families leaving their communities from the east to places like here in lviv and the west, and also getting food to those cities for ukrainians that are not able to leave. so it s very complicated. we ve got incredible partners, ukrainian restaurants that have activated across the country. we re also sending truckloads of food and starting this weekend, we re sending rail these are rail wagons filled with food out to cities that are very hard-hit, including mykolaiv and zaporizhzhia, which is supporting many of the evacuees from mariupol. when you say you have active kitchens, how do you in a matter of weeks find a kitchen, turn it into an operational facility to distribute food on this scale? this is a humanitarian effort. this isn t just feeding someone at a local eatery. how does it work? yeah. so really it s about tapping into the resources that are already there and the incredible work of ukrainians to support other ukrainians, which is happening already. so we ve been able
in the city of mariupol and so forth, it is a question of everyday survival. these are people that are still living under desperate conditions with very little food and water, without any sense of safety or security, or without any obvious way of seeking out that safety. so ukraine s defiance continues, but there is no doubt that in some parts of the country, the situation for civilians in particular is particularly dire, kim. absolutely. phil black, thanks so much. appreciate it. well, one of the hardest-hit cities have been mykolaiv. many homes have been reduced to rubble, but russian forces in the area have suffered recent setbacks, as ben wedeman reports, some residents of mykolaiv are daring to hope that the tides of war could be starting to turn in their favor. reporter: once more, the people of mykolaiv can have their daily bread. i see a change, says maxine. now it s getting back to normal and i really hope it will last.
tires, molotov cocktails. around the city, signs of destruction. this empty hotel struck several days ago in the early afternoon. natasha was at home nearby when it happened. in this predominantly ethnic russian city, she scoffs at the idea that russia is waging war on her behalf. not for our country and not for our people. reporter: this red cross has turned this medicine hall into a center playing diapers and medical supplies. what they can t provide is a sense this nightmare is coming to an end. ben wedeman, cnn, mykolaiv, ukraine. ukraine was once known as the bread basket of europe, and it splice wheat to the whole world, but the war quickly put an end to that, causing an already dire hunger crisis to get worse. we ll have that story after the break. stay with us. in a 21 month study, scientists proved that rid- x reduces
gorani. here in ukraine, it s really about supporting the communities, the families that are leaving their communities from the east to places like here in lviv in the west and also getting food to those cities for ukrainians that are not able to leave. it s very complicated. we ve got incredible partners, ukrainian restaurants that have activated across the country. and we re also sending truckloads of food and starting this weekend, we re sending rail these are rail wagons filled with food out to cities that are very hard hit, including mykolaiv and zaporizhzhia, which is supporting many of the evacuees from mariupol. well, now safe in poland, many refugees are describing horrific conditions brought on by russia s war against ukraine. people have nowhere to live. all infrastructure is destroyed. there s no water, in electricity, nothing. but our people are like this. they will simply start defending themselves. we will defend ourselves to the last, as long as we re alive.