then from here, they ll head for poland before crossing into belarus, which is russia s big ally in this war. it s then a flight to moscow and a 24 hour drive south to the children s camp. thousands of miles to end up a short distance from home. these days, kherson is under russian attack. its forces have been taking their revenge on the city since they were forced to retreat last year, ending months of occupation. daily life now brings terrible danger here. and yet moscow had proclaimed this part of the russian world. patriotic singing that s when ukrainian children were subjected to this. russian anthem plays ..the anthem of an occupying force.
but in kyiv, she was met by the group that s helped organise this whole trip. ..for alla and dozens like her. the group has just arrived in kyiv, but this isjust the very first stage of an extremely long and arduous journey to try and get their children back. kherson is now cut off from crimea by the fighting. so the women have to make an enormous detour. first to kyiv from kherson, then from here, they ll head for poland before crossing into belarus, which is russia s big ally in this war. it s then a flight to moscow and a 24 hour drive south to the children s camp.
by the group that s helped organise this whole trip. ..for alla and dozens like her. the group has just arrived in kyiv, but this isjust the very first stage of an extremely long and arduous journey to try and get their children back. kherson is now cut off from crimea by the fighting. so the women have to make an enormous detour. first to kyiv from kherson, then from here, they ll head for poland before crossing into belarus, which is russia s big ally in this war. it s then a flight to moscow and a 24 hour drive south to the children s camp. thousands of miles to end up
volodymyr zelenskyy says the damage russians leave behind is staggering. for a long time there is no living space left on the land of these areas that has not been damaged by shells and fire. the occupiers actually destroyed bahmut, another donbask city that they turned into ruins. rush s president, putin, is taking his nuclear saber rallying to a whole new level. on saturday, he said russia might abandoned its nuclear doctrine, which says moscow will not use nuclear weapons first. he made the comments during a visit to kursk is done. in the west there is a theory, even a practice of a preventative strike. we don t get in our strategy there is a response to a
predicament. he had been writing and talking about the fact that he was sick. he had been writing and talking about the fact that he was burning the candle at both ends, which i think would be an understatement. and you and i know that covering this tournament is a lot of fun. it is a privilege. but it is tiring. can you speak to kind of the hamster wheel that he must ve found himself on covering this tournament i texted you a couple of days ago to check how you are, because we were there the other day and it has got to me, because it is so convenient here, because you are never more than half an hour, 45 minutes away from a stadium, that is unprecedented at a world cup, in russia, four years ago you had to take a flight to moscow, and then to the city, where the world cup is held in four years time it won t be in canada, the u.s.