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And that unity was strengthened when ukrainian troops fought their way into bucha, outside kyiv, and found evidence of russian war crimes. a few miles from bucha, irina, on her own, buried her son in her garden after russians shot him on march 10 last year as he went to work. this was 0leksei as a boy. he was 27 when he was killed. a year later, irina walks to the cemetery every day where he was reburied. she dressed her boy in new clothes with a flower in his buttonhole, as he was engaged. she ...

There is a fairly straightforward case for a crime of aggression. >> even if somebodys a soldier, a combatant, there are rules about how you treat them once somebody surrendered or once theyre in your custody, or once theyve got handcuffs on you, cant torture them, you cant kill them, you cant do these things. but we were talking about in bucha and -- hostomel and, by the way, what we still dont know about mariupol and places like that. these are crimes against civilians. >> correct and so, when...

Also, coping with the tragedy of the war. nbcs erin mclaughlin first met young lad after the liberation of bucha. now, she reunited with him and filed this? >> in the war-torn city approach, a six year old lad lag earn is back in school. now that it has partially reopened, after being bombed during the russian invasion. at midday, his dad picks him up. but, vlad doesnt want to leave. he loves to learn that much. >> this little boy has become too familiar with heartbreak. last, year vlad survived...

This is bucha. yes. this is pretty... yes. i was there just after, when we de—occupied it. yes, weve been there. yes. and that was tragedy, and it wasnt a movie. you see that was real life. and i think we became... when we saw what theyve done in bucha, i think all of us, people who were there and people who watched this, and i think everybody, became older, really older, and... so how to command it? i think you see that is the face. i really... its my opinion that bucha is not the face of ukr...

>> reporter: this war is a tale of epic resistance but a whole nation and the civilians who became overnight soldiers. >> this one year of the war is really feeling like 40 years of life. i dont feel myself so young again anymore, just because of the all experience of all the things you have seen. >> reporter: they remind us just how much has been lost. everyone has family, friends killed or wounded. when ukraine broke that long siege around kyiv revealing unimaginable horrors and crimes against...

Probably bucha. what i saw there when we went there, it was very scary that what we saw we realized that there must be a devil there in this world. >> at the time when most of the world learned of the horrors of bucha, i was here in ukraine reporting from the western city of lviv. i spoke with a member of the nations parliament, alexei coach orenco who had left kyiv and gone to the site of the liberated town about the atrocities that he witnessed and bucha. and this week, i met with him again. t...

Committed by russian forces around the town of bucha. >> the moment we deoccupied bucha, made me realize the devil is not in hell hes on earth among us. >> the devil is here on earth. you dont hear a lot of that, from this former comedian and actor. and ukrainians casualties, dead and wounded the past year roughly 100,000 and in the city of kharkiv there are 15 new rows at one cemetery and those new rows to try and house some of the dead from heavy fighting. one man brought some carnations to a ...

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He says,. that tells me he is a day away from his seventh birthday. they share a video created to mark last years celebration. >> they had no way of knowing that birthday it would be their last with marina. but vlad says, he remembers. erin mclaughlin, nbc news, bucha, ukraine. >> my gosh. that is an emotionally heartbreaking story. our thanks to erin, for that. and, another story we want to tell you about. for the 3 million plus residents of the capital city of kyiv, at the start of the word to...

Moms makeshift grave. >> we were in bucha last april, shortly after the russian retreat. vlads dad had marinas body exhumed from their backyard. then, laid to rest in the citys cemetery. vlad told us he remembered what happened to her and how ukrainian soldiers safe them from the russians. ukraines strong, he says. >> you are very strong. >> ten months later, we need flat on his walk home from school. >> how are you doing? >> how a school? >> he recognizes. you >> with russian missile still a pe...