old fairy tale, when you call out for help many times. people are leavin: for help many times. people are leaving kherson, for help many times. people are leaving kherson, but for help many times. people are leaving kherson, but when - for help many times. people are leaving kherson, but when you | leaving kherson, but when you described the event of the missiles being so great, it must feel as though nowhere is safe.- being so great, it must feel as though nowhere is safe. yes, but i would say that though nowhere is safe. yes, but i would say that you though nowhere is safe. yes, but i would say that you cannot - though nowhere is safe. yes, but i would say that you cannot so - though nowhere is safe. yes, but i| would say that you cannot so you re safe absolutely in any part of ukraine because a lot of people moved to western ukraine, but everywhere has some problems, whether it is electricity. you have a close range artillery working against, because the russiansjust moved f
six more died later, ordinary people out at the central market, at a spot where just last month they had celebrated being freed from russian control. surviving in kherson is a matter of chance. viktoria yaryshko, a red cross volunteer, was killed just outside this base, a few feet from safety. in the underground shelter, her mother, luidmyla, showed us the medal of honour she was given. translation: i m very happy, she helped a lot of people. - she was so kind. but it s also painful for me. i must recover and raise her two children. i tell them they should be proud of their mother because she is a hero. viktoria s son, sasha, and his sister live here, clearly comfortable with other volunteers. war and loss bind them together. dmitro rakitskyi was
to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear till christmas. have you been affected by the shelling? we asked iryna antonenko why she was going. translation: we stayed this whole time and thought it would pass. - but when the home next to ours and my father s home was hit, it was too scary. at the train station, a mother and three daughters, carrying all they can in small bags and boxes. it s very difficult to leave. i love ukraine and my dear city, but we have to get out of here somehow now, elena selivanova told us. she doesn t know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. yogita limaye, bbc news. joining me now from odesa is hanna shelest, the director of security programmes at the foreign policy think tank
kherson is strategically important, one of the first place as the russians took, but only very recently, ukraine took it back. yes. recently, ukraine took it back. yes, it was difficult recently, ukraine took it back. yes, it was difficult to recently, ukraine took it back. yes, it was difficult to liberate recently, ukraine took it back. 1&1: it was difficult to liberate it because of those logistics, and what you hearfrom people, people are ready for the suffering because this is is still better than when they were under occupation. the problem is that just a were under occupation. the problem is thatjust a week before the russians left the city, destroyed most of the critical infrastructure in terms of the electricity, supplies, all of the other stuff. it is very difficult to restore info when you are under constant and wee
it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues. i should warn you their report contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 mortars fell in a single day. a city haunted by relentless attacks. another shell hit nearby between a block of homes. as the firemen worked, we heard the sound of more explosions. after a brief pause, they returned to the job, dousing the fire before