medyka, traveling by day and sheltering in basements at night, in fear of the sound of constant shelling. but she said, worst of all, the sound of planes at night dropping bombs. they dropped them on the bakeries, so we don t have anything to eat. on the water facilities, so we don t have anything to drink. the most scared was reporter: for daria, it was the sounds of the planes at night that scared her the most on her three-day adjourn good from kharkiv. it forced her and her son from their first underground shelter. as a mom, she says i was scared. my son handled it better. it s harder for the mother. larissa and her daughter escaped irpin more than a week ago.
shouting we are told for the third time that day we re told for the third time that day to get into a nearby underground shelter. the russians are pretty determined to break these lines. are they going to get past here? past you and these men? translation: i think no. we will not surrender kharkiv. our loved ones have got our backs. they won t get through here. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kharkiv. president biden says nato has never been more united and that russia s president, vladimir putin, is getting the opposite of what he intended when he ordered the invasion of ukraine. the us president was speaking after a summit in which leaders approved plans to send new battlegroups to four countries. our north america editor sarah
you can see what they re up against here. this is daily, but the steadfastness of these men has been felt notjust in kharkiv, but around the world. they ve had four weeks of this, and still, they remain. the russians haven t been able to break their lines. and this invasion might have come as a surprise to the rest of the world, but this is what they ve been expecting and training for for years. unable to move, the shelling is relentless. these bombardments are endless. explosion this is russia s tactic of choice. gunfire and explosions shouting we re told for the third time that day to get into a nearby underground shelter.
they have arrived day and night at medyka crossing. mothers and their children carrying little. burdened only by the images of what they fled. where is this? chernihiv? chernihiv. reporter: tatiana spent more than two weeks getting to medyka with her niece, nephew, and daughter. traveling by day, and sheltering in basements at night in fear of the sound of constant shelling but she says, worst of all, the sound of planes at night dropping bombs. they drop them on the hospitals where the sick are, she says, on the bakeries where they make bread so we don t have anything to eat. on the water facilities, so we don t have anything to drink. the most scared was when the plane. reporter: for daria, as well, it was the sound of the planes at night that scared her the most on her three-day journey from kharkiv. it was that sound, she says, that forced her and her son from their first underground shelter.
they are up against here. this is daily, but the steadfastness of these men has been felt notjust in kharkiv, but around the world. they have had four weeks of this and still they remain. the russians have not been able to break their lines and this invasion might have come as a surprise to the rest of the world, but this is what they have been expecting and training for for years. unable to move, the shelling is relentless. these bombardments are endless. this is russia s tactic of choice. shouting we are told for the third time that day to get into a nearby underground shelter. the russians are pretty determined to break these lines. are they going to get past here? are they going to get