i mean, if we take a look at the map, you know, where it stood, on march 5th, you have russia. you know, they re in the south. they re in the north. about a month and a half later ukraine has reclaimed a lot of the northern territory, and russia has expanded in the donbas. but they haven t pushed they haven t pushed forward. they haven t really gone beyond where they were here. so what is victory on the ground for russia? well, i would submit to you that victory is going to be probably whatever vladimir putin says it is. but it s certainly not going to be military victory. he might be able to break some of the political lines. he might be able to withstand some of the sanctions. but militarily, he s a third rate army and he knows it. he knows his troops are poorly head, they re poorly equipped. they don t have the supply capability to maneuver warfare. what do they have the forces to do right now? right now, pretty much hold the line and continue to fight a
a letter in the file written by yvonne describes how their town near kharkiv was bombed in 1943. the similars, down to the dates, haunting. translator: the germans bombed us from march 2nd to march 19th. every day, from morning to evening, for three days, we were hiding in our cellar. on march 5th, a bomb hit our barn. reporter: ala grows emotional over the pair lels to what the russian army is doing now. translator: they just destroy them. destroy them deliberately. destroy them ruthlessly because well, because it s genocide. it s just genocide of the ukrainian people. reporter: katya and ala s bond started when ala reached out to the museum a year ago via e-mail. simply seeking more information about her family. then, the war started and ala wrote again asking for help. and after days traveling by train, car, and on foot, they
the similarities down to the dates haunting. translator: the germans bombed us every day from morning to evening. for three days we were hiding in our cellar. on march 5th, a bomb hit our barn. ala grows emotional over the parallels to what the russian army is doing now. translator: they just destroyed them, destroy them deliberately, destroy them ruthlessly, because while because it s genocide. it s just genocide of the ukrainian people. reporter: katya and ala s bonds started when ala reached out to the museum a year ago via email, simply seeking more information about her family. then the war started and ala wrote again, asking for help. and after days traveling by train, car and on foot, they made to it poland and soon on to the plane to tel aviv. for now, ala and liza say they
when they emerged, tonya took photos and videos of their apartment building marked with bullet holes. unexploded shells in residential streets. desperate people looting a bomb-damaged store for food. they scavenged for drinking water, pulling buckets from street sewers. the rainwater. taking the rain, waiting for rainwater. heavy shelling on nearby houses, tonya wrote, on march 5th. we all went to sleep with the thought of how to survive and stay alive. one day, a shell exploded near dmitry as he stood in line for water. and killed like three people in front of us. one guy was without head. another one in the line was like half of the head and the last one was killed. with my own eyes like three people completely i saw killed and we were making the grave for
bomb-damaged store for food. there is no water to drink. reporter: they looked for drinking water. from the rain water. waiting for the rain water. reporter: heavy shelling on nearby houses, tonya wrote, on march 5th. we all went to sleep with the thought, how the survive and stay alive. one day a shell exploded near dmitri as he was looking for water. one came down and killed three people in front of us. one guy was without head. who was like taking the water. another one in the line was like a half a head. the last one was killed. with my own eyes, like three people i saw killed and we were making a grave for them. digging, yes. reporter: finally, it was all too much. the last day, i saw my father because may mother was completely destroyed mentally.