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Joining a miles-long line of other cars. >> it was very easy for me just to leave because it was a hell there. i didn't recognize the town where i had been living for 17 years. >> reporter: natalia said she heard shooting behind her and passed bullet-riddled cars displaying signs that read children spelled out in russian. >> it was shot by the missiles and probably there were just burnt people, burnt bodies. >> reporter: she drove by the city of irpin, through a number of russian checkpoints. at one point, natalia says a line of tanks merged into the middle of the column of civilian cars. >> t...

City of irpin, through a number of russian checkpoints. at one point a line of tanks emerged into the column of civilian cars. >> they were hiding behind us. they were using us like a living shield. >> reporter: a taou more miles, she came to a ukrainian checkpoint. . >> all the time i had been calm, but at that point i just burst into tears and it was kind of relief on the one hand. on the other hand it was just -- yes. >> reporter: natalia, can you finish that thought? you said it was relief on one hand. but what else were you feeling? . >> sorrow. sorrow. yes, probably sorrow. >> reporter: ...

>> it was shots, missiles, and there were just burned people, burned bodies. >> reporter: she drove by the city of irpin, through a number of russian checkpoints, and at one point natalia says a line of tanks merged into the middle of the column of civilian cars. >> they were hiding behind us, they were using us like living shield. >> reporter: after a few more miles, natalia finally came to a ukrainian checkpoint. >> all the time i have been calm, but at that point i couldn't -- i just burst into tears and it was kind of relief on the one hand and on the other hand, it was just -- yes, and we...