some by wheelbarrow or on foot. here s where they re welcomed. in president volodymyr zelenskyy s hometown, kri kriviy rykh. talk of a sham referendum on wednesday, trying to gentrify the russian occupation. and many flee these past days, with queues of cars backed up for miles. for this family it was about saving the eldest, fearing their 18-year-old son would be conscripted after the sham vote. the first time we tried to leave they shot at us. the second time we got out, she says. we are completely occupied, she says. there s no food, no money. we have nothing. they ll do a referendum and take our children. my son is 18, and they ll take him as cannon fodder. we ran as fast as we could. it is jarring among the generosity of donations and offers of new homes to hear of the casual brutality of the