From fires caused by distant shelling. these are over 100 cars that have run the gauntlet out of kherson, the first city russia occupied. no school, no almost hospital. at the moment it is terrible. there are so many russian military there. it s terrible. reporter: what did they do? they at the moment they do nothing. reporter: eyes here tell of exhaustion, hours held at russian checkpoints. the only emotion left after two months under the russian gun, a slight smile of freedom. the idea dawning that life under occupation is behind them even if a life displaced by war is ahead. you can see just in the length of this queue here, the scale of the desperation that we re talking about here. people fleeing russian occupation, leaving this morning
Slight smile of freedom. the idea dawning that life under occupation is behind them, even if a life displaced by war is ahead. you can see just in the length of this queue here, the scale of the desperation we re talking here. people fleeing russian occupation, leaving this morning, first light from the city of kherson, the first to be occupied by russia at the start of the war. some of them on their fifth attempt to get out. reporter: something this time was different. it was easy. we left early and they were all asleep, she says. goods have dried up. everything is from crimea, she adds. they squeezed ten in here.
Hospital. at the home, it s terrible. there s so many russians, military there. terrible. reporter: what did they do? they at the moment, they do nothing. reporter: eyes here tell of exhaustion, hours held at russian checkpoints. the only emotion left after two months under the russian gun. a slight smile of freedom. the idea dawning that life under occupation is behind them, even if a life displaced by war is ahead. you can see just in the length of this queue here, the desperation we re talking about. people fleeing russian occupation, leaving this morning at first light from the city of kherson, the first to be occupied by russia at the start of the war. some of them on their fifth attempt to get out. something this time was different. it was easy.
There. it s terrible. what do they do? at the moment, they do nothing. eyes here tell of exhaustion, hours held at russian checkpoints. the only emotion left after two months under the russian gun, a slight smile of freedom. the idea dawning that life under occupation is behind them, even if a life displaced by war is ahead. you can see just in the length of this queue here, the scale of the desperation we re talking about here. people fleeing russian occupation, leaving this morning at the first light from kherson, the first to be occupied by russia at the start of the war. some of them on their fifth attempt to get out. something this time was different. it was easy. we left early, and they were all asleep, she says.