the bombing is relentless. explosion shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. come on! this way. down. down, down, down, down. get in, get down. we follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. explosion they are the defenders of donbas. first light on the eastern front. ..and the opening battle of the day for ukrainian forces heading forward. ..is with the mud. war has left donbas ploughed and churned. this is their second spring
shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. come on! this way. down. down, down, down, down. get in, get down. we follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. explosion they are the defenders of donbas. first light on the eastern front. ..and the opening battle of the day for ukrainian forces heading forward. ..is with the mud. war has left donbas ploughed and churned. this is their second spring since russia invaded,
brigade infantryman dima he s just 22 years old is escorting us forward. gunfire mortars, tank fires, grads they get hit by everything here. dima sjust told me the village over here is half held by the ukrainians and half held by the russians. we re told to tread carefully. land mines litter the ground. and they re not the only danger. gunfire as we move closer, russian fire begins to fly overhead. explosion it s time to head for cover. even the shallowest trenches will do.
40% of that city. unfortunately since the 21st of february, mahmoud for journalists has been a red zone declared by the ukrainians so we don t we re not able to report firsthand on what what? what s going on, but certainly by allah counts by the video that s coming out. from ukrainian troops. the fighting is indeed intense and that fighting sort of spills out over into the towns around babu just south of here and constant in an apartment building was hit by russian fire, and that instance six civilians killed. it appears that the russians in addition to trying to take bomb mood are trying to make life in the surrounding towns, unlivable omar. ben wedeman. thank you as always, and please stay safe. pope francis jumping right into
living near the line of fire now being moved away from the fighting. ukrainian police releasing a video on friday, saying it shows the evacuation of children from the town of civil risk, it s about 10 kilometers or six miles from the front lines, and it has been ravaged by russian attacks. but according to the top u n, human rights official, thousands of other ukrainians never had a chance to get away from russian fire. he spoke at the un human rights council on friday. using the rigorous methodology of my office. our staff has verified more than 8400 civilian deaths and over 14,000 civilians wounded since 20 february of last year. these figures are just the tip of the iceberg. most of the casualties resulted from the russian forces use of wide impact explosive weaponry in residential neighborhoods.