translation: we can t - evacuate children who need artificial ventilation. we can t close the department, because there are other children who may need our help. dotted around the city, people queue to refill their bottles at tankers or at natural springs. mykolaiv has been without running water since the supply was cut off after russian shelling more than two weeks ago. now, even the fire brigade have to find new ways to refill. here, it s our bathroom. no water too. grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the city despite the constant shelling and lack of water. it s not easy, but what we can do? i was trying to join the army, but they say that you are a little bit too old. and another problem, you are nearly blind . i said, maybe i m nearly blind, but i can smell a russian tank, ok? if it will be necessary, if russians will come here, of course i will fight. after months of living on the edge of the battle, mykolaiv has found a way to continue.
from the front line and has been heavily shelled since the beginning of the war. this children s hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, j we ve got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don t know what comes tomorrow, what comes within an hour, what may happen to your relatives, to your patients. in the premature babies ward, care continues. the windows have been blocked and the unit have relocated into the centre of the building. translation: we can t - evacuate children who need artificial ventilation. we can t close the department, because there are other children who may need our help. dotted around the city, people queue to refill their bottles at tankers or at natural springs. mykolaiv has been without running water since the supply was cut off after russian shelling more than two weeks ago. now, even the fire brigade have to find new ways to refill. here, it s our bathroom. no water too. grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the c
this children s hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, j we ve got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don t know what comes tomorrow, what comes within an hour, what may happen to your relatives, to your patients. in the premature babies ward, care continues. the windows have been blocked and the unit have relocated into the centre of the building. translation: we can t - evacuate children who need artificial ventilation. we can t close the department, because there are other children who may need our help. dotted around the city, people queue to refill their bottles at tankers or at natural springs. mykolaiv has been without running water since the supply was cut off after russian shelling more than two weeks ago. now, even the fire brigade have to find new ways to refill. here, it s our bathroom. no water too. grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the city despite the constant shelling and lack of water. it s not easy, but what we c
the city is less than 20 miles from the front line and has been heavily shelled since the beginning of the war. this children s hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, j we ve got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don t know what comes tomorrow, what comes within an hour, what may happen to your relatives, to your patients. in the premature babies ward, care continues. the windows have been blocked and the unit have relocated into the centre of the building. translation: we can t - evacuate children who need artificial ventilation. we can t close the department, because there are other children who may need our help. dotted around the city, people queue to refill their bottles at tankers or at natural springs. mykolaiv has been without running water since the supply was cut off after russian shelling more than two weeks ago. now, even the fire brigade have to find new ways to refill. here, it s our bathroom. no water too. grandmother tatia
grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the city despite the constant shelling and lack of water. it s not easy, but what we can do? i was trying to join the army, but they say that you are a little bit too old. and another problem, you are nearly blind . i said, maybe i m nearly blind, but i can smell a russian tank, ok? if it will be necessary, if russians will come here, of course i will fight. after months of living on the edge of the battle, mykolaiv has found a way to continue. but the constant threat from russia sits just over the horizon. caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. our correspondent, caroline davies, is near to the port of odesa, and has been giving us the latest. of course, from mykolaiv, which is 20 miles away from the front line, we re about two hours away here in odesa, just down the coast. mykolaiv is, of course, an incredibly important city because if the russians do take