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Displaced families some at no cost or discounted rates. they found refuge after russian forces found safe harbor. >> you hear shells blowing up, loath of bombardment. >> how did you feel when you arrived? >> when you look at these mountains and the news, it seems like not real. >> and you're here, you're safe, feel kind of guilty because in the beginning i left my family there. >> reporter: after a terrifying week, mom and daughter finally squeezed on to a train out of embattled kyiv but where to go and remembered a special family trip. >> we love this place because our summertime we provide h...

They're shelling these places. they're taking places under artillery shelling, rocket shelling. there were a bunch of destroyed houses and of course, as you can imagine for the people that remain, one third of the citizens up there, it's absolutely unsafe to be there. the ukrainian military says about kyiv, they are making headway and pushing russian forces back. their leadership understands the gains they've made are still fragile because of course the russian military is extremely dangerous and has gear and using longer range weapons, as well. you do sense there is a bit more of optimism her...

After russia said it would scale back its military operations there and in kyiv. chernihiv's mayor says instepped the russian bombardment actually escalated. >> translator: they have increased the intensity of strikes. today we've had a colossal mortar attack on the center of chernihiv. whenever russia says something this needs to be checked carefully. russia is deliberately exterminating civilians. >> and this new video just in shows at least two military strikes have heavily damaged a red cross warehouse in mariupol. satellite images confirmed earlier reports from ukrainian forces. the inter...

Did the u.s. overestimate russia's combat readiness? >> reporter: that's a key question now. is this an intelligence failure but perhaps an intelligence failure that works to ukraine's advantage in these horrifying circumstances? the russians far from ten feet tall, far from achieving their objectives of taking kyiv, of taking any major population centers as we've heard. putin may not be told the truth from his generals. more critically underestimating the ability of ukraine forces and the people of ukraine to rally and for alm of them to fight back against this invasion. >> barbara starr, tha...

Donbas and i don't think it is now. i think here we have the kremlin is creating a number of options for president putin, creating this groundwork or narrative of victory that they could use as a face-saving way out of the conflict at a later date. i just don't think we're there yet, and so i think it's too soon. it is possible that those forces that are redeployed to the donbas can be used to engage a large portion of ukrainian forces that are in the region. i believe up to a third of ukrainian forces that are there. if they do succeed in encircling ukrainian forces, russia can move on if the...