of injuries that they have. and what that tells you is the critical need the ukrainians have to free up hospital space here and to the east, where they re getting ready for a major russian assault. and in the suburbs, i m told of an extraordinary story of rescue from mariupol. nastia drove 200 miles south through russian lines in search of her parents, trapped in the siege. it was seeing the hopelessness and despair that made her go, she says. she found a city in ruins, a people reduced to scavenging to survive. the family managed to escape underfire. now, nastia s mum 0xana, safely in another city, calls her daughter a hero. and she tells her daughter, i wanted to kneel before you.
to escape underfire. now, nastia s mum 0xana, safely in another city, calls her daughter a hero. and she tells her daughter, i wanted to kneel before you. nastia says their escape got them back from hell. but tens of thousands remain trapped amid mariupol s last stand. tom bateman, bbc news, dnipro in central ukraine. as we ve been hearing, moscow is now focusing its war effort on this area, eastern ukraine, with people living here now under constant threat of a major offensive about to begin. since russia s initial invasion back in february, millions of people have fled their homes, but those staying in their communities have tended to be the elderly. i ve been to the village of serhiivkia, near donetsk in eastern ukraine, to meet some
and others will need a lifetime of care. well, these patients now face a 20 hourjourney to the west of here with the kind of injuries that they have. and what that tells you is the critical need the ukrainians have to free up hospital space here and to the east, where they re getting ready for a major russian assault. and in the suburbs, i m told of an extraordinary story of rescue from mariupol. nastia drove 200 miles south through russian lines in search of her parents, trapped in the siege. it was seeing the hopelessness and despair that made her go, she says. she found a city in ruins, a people reduced to scavenging to survive. the family managed to escape underfire. now, nastia s mum 0xana, safely in another city, calls her daughter a hero. and she tells her
of here with the kind of injuries that they have. and what that tells you is the critical need the ukrainians have to free up hospital space here and to the east, where they re getting ready for a major russian assault. and in the suburbs, i m told of an extraordinary story of rescue from mariupol. nastia drove 200 miles south through russian lines in search of her parents, trapped in the siege. it was seeing the hopelessness and despair that made her go, she says. she found a city in ruins, a people reduced to scavenging to survive. the family managed to escape underfire. now, nastia s mum 0xana, safely in another city, calls her daughter a hero. and she tells her daughter, i wanted to kneel before you.