they didn t give me anything to eat or drink. i thought, no one knows where i am. my soul ached. the bbc asked the russian authorities to respond to lidiya s claims but they did not reply. but some parents did sign up their kids to these new schools. translation: parents were threatened that if they didn t send their children to schools run by russia, their kids would be abducted by russian soldiers. now, only days after the russians have retreated, these students are free to study in ukrainian. but normality is a long way ahead for those whose lives have been so deeply affected by this war. zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, kharkiv region.