a train notjust to the battlefield, but home. viktoria has had enough of being a refugee and is heading back with her precious cargo. her baby. translation: it was impossible to live like that. we travelled all around slovakia and ukraine, but i have to settle our family. this is where we belong. after travelling across the country, she s welcomed by who she left behind. her husband, serhiy. translation: i feel overwhelmed and very glad to see my beautiful daughter and my wife. here, men typically stay behind to eitherfight or in serhiy s case, work. he and thousands of others chose to stay for this coalmine.
which are allowing people to move back into harm s way. for serhiy and viktoria, it s a conscious decision. translation: who knows when it will become safe here? maybe a year, two or five. we don t want to wait even one year. overall, we are prepared. yes? in these times of turmoil, there is a hope and belief they won t last forever. futures depend on it. james waterhouse, bbc news, pokrovsk, in eastern ukraine. we now know the names of the two people who died after getting into difficulty in the water off england s south coast. 17 year old joe abbess from southampton, and a 12 year old girl, named locally as sunnah khan from high wycombe in buckinghamshire. joe s family say they re heartbroken and devastated.
there is a sympathy in the trenches for those wanting to come home. if you have do die , he tells me, it s better to die at home than somewhere abroad. it s the watchful eyes of soldiers like him which are allowing people to move back into harm s way. for serhiy and viktoria, it s a conscious decision. translation: who knows when it will become safe here? maybe a year, two or five. we don t want to wait even one year. overall, we are prepared. yes. in these times of turmoil, there is a hope and believe they won t last forever. futures depend on it. james waterhouse, bbc news, pokrovsk, in eastern ukraine. now to the southern russian region
are returning to their homes close to the front line even though officials are urging them to stay away. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has been to the eastern town of pokrovsk, to find out why some are deciding to go home. the end of the line. we re on a journey, which people are being told not to take. a train notjust to the battlefield, but home. viktoria has had enough of being a refugee and is heading back with her precious cargo. her baby. translation: it was impossible to live like that. we travelled all around slovakia and ukraine but i have to settle our family. this is where we belong. after travelling across the country, she s welcomed by who she left behind. her husband, serhiy.
it s the watchful eyes of soldiers like him which are allowing people to move back into harm s way. for serhiy and viktoria, it s a conscious decision. translation: who knows when it will become safe here? maybe a year, two or five. we don t want to wait even one year. overall, we are prepared. yes. in these times of turmoil, there is a hope and believe they won t last forever. futures depend on it. james waterhouse, bbc news, pokrovsk, in eastern ukraine. well meanwhile, a group of paramilitary fighters who are opposed to moscow say they have captured several russian soldiers in the belgorod region, which is near the border with ukraine.