broken. now they live in this villa, complete with a ceiling mural. it is currently inhabited by retake carpenter who became princess retake after marrying an italital a wrist italian aristocrat. the villa is expected to be aup auctioned off in june. olga has worked here 14 years and when bombs started dropping near kyiv, there was only one option. olga and i discussed it and as things were becoming more and more dangerous, i said you better get them out of there now. reporter: the trip out of ukraine was harrowing maria says. they left with only the clothes on their back and the raw fear for their father who stayed behind. they join more than 107,000
reporter: maria doesn t know when or if she and her family will be able to go back. we cannot have plans. because all of our plans crashed. reporter: but they found relative peace with the princess in this breathtaking villa, at least for now. when you look at the beauty and tranquility, they still would trade it all to go back to their homes in ukraine. this villa will go back up on the auction block in june, but we re told that even if it is sold this time around, that olga and the princess will be able to stay there and so will that family, as long as they need safety. that s good to hear. thanks so much for bringing us that heartwarming story, bar bi nadeau in rome. if you want to help, cnn.com/impact, find several ways you can help. yet another setback for
now they live in the villa aurora, complete with an original ceiling mural painted by caravaggio. it is currently inhabited by texas-born rita carpenter, who became a princess after marrying an italian aristocrat. this villa with its masterpieces is scheduled to be auctioned off in june. though twice before, no one had deep enough pockets to hit the nearly $500 million minimum opening bid. olga has worked here the last 14 years. when bombs started dropping near kyiv where her daughter and family lived, there was only one option. olga and i discussed it. i said, you better get them out of there, now they re bombing there. reporter: the trip out of ukraine was harrowing for olga s daughter, maria. they left with only the clothes on their back and the raw fear for their father, who stayed behind. they join over 107,000 ukrainians who have come to
enter the parking lots at night there isn t a security guard they haven t been any attacks here to date but maria doesn t take any chances. i close the door put the windows down like this my. and somebody is trying to break in i will know i got my pepper spray. and my head might cut or some a trying to break in. spray. you never know. that. a few meters away eric is getting ready to spend another night in his car even though it s full to the brim the former computer engineer will sleep sitting behind the wheel it s a world away from the comforts of his old life. and one thing that i ve really
just saving up to be able to rent an apartment. after her long day at work maria s back. to her. yeah it s where i work it s a little hard. i have to lift a lady she s very had. back and forth back and. 9 hours it. is it s a lot of hours but i m ok. thirsty my food my bed i m ready to jump in my bit. counts. at half past 9 at night the gates closed from this point onward no more cars can enter the parking lots at night there isn t a security guard they haven t been any attacks here to date but maria doesn t take