path. there are those who have stayed to defend their cities and can't escape, they're facing new terrors and new obstacles. >> reporter: this is the road toward which annihilation may lurch and its emptiness speaks to who may come. they know what it is to be in russia's way. out of 18 homes, ten are left, she says. no electricity, gas, water, or heat. if anyone's left, they can't leave, another adds. they're young, edgy, guns raised. i'm sure they know who we are. press written on our vests slows