From there and from here it was flying from there and from here. after occupying the towns since late february, the russians did not hold back as the ukrainian army forced them to retreat, making sure to leave their mark. reporter: this neighborhood in borodianka has been completely and utterly destroyed. from the unemployment office over there to the municipal building. the mayor s office there, the police station there. this was a memorial to ukrainian soldiers who had fought the russian and pro russian separatists in the donbas reernlgness which began in 2014. the memorial has been completely smashed on to the ground. in fact, the only thing still standing in this immediate area is this memorial right here. this memorial to the soldiers who died fighting in afghanistan under the soviets. and now roughly two weeks after the russians with drew, after losing the battle of kyiv, and the surrounding area, people are starting to try to clean up what