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Past. natasha shows me a newspaper distributed during the occu occupation. what does she think of him? i haven't thought of anything good about him since 2000, she says. he destroyed everything in russia. the power does, however, come in handy. >> and ben wedeman joins us now from kharkiv. ben n your piece, come residents spoke about leaving. do you have a sense of how many might stay there just by the conditions? >> reporter: well, it depends. we've heard president zelenskyy say that they're going to do as much as possible to restore basic services. but if that takes time, certainly many peop...

>> it depends. we've heard president zelenskyy say they're gonna do as much as possible to restore basic services. but if that takes time, certainly, many people say that they want to leave. in fact, this is an area that's entries restricted except for journalists. so, many of them have relatives who are ready to drive in and take them away. because living in a town like that, without any basic services, let alone a functioning economy, not many people are gonna want to stay, anderson.

>> reporter: russian forces are trying to dig new defensive lines in the areas they still control. the governor of the kharkiv region says his priority at the moment is to restore basic services, electricity, water and heating in the newly liberated areas. while efforts continue to exhume who are body at the and if ukrainian officials are showing journalists what they say were russian prisons complete with torture room, this area continues to come under bombardment from russian forces. early saturday morning, russian missiles slammed into an industrial site here in the city of kharkiv and in a...

I think it's things like that. working on gas prices, trying to keep them low. cost of living, kitchen table issues. doing, not just telling is what's going to get this white house back on track seven months before an election. >> obama -- president obama also weighed in on the election, i want to share what he said. >> mister president, what do you say to democrats worried about the midterms? would you tell democrats worry about the midterms? >> we've got a story to tell i'm gonna tell it. >> there you go. if you've got a story tell, tell it. where should he do that? for example, the bipartis...

America calling people back to be built. >> now, services, ukrainians officials, they are trying to check the city and clean it mostly from the mines, because they are still dangerous for the civilians. and we are trying to restore morale connection because if you drive in, you can't call anybody. you can only talk orally, or find a person or really. and talk what you need. we are trying to restore electricity, and water and gas supply. it's more complicated because, the whole system is broken. so, it will take like two weeks, maybe one month to restore basic infrastructure. and now we think t...