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What the russians have done. those who stay here are now completely cut off from basic services. so there s no electricity here, no water at all, and you can see they re actually collecting rain water. it s time for anatoly and vladimir to go. their entire life now packed into the trunk of alexander s car. leaving the village, we spot a house destroyed by shelling. as we get out to take a closer look, a tearful woman emerges. she tells us it happened two days earlier. the first hit was at 5:50 and then there was a second hit, she says. and that hit my garage. she takes us around what remains of her home. a steady thuds of artillery can still be heard. the roof is completely ....
But every day, volunteer alexander makes the dangerous drive towards russian forces in his hometown of papasna to rescue fellow residents from the heavy fighting. they shell everything, he tells us. school buses, the red cross, anything that moves. so why do you do this work? i love my town, and i can t leave it, he says. i can t leave the people here. somebody needs to help people. he s hoping the rain provides some let-up in the relentless artillery. it s better for us, but it s worse for the road, he says. you can t see the potholes and the shrapnel from the shells. he arrives at the village on the outskirts of papasna. in the last few days it has come under heavy shelling. anatoly is now being evacuated with his son, vladimir. a neighbor shouts at us to show ....
But they ve been fighting russian backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its best trained and most battle hardened troops. they re certainly not all young. from his dugout, 52 year old anatoly says he can already see russian troops just 500 metres away. translation: if they try to take this position, - i ll kill them. if i don t kill them, they ll kill me. those are the rules of war. they know their enemy can be brutal. they ve had little rest from the fighting. they can already hear the russian artillery getting closer. but they say morale is high. translation: without | trenches to defend from, we would all die. but these trenches will protect us. as you can see, they re well dug in here. very different from the fighting that you ve seen in kyiv, in urban areas. both sides well dug in. easier to defend, but of course the russians have significant firepower, and we know they re ....
For now, moscow seems to be focusing its attention on eastern ukraine, specifically the donbas region. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing that area, where separatists have been fighting for eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. 21st century combat on ukraine s eastern front can look and sound more like something from the first world war. but they ve been fighting russian backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its best trained and most battle hardened troops. they re certainly not all young. from his dugout, 52 year old anatoly says he can already see russian troops just ....
Where separatists have been fighting for eight years. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now, from lysycha nsk. 21st century combat on ukraine s eastern front can look and sound more like something from the first world war. but they ve been fighting russian backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its best trained and most battle hardened troops. they re certainly not all young. from his dugout, 52 year old anatoly says he can already see russian troops just 500 metres away. translation: if they try to take this position, i ll kill them. i if i don t kill them, they ll kill me. those are the rules of war. they know their enemy can be brutal. they ve had little rest from the fighting. they can already hear the russian artillery getting closer. ....