Page 57 - Basements News Today

For days in basements. >> exactly. i mean, people are too afraid to go outside because they could easily be shot. >> you were also in a town northwest of kyiv. and in the report that went along with your photographs, i mean, it -- you tell the story of this man who helped his neighbors, helped shelter them, ended up being shot, and his body left outside on the street for days, his family looking at it every day but were too afraid to go out and retrieve it because they were afraid they would get...

Weve even heard of people being taken off the convoy and that people are missing. so, you can only imagine what its like for these people to actually get to an area that they feel safe, that theyre actually fed. the support that theyre getting is amazing. theyre getting fed. there is clothes available, toys for the children. >> and for some of them, its the first time theyve had solid food. according to the accounts, some of them were eating dry pasta for days in basements. >> exactly. i mean, p...

In the eastern donbas region. theres been fighting there since 2014, between ukrainian troops, and separatists, backed by moscow. russian artillery has been targeting towns and cities, where mainly civilains have been sheltering in basements, short of food and water. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has travelled close to the frontlines. birdsong explosion the first sounds of spring, now drowned out by heavy shelling. in eastern ukraine, their battered flag still flying, but signs of lif...

We have the foreign minister of ukraine standing in of our cameras talking to us saying, were going to pay the price for the safety of the world. it is a an incredible statement as people are suffering and hiding in basements across the country. i just wonder where this is headed strategically in the short-term? >> in the short-term, this is all about getting ukraine to the point, the biden administration and the pentagon in particular views the next four weeks with the fight in the donbas as cr...

Never happened. just a week ago, he said the russians would stop firing on the plant that has over 1,000 civilians in their basements, and every day, every night, russian artillery and bombardments continue. i think the problem is that the u.n. is just not able as an organization to stand up to the kind of bullies that russia represents. and thats too bad for the people in ukraine, but ultimately, we know where the fault lies. >> maybe russia shouldnt be in the united nations. former u.s. ambass...

Executive director of doctors without borders. avril, thanks for joining us today. avril, your last joined our show in late march, about a month ago. the humanitarian crisis in ukraine has worsened since then. can you talk to us about the challenges your teams have felt, trying to get aid, to get the enormous needs of suffering? >> thanks for having me back. i was in ukraine for a month, and just returned a couple of days ago. and what we see now is just with the increasing bombing of civilian a...

Underground tunnels, starving t depth. vladimir. that itll barricaded the plant forcing big ukrainians to slow surrender or die. and money and resources are tightened some families are bearing loved ones in court yards. >> people are sitting in basements. that district is being shelled. cars are all burned in a courtyard. people are being killed near a fire. people walking their dogs kille by scrap metal. >> and tomorrow is orthodox easter. a priest will be blessed easter baskets and president p...

And in other areas, the uncertainty will all play out. and it has an impact on their long term development. and their parents, their mothers, extended family are going through the same trauma. we provide support both for the children and the women that theyre with, who are doing anything they can to protect them, and also at the same time look after themselves. >> absolutely. the mothers and fathers are trying to shield their children. are the majority of people arriving, are they women and chil...

Where many remain trapped, has been "thwarted" by russian forces, according to a city official. around 200 residents had gathered at the evacuation meeting point announced by kyiv, but russian forces "dispersed" them. earlier i spoke to yuriy sak — an advisor to the ukrainian defence ministry, and he told me that the situation there is desperate. the efforts to arrange evacuation corridors have been attempted for a number of days now, because there are over 1,000 civilians trapped in the azovs...

Are being dumped by the russian forces there. as you mentioned, cnn, though, cant independently verify that claim. there is no doubt, though, that mariupol has been largely reduced to rubble. the destruction is vast. what has been harder to get a handle on or quantify is the human toll. those who are still alive are hunkering down in basements, theyve been there almost two months now. one of those places the azozstal are making it there and the workers who took shelter in the deepest basement th...