cnn s sal muma abdel aziz has o report. reporter: they are two tiny to understand the meaning of war, but these orphans are already victim to its cruelty. they re among the 71 children that were rescued from the hard hit northern city of sumy. many are disabled. all under the age of 4, some requiring constant medical attention. these are the kids from a sumy orfj, the doctor in the video says. they were evacuated yesterday and miraculously they brought them here to kyiv. their journey was very difficult, he says. for two weeks care takers sheltered the babies and toddlers from russian bombardment in a basement. and when a humanitarian corridor finally opened they made the dangerous journey here to the capital. each little one arrived with an
orange tag with minimal details name, birth date and their most urgent medical need. we were able to track down four of the children now a kyiv city heart center. over shaky video connection his staff told us of their harrowing journey. all the children were packed across just four ambulances with only two doctors among them. in the car to and from sumy to kyiv during the six hours with our doctor, just the driver. reporter: now the babies are receiving the medical attention they require, but with russian forces shelling kyiv, they re still not safe. nurse oxana has a simple plea. children, don t die. reporter: you don t want children to die. yes, yes.