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Had occupied her village and set up artillery positions and ukrainian forces started to target them. just a few days ago, there was an explosion about 100 meters from her house. right after it hit, she knew it was time to go. she says, i thought to myself, i am 34, i have three children. it cannot end like this. we walked right into the forest for two hours. the ukrainian soldiers stopped us and told us there were snipers everywhere. they put us underneath shields. they walked us to safety because there were firefights everywhere. i never wanted to leave she said. eventually, she had no choice...

Chose to stay longer. up until they couldn't. people like alana, who left with her husband and three daughters. how old is she? >> five. >> and she asked if the tank would shoot at us? >> yeah, because she saw tank every -- every day because they -- >> she saw russian tanks? >> russian tanks. a lot of russian tanks. >> reporter: alana says russian soldiers had occupied her village and set up artillery positions and that ukrainian forces started to target them. just a few days ago, she says there was an explosion about 100 meters from her house. right after it hit, she knew it was time to go. s...

How old is she? >> 5. >> and she asked if the tank would shoot at us. >> yes, because she saw tank every day. >> she saw russian tanks? >> a lot of russian tanks. >> she says russian soldiers had occupied her village and set up artillery positions and that ukrainian forces started to target them. just a few days ago, she says there was an explosion about 100 meters from her house. right after it hit, she knew it was time to go. she says i thought to myself, i'm 34, i have three children. it can't end like this. so we walked right into the forest for two hours. a ukrainian soldier then stopped ...

It can't end like this so we walked right into the forest for two hours. a ukrainian soldier then stopped us and told us there were snipers everywhere. they put us underneath shields and walked us to safety because there were firefights everywhere. they never wanted to leave, she said, but eventually she had no choice. it is a common sentiment from those here who waited for weeks after the invasion to make a brutal decision to flee the only home they've ever known. olessia was one of them. we stayed a really long time after the war started, she said, about a month. every day the sound of the b...