this way of life. as guests in this remarkable city, so must we. if an air raid siren goes off during the show, when it went off last night and hours ago, we will need to leave this location and go somewhere more secure. now, if that does happen, my friend and colleague, alex witt, is standing by in new york to pick up coverage until i m all set and safe to rejoin you. while a raid sirens don t always mean that there is an imminent threat in the area, these are precautionary measures that we are going to abide by, particularly during the week when everyone here has been on high alert. there s been a concern that russia would mark the first anniversary of the war with an attack that would likely have targeted kyiv. but the skies around the city have actually been eerily quiet. the anniversary came and went without any major new offensives or acts of aggression by russia. fighting, however, continues in the eastern and southern parts of this country, like in and around the city
probably bucha. what i saw there when we went there, it was very scary that what we saw we realized that there must be a devil there in this world. at the time when most of the world learned of the horrors of bucha, i was here in ukraine reporting from the western city of lviv. i spoke with a member of the nation s parliament, alexei coach orenco who had left kyiv and gone to the site of the liberated town about the atrocities that he witnessed and bucha. and this week, i met with him again. this time in person in bucha. as i walk with him through the stretch of this town that once saw so much carnage, i witnessed an incredible moment. he pointed out to a house where a woman once lived, he met her on the day bucha was liberated, the day he and i spoke april 2nd of last year. russian soldiers had taken over