this town for a few days until they can clear it. it s open for now, though, which meant valentina could come back home for the first time in weeks. the weather was nice, so her niece and nephew played on the swing. different than the last time they were here when they hid in a basement as bombs destroyed everything above. is it difficult to think about
and then even here you ve got old meal boxes even with some things left inside there that you can see. reporter: for nearly two months after the fighting, residents stayed away. a trickle have started to return. for them, russia s lasting effects here more than just bullet holes and bomb craters. not only do people who are trying to rebuild so often have to start from scratch, but there remains so many mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance that authorities are actually considering closing down this town for a few days until they can clear it. it s open for now though, which meant valentina could come back home for the first time in weeks. and the weather was nice, so her niece and nephew played on the spring, different than the last time they were here, when they hid in a basement, as bombs destroyed everything above. is it difficult to think about that?
doorstep and faced her down into a neighborhood s basement. how scared were you? translator: we were very scared. my heart was beating very fast. we thought we would die there. the russians fired indiskrim naptly. the fighting only eased when russia withdrew from the entire-kyiv region. valty that, emerging from the basement to shell fooind shell casings in her garden and whatever else the russians left behind. so all all these things, she says the russians left behind oh this, washing your hands. another cup of some kind here. there is some sort of lifejacket that the russians use and then here are you have got old meal boxes. for nearly two months after fighting, residents stayed way. a trickle have now started to return. for them, vrussia s lasting effects here more than just bullet holes and bomb craters.