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Before that i spent all the time in my mothers cellar. and where she keeps preserves. and the situation was such that there was shells dropping all the time and planes whizzing past and the sound of bombs dropping, the ground shaking, and when this happens, you cant breathe. it is impossible to describe. it is not even something ive ever seen in films, when things are whizzing past you, and you know a bomb can drop any moment. and the more -- the closer the planes flying, the more the louder the...

Who said he helped the wounded back home. >> translator: there were people watching the equipment, moving along the street and they were shot at. two people were running into a cellar and one of them was killed. >> he along with his family, sheltered at home for ten days. >> translator: me, my son and my brother were in the house and my wife and daughter were in the cellar. >> he said he had a pitchfork ready to defend his 25-year-old daughter and his son. >> if they came into my house i would u...

Airport. >> reporter: they were waiting outside the building. >> something exploded again and then it was the first time when we went into the cellar. there were maybe 30 people at that moment. >> reporter: the next morning, natalia decided her kids would be safer if they left ukraine, and stayed with friends in poland. her car was old and difficult for her to drive. but another friend in bucha knew of a reliable car with extra seats. >> between kyiv and bucha, it has been exploded. and it was m...

Kharkiv after spending days hiding in the cellar. it is getting easy but he flinches when he sleeps. mom, i have nightmares, he tells her. >> reporter: does he still feel scared? f >> yes, but i try to calm him. we go outside and breathe fresh air. thats what is needed here. kamil dont know how much longer he can provide it. >> reporter: you have zero money and how does it work? volunteers are helping. there is no sustainable support for us. >> these helpers need help to keep their doors open fo...

>> reporter: behind each of these doors is a story of trauma. victoria and her grandkids arrived here only yesterday. they still feel so raw. it was so scary, but we had to go for the children, she says. >> im very, very sorry. do you finally feel safe? >> it will come, he says. every time we hear a loud sound, we flinch and look up at the sky. we still feel fear. >> reporter: you irna and her s fled after spending days hiding in a cellar. its getting easier, she says, but he flinches in his sle...

They still feel so raw. >> translator: it was so scary, but we had to go for the children. >> im very, very sorry. do you finally feel safe? >> translator: it will come, she says. every time we hear a loud sound we flinch and look up at the sky. we still feel fear. >> reporter: erna and her son fled after spending days hiding in a cellar. "its getting easier," she says, "but he flinches in his sleep." "mom, i have nightmares," he tells her. does he still feel scared? >> translator: yes, but i tr...

>> translator: it was so scary but we had to go for the children she says. >> reporter: i am very, very sorry. do you finally feel safe? >> it will come, she says. every time we hear a loud sound we flinch and look up at the sky. we still feel fear. earna and her son fled after spening days hiding in a cellar. its getting easier she says but he flinches in his sleep. mom, i have nightmares he tells her. does he still feel scared? yes, sometimes. but i try to calm him. we go outside and breathe f...

>> up until now, we receive zero from any ngo or government. there are huge bills which we need to pay. >> reporter: behind each of these doors is a story of trauma. victoria and her grandkids arrived here yesterday. they still feel so raw. >> translator: it was so scary, but we had to go for the children. >> reporter: im very, very sorry. do you finally feel safe? >> translator: it will come. every time we hear a loud sound, we flifnch and look up at the sky. we still feel fear. >> reporter: th...

Bogdan explains that this was the final push to get into the city. so, he is saying that this was a ukrainian position. the russians bombed it heavily, and then russian soldiers were actually here in this area, just a mile away from the city. he never saw the russian soldiers here, but he felt the full force of their assault. this is my cellar, he says. he tells us his nephew was sheltering from the bombardment there when it took a direct hit. nikolai was forced to bury him in a shallow grave in...

Ukrainian position. the russians bombed it heavily, and then russian soldiers were actually here in this area just a mile away from the city. nikolai never saw the russian soldiers here, but he felt the full force of their assault. "this is my cellar," he says. he tells us his nephew was sheltering from the bombardment there whether it took a direct hit. pinned down, nikolai was forced to bury him in a shallow grave in the garden. "we put a cross and covered it with a shield so the dogs wouldnt ...