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 told us. she doesn t know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century with an additional nine inches of snow expected to fall during the day in new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area from canada in the north down through the us and reaching as far as mexico. president biden has approved
a few feet from safety. in the underground shelter, her mother ludmilla showed us the medal of honour she was given. translation: i m very happy she helped a lot of people. i 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 s a hero. victoria s son sasha and his sister live here. clearly comfortable with other volunteers. war and loss bind them together. dimitri was victoria s friend. translation: when someone so close dies it is difficult, - but if we give up and stop, then her death will have been in vain. we work to make sure people live. everything else is secondary. the bombs don t stop. while he waits for
victoria, a red cross volunteer, was killed just outside this base, a few feet from safety. in the underground shelter, her mother ludmilla showed us the medal of honour she was given. translation: i m very happy she helped a lot of people. i 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 s a hero. victoria s son sasha and his sister live here. clearly comfortable with other volunteers. war and loss bind them together. dimitri was victoria s friend. translation: when someone so close dies it is difficult, but if we give up and stop, then her death will have been in vain. we work to make sure people live. everything else is secondary.
this is a constant sound that we hear in kherson of artillery fire being exchanged. this city is essentially now pretty much on the front line, close to the river, which has become the de facto front line, in the south. behind me actually is where an explosion took place just over an hour ago. five people were killed here, 20 were injured. every single day there are people being killed in this city. victoria yerushko, a red cross volunteer, was killed just outside this base, a few feet from safety. in the underground shelter, her mother, ludmilla, showed us the medal of honour she was given. translation: i m very happy she helped a lot of people. i 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. victoria s son, sasha, and his sister live here, clearly comfortable with other volunteers.
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. victoria, a red cross volunteer, was killed just outside this base, a few feet from safety. in the underground shelter, her mother ludmilla showed us the medal of honour she was given. translation: i m very happy she helped a lot of people. i 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 s a hero. victoria s son sasha and his sister live here. clearly comfortable with other volunteers. war and loss bind them together. dimitri was victoria s friend.