A shocking photograph of the body of an aspiring make-up artist in the city of Bucha captures the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Iryna Filkina, 52, was identified by her unique manicure.
to keep his family together in their home, but when bombs flew right above his apartment building and exploded at a military base a few kilometers away, he knew it was time to say good-bye. it s war. it s like a horror field. it s like a bad dream and you wake up and it s not like bad dream. reporter: the following day, he drove his father, wife, and mother to krakow, poland. there, they took a flight to milan, italy, where they are currently staying with family, far away from many air strikes. how do you explain to a 10-year-old girl that the only country she s ever known is at war and that and that bombs are falling? we explain that it s russia come to our country, and bad things are happening now. people die and it s very dangerous. reporter: when the family finishes singing happy birthday,
reporter: a scene of utter devastation amid the chaos and uncertainty, families told cnn relatives, including children went missing. and now from this void, a story has emerged of people not missing, but deported. unfortunately, some of people are stolen, forced stolen by russians. some were displaced in russia. but no one knows information of where exact alive and for what. reporter: cnn has spoken to multiple mariupol residents who say soldiers from the russian army forcefully evacuated them to russia. some of those who asked to stay were told no. reporter: this testimony is from anna. we re using a pseudonym to protect her identity and a cnn producer is reading her words. like many others, anna, a young woman was living under bombardment in mariupol. they came in and said it s an order. he told us if you make a fuss, things will get worse. many told us it started with a promise of evacuation. soldiers came to where they were
the russian government of course denies targeting civilians. a group of american doctors with expertise in war injuries because of unfortunate american experiences in afghanistan and iraq were visiting the hospital when we were there. meeting with the mayor of lviv, sharing what they knew about war wounds. we wanted to share information from our experiences in the war in iraq and afghanistan and in the civilian hospitals in the u.s. thank you for your visit. thank you for support and thank you for cooperation. of course. it is very important for ukraine and for the united states and for future. reporter: these are brutal injuries. that are unfamiliar to young surgeons in western ukraine. dr. herk, chief surgeon has seen an influx of thousands of these patients. the injury that we have now is unbelievable. reporter: what do you want the world to know about what you re seeing here?