Severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popular tourist destination. now it s just another town
Where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred
Where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popular tourist destination.
But that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popular tourist destination. now it s just another town from which people flee. translation: what can i say? i m overwhelmed with grief. i m 70 years old and i ve nowhere to live. the few who ve stayed behind have to queue for food. they re notjust hungry, though, they re scared. translation: i cry every day. what kind of god would allow this to happen? i cry every day. what kind of god should we ask to stop all this? there is now a strong military presence in this town. just a few miles down the road, russian forces are advancing from the north.
Was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, we just came here to go to a shelter but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popular tourist destination. now it s just another town from which people flee. translation: what can i say? i m overwhelmed with grief. i m 70 years old and