doorstep and faced her down into a neighborhood s basement. how scared were you? translator: we were very scared. my heart was beating very fast. we thought we would die there. the russians fired indiskrim naptly. the fighting only eased when russia withdrew from the entire-kyiv region. valty that, emerging from the basement to shell fooind shell casings in her garden and whatever else the russians left behind. so all all these things, she says the russians left behind oh this, washing your hands. another cup of some kind here. there is some sort of lifejacket that the russians use and then here are you have got old meal boxes. for nearly two months after fighting, residents stayed way. a trickle have now started to return. for them, vrussia s lasting effects here more than just bullet holes and bomb craters.
translator: we were very scared. my heart was beating very fast. i thought we would die there. the russians fired indiscriminately. the fighting only eased when russia withdrew from the entire kyiv region. valentina emerging from the basement to find shell casings in her garden and whatever else the russians left behind. so all of these things, she says, the russians left behind. so this for washing your hands, another cup of some kind here. this, some sort of life jacket that the russians used. and then even here, you have old meal boxes, even with some things left inside there that you can see. for nearly two months after the fighting, residents stayed away. a trickle have now started to return. for them, russia s lasting effects here more than just bullet holes and bomb craters. not only do people who are trying to rebuild so often have to start from scratch, but there
conditions. in fact, it was so strangulating, there was so little air circulation, one resident told us 12 elderly people died here because they couldn t breathe, and their bodies were left while the fighting raged outside. these are some of the only known images captured in the school s basement. the faces say it all. she s telling me that about 35 people slept in this small room. nobody could lay down. they slept kind of sitting with their knees up against their chest. the rooms are littered with makeshift beds, school books, and meal boxes. but it s the art of the walls that stops you in your tracks. this is how the children passed the time. colorful drawings on a canvas of anguish. the people trapped down here etched names on to this concrete wall. they marked the days with a calendar, crossing out the days as they went by. everything down here has the
their knees up against their chest. the rooms are littered with makeshift beds, school books and meal boxes. it s the art on the walls that stops you in your tracks. this is how the children passed the time. colorful drawings on a canvas of anguish. the people trapped down here, etched names on to this concrete wall. they marked the days of a calendar, crossing out the days. everything down here has the feel of a world war ii-era concentration camp. russian soldiers took over the school building. residents say they were used as human shields. they knew the ukrainian military wouldn t fire at the school with civilians inside. this woman grabs food from a truck and takes this to her home. russian soldiers threw grenades through her windows and defecated on the house floors.
little bit of a language barrier. so we ve had to find folks that could decipher our list. we re trying to make sure we have complete meal boxes that go in and supply we can t reach everyone with a hot meal. but they re able to cook for themselves. so finding truck drivers that are willing to face the perils of driving across ukraine and taking these supplies in and finding the right products to send. so it s it s been amazing to get a million pounds of food into ukraine. wow. that really is amazing. and you bring up the language barrier. you speak english. you re in romania and you re helping ukrainians. a lot of different languages at play there. when you do get a chance to communicate with the people and the refugees and the people you re helping, what are they telling you? well, it you look into a mom s eyes who