there is complete destruction absolutely everywhere. but maybe the most interesting thing is not the place this flattened but the fact it wasn't flattened into submission. in the capital monument is being protected as history is rewritten because met with a fierce resistance moscow now says it no longer wants to focus on the capital but the ukrainians don't believe that. >> translator: we cannot trust them. at the moment we don't see any withdrawal of russian troops from certain areas of kyiv. >> reporter: because you needn't go far from kyiv to see the area around it was in russia's sights not long ago.