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And i saw a lot of buildings destroyed, nine-story buildings, 15 story buildings. and so this was the neighborhood 23. and that's the name of the neighborhood. and that's where the street fighting was going on. and that was different from where we were because where we were, we were under shelling or air bombardment where as in that area directly opposite that was a lot of street fighting and a lot of armored vehicles there. >> how many russian check points did you have to go through to get out to safety? and what happened at those russian check points? what did russian forces do? and what did...

In operation _ leading those 500 people out. it 3 in operation that has lasted for the last five days. we had a team leading from mariupol, a long journey, 200 kilometres, many check points, we had the separate guarantees from the parties and we had to stop many times along the road, so it took us a few days to go there and unfortunatelyjust before entering mariupol, 20 kilometres, the safety conditions were not possible for us to proceed further although we tried several times and finally yesterday evening, we managed to go back slowly, we collected people that were living in marie paul —â€...

Fuel prices sparked protests and a harsh government crackdown. president putin spoke with kazakhstan's leader in the hopes of restoring order. matthew chance is live in moscow. matthew, what is the status in kazakhstan right now? do we have a lot of visibility in there and what has the presence of russian troops done to the situation there? >> yeah, no t a lot of visibility. the internet's been patchy. we haven't got any reporters there. in fact, the international community has been kept out. i spoke to a contact on the ground today and she told me that look, you know, the protest had died dow...

Streets now. they weren't deserted but there won't those protests. there were sporadic gunshots she said being heard on occasion near check points setup by the security forces. but that relative stability has come at a very high price because there have been dozens of people who have been killed according to officials. they're not just protesters but also the security forces killed by, you know, rampaging mobs during the worst of the protests. also nearly 4,000 people have been detained by the security forces. we don't know what's become of them and what will -- how they will be processed and ...

And darkf the wilderness.d other animals. and only stopping at mandatory check points where vets can take a look at the dogs and the huskies get a quick bite to eat. >> we want to get them fed and resting as quick as they can so they can get off their feet and get some sleep and get ready to do it all over again. >> the final destination for this race is grand portage near the canadian border and it is not just the mushers who go along for the ride, it's the fans, too. >> even when it's 15 below they still come out in full force. >> it is just really cool to see that everyone is so excited and...