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Are unsure of their next move. >> reporter: shattered by russian artillery. the windshield of a car that a ukrainian family used to make their two-day escape from the besieged city of mariupol. we meet natalia shortly after her family reaches relative safety in the parking lot of a super store on the edge of the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. the day before yesterday an artillery shell hit our house, she says. half of the house is gone. this is what was left. >> translator: if russia sees this, i want them to know they aren't defending us, they are killing us because they seem to think they a...

Fleeing that besieged city that make a dangerous journey. they are traumatized and shell-shocked and i've been talking with some of the new arrivals. shattered by russian artillery, the windshield of a car that a ukrainian family used to make their two-day escape from the besieged port city of mariupol. we meet natalia after her family reaches relative safety in the parking lot of a store on the edge of the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. the day before yesterday an artillery shell hit our house, she says. half of the house is gone. this is what was left. >> translator: if russia sees this, i ...

Hertling, thanks so much as always for joining us. well, more than 400,000 people lived in mariupol before russia's invasion. but less than half of them remain. the city's mayor is calling for a full evacuation, but says that the corridors are largely under the control of russian forces. cnn's vivan watson spoke with residents who have made it out of mariupol but are very much unsure of their next move. >> reporter: shattered by russian artillery, the windshield of a car that a ukrainian family used to make their two-day escape from the besieged port city of mariupol. we meet natalia, shortly ...

City of zaparija. the day before yesterday, an artillery shell hit her house, she says. half the house is gone. this is what was left. >> translator: if russia sees this, i want them to know they're not defending us, they're killing us. they seem to think they're defending us, and that's just not true. >> reporter: this park a gateway to a territory for 100,000 citizens who fled mariupol. they look shell-shocked. they arrive draped with flags that say "children", and some show up in yellow school buses. they were bombing us, she says. bombing us with planes and tanks.

Civilians in this devastated city and 90% of homes have been damaged or destroyed. valentina enters what's left of the only home she's ever known, the place where she raised her family. she wasn't here when the shell hit. she's been hiding in the basement. she doesn't want to leave. she knows she can't stay. but many will never leave. the council says almost 5,000 people have been killed during the four-week siege, including more than 200 children. russia is so close to taking its prize but it will be a blackened shell of a city and it's unlikely the people they're conquering will ever forgive...