story but then goes to get her neighbor. 80-year-old niesa has now buried both of her children. she said, roman was 57, inside the grave she put a note with his name, where he was born and details about his death. she plans to rebury him in a cemetery when this is all over. she tells me roman was shot in the back by russian troops on march 17th as he was walking away. he crawled back to the house, i m sorry i let you down he told his mother. and by morning, he was dead. the russians are liars, she said. they re all liers. they re all liars. her grandson comes over, he returned at the end of the march but it was five days too late. how did you find out your father died. when i come here. you came back expecting to see him? yes.
inside the grave she put a note with his name where he was born and details about his death. she plans to rebury him in a cemetery when this is all over. she tells me roman was shot in the back by russian troops on march 17th as he was walking away. he crawled back to the house. i am sorry i let you down, he told his mother. and by morning he was dead. the russians are liars, she says, they re all liars. her grandson comes over. he returned at the end of march but it was five days too late. how did you find out that your father died? when i came here. reporter: so you came back expecting to see him. yes. reporter: and they told you he s been dead for five days? yes. it was like this. reporter: with no lick tresty, no cell service there was no way to call anyone. he s now heading east to fight
by extreme right-wing media that this is an existential sort of battle for the future of their children. and it s very, very dangerous. and it s very difficult to sort of see in the short-term how the republicans can sort of walk back from this sort of thing. yeah, and these types of words as we have seen lead to real life consequences, putting peoples lives in jeopardy, certainly also people marginalized as well. it s a really smart piece and we thank you for writing it and sharing it with us. coming up she tells me roman was shot in the back by russian troops on march 17th as he was walking away. he crawled back to the house. i m sorry i let you down. we take you to a town near bucha being decimated. n near bucha being decimated.
the number of those who stayed and the true death toll still unknown. marina waved us down as we arrived. she shows us her city center. she says after this apartment building was bombed they could hear screams for days. people underneath were sending messages for help, but the russians she said, shot anyone who tried to rescue them. she says it was horrific here. you have no idea. my neighbor had to bury her son in our backyard, she says, you have to come see it. she takes us through the back gate to the shallow grave, and she starts telling us the story but then goes to get her number tiesa. the 80-year-old has now buried both her children. she says roman was 57.
of mariupol says at least 5,000 people have been killed there, including 210 children, lester okay, richard, thank you. tonight from the same devastated town we saw in richard s report, a deeper look at the toll this war has taken on just one of so many families. molly hunter is there with a portrait of grief. [ crying ] reporter: marina waved us down as we arrived in borodyanka. it was horrific here, she says, you have no idea my neighbor had to bury her son in our backyard, she says, you have to come see. she takes us through the back gate to the shallow grave, then goes to get her neighbor taisa 80-year-old taisa has now buried both her children she says her son roman was 57 she ll rebury him in a cemetery when this is all over she tells me roman was