and he d and we decided to help them. at one of the russian military check points, they stopped in front of a soldier. he show us, go out, and turn on our car and after that, he begun to shoot. reporter: one of the bullets pierced the car over her head but in the backseat was 11-year-old milena, shot in the face. the russians, realizing their mistake, sent the girl to a hospital. katya, now separated, traveled on without knowing if the young girl survived until one tworks, three, four, five, six, seven. reporter: cnn found her in the basement of a children s hospital in eastern ukraine after surviving lifesaving surgery. for katya, the relief is overwhelmed by the horrors of what she witnessed. i saw a lot of dead people, a lot of graves on the street, for example, in my yard. and um, i started to believe