and women, including world number two daniil medvedev. and ukrainian farmers say the war is making it hard to plant or sell crops. they re constantly on alert for the barrage of russian rockets, bombs, and gunfire coming at them. ed lavandera brings us their story. reporter: sergei runs a one-man dairy operation. he has six cows on a little farm just 15 miles from the front lines of the battlefield in southern ukraine. but neither russian soldiers or falling rockets have stopped the 49-year-old from tending to his work. that is sergei s house there just in the distance, and there is an unexploded rocket that landed this close, landed here about a week ago. did you hear that rocket land? translator: everything happened before my eyes. . reporter: the explosions erupted all around him when this strike hit. russian rockets often target his village of 500 people.
ed lavandera brings us their story. reporter: this man runs a one-man dairy operation. six cows 13 miles from the front lines of the battlefield in southern ukraine. neither russian soldiers or falling rockets have stopped the 49-year-old from tending to his work. that is sergei s house there just in the distance. there is an unexploded rocket that landed this close. landed here about a week ago. did you hear that rocket land? translator: everything happened before my eyes. the explosions erupted all around him when this strike hit. russian rockets often target his village of 500 people. translator: we were covered with dust. dust and shrapnel all the way here. i fell to the ground. for those who have not gone
in ukraine, farming on the front lines mean rockets litter fields of crops intended to help feed people around the world. ed lavandera talked with ukrainian farmers who are fighting to keep themselves and their businesses alive. reporter: sergey runs a one-man dairy operation. six cows on a little farm just 15 miles from the front lines of the battlefield in southern ukraine. but neither russian soldiers or falling rockets have stopped the 49-year-old from tending to his work. that is sergey s house there in the distance. there s an unexploded rocket that landed this close. did you hear that rocket land? ever . translator: everything happened before my eyes. reporter: russian rockets often target his village of 500
he has six cows just 15 miles from the front lines of the battlefield in southern ukraine. neither russian soldiers or falling rockets have stepped the franl-year-old from tending to his work. that is his house there in the distance. and there is an unexploded rocket that landed this close. landed here about a week ago. did you hear the rocket land? everything happened before my eyes. the explosions erupted all around him when this strike hit. russian rockets often target his village of 500 people. translator: we were covered with dust. dust and shrapnel all the way here. i fell to the ground crawling. not feeling my legs or arms. it was scary. for those who have not gone through this, you would not believe it. reporter: sergi keeps one eye on his herd and the other eye on the war. reporter: so these are his six dairy cows. if you noticed, he has them
but neither russian soldiers or falling rockets have stopped the 49-year-old from tending to his work. that is sergei s house there just in the distance, and there is an unexploded rocket that landed this close. it land here about a week ago. did you hear that rocket land? everything happened before my eyes. the explosions erupted all around him when this strike hit. russian rockets often target his village of 500 people. we were covered with dust, just dust and shrapnel all the way here. i fell to the ground crawling, not feeling my legs or arms. it was scary. for those who have not gone through this, you would not believe it. reporter: sergei keeves one eye on his heard and the other eye on the war. so these are sergei s six dairy cows, and if you notice he has them spread out. he wants to separate them so they don t all get killed in one strike. he must keep the cows alive.