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There wasn't much resistance, but everything was mined, the entire city. a warehouse blew up. and what of the russians? trying to retreat. and that's here in izyum? some were captured, here on the ground, with their hands tied. others made it out — and one man calls home. writing down her thoughts was the only way lyubov could cope with the trauma of her city's occupation. and your final diary entry is for the day before the russians leave. translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. l so little joy and laughter. so much fear, pain and tears.

What you'll hear and see are the voices and words of both sides responding to the same events, to get a hint of the carnage and waste of one year of war. on the 2nd of may last year, izyum was under russian control. but ukrainian forces were hitting back with heavy artillery. one russian conscript, on the phone to a friend, doesn't want to fight. on the same day, lyubov writes a new entry in her diary. she's been chronicling her feelings about the war from the beginning. translation: may 2nd, 2022. it is impossible to

Diary this time next year? translation: i hope i will write that we won this warl long ago, and we have peace. a hope shared by millions. that as the ice covering the city melts, another year of war won't pass before the snows come again. clive myrie, bbc news. four people have been arrested after protesters used paint to create a huge ukrainian flag on the road outside the russian embassy in london. campaigners from the group led by donkeys covered the street in 340 litres of yellow and blue paint ahead of the first anniversary of the start of the war in ukraine. passing traffic then spread t...

And what of the russians? trying to retreat. and that's here in izyum? some were captured, here on the ground, with their hands tied. others made it out — and one man calls home. writing down her thoughts was the only way lyubov could cope with the trauma of her city's occupation. and your final diary entry is for the day before the russians leave. translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. l so little joy and laughter. so much fear, pain and tears. and what do you think or hope you will be writing in your

Piles of bricks, glass and debris. i don't know how people survive. that's so powerful. reading that back now, almost a year on, how do you feel? translation: now, when i read it, it's always painful. _ it's really tough. two months later, on 22july, the fighting for izyum is intense. the russian hold on the city is precarious, and one soldier calls home to his wife.