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Firefighters. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: the collection effort nothing short of monumental, was the idea of oleg, who was born in central ukraine and moved to the u.s. when he was 14. three years ago he joined clifton, new jerseys fire department. >> seeing how the brotherhood runs through the department, that was one of the reasons. >> reporter: when russia invaded his home country, he says he knew his ukrainian brothers needed him too. >> you see the brotherhood not just in united stat...

Stepan couldnt be saved, and because of staff shortages of the morgue, oleg had to prepare his sons body for burial himself. >> translator: i had to wash him, to dress him. his head from his right ear to his left ear, one large hematoma. his arms, his legs, a total hematoma not compatible with life. and besides that, lots of other wounds were discovered after death. >> reporter: many other houses have also been hit here. the police tell me the russians shell the town every day. we bumped into 84...

Russian armored vehicles had come off the road to avoid mines only to find themselves unable to cross the bridge and unable to reverse in time. none of the soldiers inside survived. a little further up the road, two tanks have been virtually smelted, blasted almost to smithereens. he tells us this was his hand work. we all have one role, to keep the enemy off our land. the first thing they did after seeing the village, they started to shell houses just like that. they didnt see us. they didnt kn...

So i really want you to settle in for this one. okay? are you watching? a family whose story ive been following from the start of the war. and i got to meet them all today. reunited after surviving what everyone whos been through it has called hell on earth. so let me explain this. you may be remember joe ramers. if you take a look hes all the way on the left. hes an american in ukraine there with his wife dasha who is ukrainian. they first came on this show to talk about their own escape from k...

Handiwork. we all only have one role, to keep the enemy off our land. they started to shell houses just like that. they didnt see us. they didnt know they were here. so they just started to work on houses. so i took the tank in my sights and i fired a rocket. and good-bye to him. the destroyed vehicles are stamped with an "o." the ukrainian officers here tell us this identifies them as russian units that entered from belarus to the north. oleg is the officer who commanded this operation. looking...

Saying this cannot be divulged from the cost of living crisis, because of children have not got enough food, ive got enough heating, not in the right housing, then it is difficult for them to meet these targets at school. the education secretary says that although there is not new money being announced today, that all of the money, five billion pounds announced four after covid would feed into this. and still, theres been a lot of criticism that even the government has already announced like tut...

Massive explosion. there is some really thick brick walls that even they were annihilated by the force of whatever landed here. the people here tell us they only felt one really large explosion, and it wounded several people and killed a small child. that child was 2-year-old stepan killed while in his bed when the house came under fire. these videos given to us by local authorities show the chaos in the aftermath as the wounded appear in shock, residents and rescuers try to save those who were ...

Thinking? >> i was -- we were watching everything, every channel we could find. every page on instagram. what i was thinking, i dont know, sometimes you have hope. sometimes you think ill never see them again. so just -- yeah. mixed feelings. >> when you were able to communicate with them, what were you >> we were trying to make them try to go out of the city. most of the time they would ask whats going on here. >> part of the reason for not going i think was -- and they can answer this better. ...

They didnt see us. they didnt know we were here so they just started to work on houses. and so i took the tank in my sights and i fired a rocket. and goodbye to him. the destroyed vehicles are stamped with an o. ukrainian officers here tell us this identifies them as russian units that entered from belarus to the north. oleg is is the officer who commanded this operation. >> as for now looking at previous fighting weve had i can tell you we are trained better, he tells me. we have stronger moral...

Innocent civilians murdered in their home towns. in their homes. many more in danger of being next. and that is what motivates soccer club owner oleg. >> translator: i want to change my profession. i bought a rifle. i want to become a sniper. i believe after what we have seen, what happened in bucha, the number has increased ten fold of people like me who want to join. >> reporter: he wants to join the ukrainian military, he says. and go to the front lines. >> translator: i definitely want to go...