ukrainians who have come to italy since the beginning of the war. maria has kept the worst details from her youngest children who are just 6 and 7. but alexander, who celebrated his 16th birthday last week in rome, is old enough to hear the truth. alexander shows us what is left of his high school which was bombed on a photo the director sent him. is this your school? yes , we go inside this door. my classroom inside. reporter: since arriving in rome march 8, the children have started school where they are learning italian as they settle into olga s apartment inside the villa. to imagine what they have gone through, having their lives disrupted and turned upside down, and their father still being there, and their grandfather being there, it is just it is heartbreaking.
italy since the beginning of the war. maria has kept the worst details from her youngest children, who are just 6 and 7. but alexander, who celebrated his 16th birthday last week in rome, is old enough to hear the truth. alexander shows us what s left of his high school, which was bombed, and a photo the director sent him. is this your school? yes. this is door, we go inside for this door. my classroom inside. reporter: since arriving in rome march 8th, the children have started school where they re learning italian as they settle into olga s apartment inside the villa. imagine what they have gone through, having their lives disrupted, turned upside down, and their father still being there, and their grandfather being there, it s just it s heartbreaking. it really is.