with no electricity, meals are cooked outside when it s safe. but the blasts have forced them underground. however hard it may be to stay, their presence has become an act of defiance. translation: we re waiting for victory. i we want all our children, our grandchildren, to come back home, and we want somewhere to come back to. we want our home to stay unscathed, and notjust ours, but for all the people that had to leave. i was told this building was intact this morning, which gives you an idea of kind of the intensity of shelling this village is facing. the ukrainians have built up their forces, taking forces from elsewhere in the country and put them here, to keep the russians at bay. when i asked how far the russians will come north, the answer i got was, as far as we let them . and this invasion is personal to the local ukrainian force. translation: in our battalions,
the rest of the villagers are along here, says the captain. with no electricity, meals are cooked outside when it s safe. but the blasts have forced them underground. however hard it may be to stay, their presence has become an act of defiance. translation: we re waiting for victory. i we want all our children, our grandchildren, to come back home, and we want somewhere to come back to. we want our home to stay unscathed and notjust ours, but for all the people that had to leave. i was told this building was intact this morning, which gives you an idea of kind of the intensity of shelling this village is facing. the ukrainians have built up their forces, taken forces from elsewhere in the country and put them here, to keep the russians at bay. when i asked how far the russians will come north, the answer i got was, as far as we let them . and this invasion is personal to the local ukrainian force. translation: in our battalions,
but the blasts have forced them underground. however hard it may be to stay, their presence has become an act of defiance. translation: we re waiting for victory. i we want all our children, our grandchildren, to come back home, and we want somewhere to come back to. we want our home to stay unscathed and notjust ours, but for all the people that had to leave. i was told this building was intact this morning, which gives you an idea of kind of the intensity of shelling this village is facing. the ukrainians have built up their forces, taken forces from elsewhere in the country and put them here, to keep the russians at bay. when i asked how far the russians will come north, the answer i got was, as far as we let them . and this invasion is personal to the local ukrainian force. translation: in our battalions, there are many people whose . homes and relatives are in the occupied territories. they are very determined,
to the local ukrainian force. translation: in our battalions, there are many people whose . homes and relatives are in the occupied territories. they are very determined, and all they re waiting for is an order to advance, to come back to their home villages, towns and districts. there are no military targets here in these tree lined streets, just much prized family homes. the volley of shells just missed this house. oh, yeah, that has been a direct hit. it s hard to comprehend just how close this war has come. translation: l was underl the shed there when i heard the shots and ran into the cellar. even as thoughts of a clear up begin, the bombardment continues, shattering lives one barrage at a time. distant explosions. laura bicker, bbc news, near zaporizhzhia.
however hard it may be to stay, their presence has become an act of defiance. translation: we are waiting for victory. - we want all our children, our grandchildren, to come back home, and we want somewhere to come back to. we want our home to stay unscathed, and notjust ours, but for all the people that had to leave. i was told this building was intact this morning, which gives you an idea of kind of the intensity of shelling this village is facing. the ukrainians have built up their forces, taking forces from elsewhere in the country and put them here, to keep the russians at bay. when i asked how far the russians will come north, the answer i got was as far as we let them . and this invasion is personal to the local ukrainian force. translation: in our battalions there are many people - whose homes and relatives