from ukraine s successful defence of kyiv. the war is switching to the east. both sides will learn lessons. the russians left their armour vulnerable to drone, artillery and fast moving infantry with anti tank weapons. you can see the results scattered across the roads and villages around the capital. this was a russian supply column on the main highway that runs west from kyiv. the lorries were carrying ammunition. artillery shells are scattered across the road. russia will find logistics less challenging in the east, closer to its border. a few minutes further down the road in the village of kalynivka were a few civilians, a rare sight, so we stopped. iryna kostenko wanted to talk about march 10th, the day the russians killed her only son, alexei. the two lived here, just 500 metres from hisjob
changing tyres at a garage. irina led the way to her son s bedroom, damaged by shelling weeks after he was killed. we were the first outsiders she d seen since the russians left on friday, and the story of alexei s death spilt out. translation: the pain is so bad. now i m all alone. my son was young, 27 years old. he wanted to stay alive. alexei was born when iryna was 18. her life has not been easy, but she dreads the future without him. she said he d served in the army, but that day he was going to work at the garage.
Iryna Kostenko wept over her son s homemade grave in her garden as she revealed Putin s forces entered her home on March 10 on the outskirts of Kyiv, forcing her to flee.
how can i talk to such morons? i want them dead. i want their children to lie like my son. close to where alexei was killed opposite the house, ukrainian troops were salvaging russian ammunition to use it against them. they ll need it if russia launches a spring offensive in the east. five weeks of war, but it only takes a moment to destroy a family. iryna found another picture of her son. this is my love, she said, my sweetheart. well, have more from ukraine later in newsday butjust a reminder that you can keep
to the east. both sides will learn lessons. the russians left their armour vulnerable to drone, artillery and fast moving infantry with anti tank weapons. you can see the results scattered across the roads and villages around the capital. this was a russian supply column on the main highway that runs west from kyiv. the lorries were carrying ammunition. artillery shells are scattered across the road. russia will find logistics less challenging in the east, closer to its border. a few minutes further down the road in the village of kalynivka were a few civilians, a rare sight, so we stopped. iryna kostenko wanted to talk about march 10th, the day the russians killed her only son, alexei. the two lived here, just 500 metres from hisjob changing tyres at a garage.