Kyiv. trey yingst reporting with the very latest. hi, trey. martha, good afternoon. officials say 400 residents of bucha were killed when russians invaded. we were there when investigations continued. i need to warn you the following images are graphic. this grandmother looks on, trying to make sense of the horror. they couldn t take the explosions anymore. they went to evacuate, she says. the family had lived in bucha for three years after fleeing conflict in the donbas region. we wanted to save them from that war. we got into this one. granny couldn t save her grandson. her voice trailing off. choking back tears. valentina s son and daughter in law were evacuating when their
Emotional about it. there s no update with your family? unfortunately not. you have spoken to them? yes, we spoke last week. she ended up in tears on the phone to me. what she said to me was, itjust seems like the british government doesn t want us. but we do, we will do all we can. these are frustration their local council is acutely aware of. there are a couple of key checks we have to do and those are disclosure checks and then the accommodation checks. however we absolutely recognise that the visa process has taken a bit of time. residents will be arriving, guests will be arriving quite soon and if we haven t managed to get these done, then that won t hold us back. we will do them after the residents arrived here in aberfeldy. and that is a bit of a change of policy and that s going to speed things up? it absolutely will speed things up. valentina arrived in aberfeldy as a refugee 2a years ago from bosnia. today he, his dad and their neighbours wait to help in another crisis.
Was really sad, she felt like a coward for leaving. sorry, i get quite emotional about it. there s no update with your family? unfortunately not. you have spoken to them? yes, we spoke last week. she ended up in tears on the phone to me. what she said to me was, itjust seems like the british government doesn t want us. but we do, we will do all we can. these are frustrations their local council is acutely aware of. there are a couple of key checks we have to do and those are disclosure checks and then the accommodation checks. however we absolutely recognise that the visa process has taken a bit of time. residents will be arriving, guests will be arriving quite soon and if we haven t managed to get these done, then that won t hold us back. we will do them after the residents arrive here in aberfeldy. and that is a bit of a change of policy and that s going to speed things up? it absolutely will speed things up. valentina arrived in aberfeldy as a refugee 24 years ago from bosnia.
In the east of ukraine. some people have managed to escape, where they have managed to escape, where they have been telling our correspondent tom bateman about the treatment at the hands of president putin s trips. in the siege of mariupol it is the elderly and disabled who feel most trapped in the line of fire. 18 year old valentina has just been evacuated further north. she is blind and was in her kitchen when a she“ blind and was in her kitchen when a shell exploded. blind and was in her kitchen when a shell exploded. translation: it is a aood thin shell exploded. translation: it is a good thing my shell exploded. translation: it is a good thing my children shell exploded. translation: it is a good thing my children were - shell exploded. translation: it is a good thing my children were home. l good thing my children were home. they pick me up, carried me outside and we left immediately. i don t know what happened to my house, if it burnt down or anything, we don t have any communications, the calls are no longer going through. her lifetime in mariupol was stripped away in days. valentina says she had to cook food in her fireplace while friends went to fetch water. here they are bringing in the wounded
Yes, we spoke last week. she ended up in tears on the phone to me. what she said to me was, itjust seems like the british government doesn t want us. but we do, we will do all we can. these are frustrations their local council is acutely aware of. there are a couple of key checks we have to do and those are disclosure checks and then the accommodation checks. however we absolutely recognise that the visa process has taken a bit of time. residents will be arriving, guests will be arriving quite soon and if we haven t managed to get these done, then that won t hold us back. we will do them after the residents arrive here in aberfeldy. and that is a bit of a change of policy and that s going to speed things up? it absolutely will speed things up. valentina arrived in aberfeldy as a refugee 24 years ago from bosnia. today he, his dad and their neighbours wait to help in another crisis. we re hopeful, that we know
Translation: it s a good - thing my children were at home. they picked me up, carried me outside and we left immediately. i don t know what happened to my house, if it burned down or anything, we don t have any communications. the calls are no longer going through. a lifetime in mariupol was stripped away in days. valentina says she had to cook food in her fireplace while friends went to fetch water. here, they are bringing in the wounded from all over the south. vasil was doing all he could to help his fellow villagers under fire, ferrying bread, sugar and medicines to the elderly. but moscow s war reached him at the roadside. and he rages at president putin. translation: we stopped, | i saw a bullet hit my window. as i wasjumping out of the car, i got blown up by a mine. we were just living
As russia intensifies its attack on the southern port city of mariupol, some civilians have managed to escape north to the relative safety of zaporizhya, where they ve been telling tom bateman about their treatment at the hands of putin s troops. in the siege of mariupol, it is the elderly and disabled who feel most trapped in the line of fire. 80 year old valentina has just been evacuated further north. she is blind and was in her kitchen when a shell exploded. translation: it s a good - thing my children were at home. they picked me up, carried me outside and we left immediately. i don t know what happened to my house, if it burned down or anything, we don t have any communications. the calls are no longer going through. a lifetime in mariupol was stripped away in days. valentina says she had to cook food in her fireplace while friends went to fetch water.
Who feel most trapped in the line of fire. 80 year old valentina has just been evacuated further north. she is blind and was in her kitchen with a shell exploded. translation: it s a good - thing my children were at home. they picked me up, carried me outside and we left immediately. i don t know what happened to my house, if it burned down or anything, we don t have any communications. the calls are no longer going through. a lifetime in mariupol was stripped away in days. valentina says she had to cook food in her fireplace while friends went to fetch water. here, they are bringing in the wounded from all over the south. vasil was doing all he could to help his fellow villagers under fire, ferrying bread, sugar and medicines to the elderly. but moscow s war reached him at the roadside.
In the south of ukraine have told the bbc of harrowing journeys to escape and of civilians being targeted by russian troops. our correspondent tom bateman reports from the town of zaporizhzhia, which is receiving displaced and wounded people. in the siege of mariupol, it is the elderly and disabled who feel most trapped in the line of fire. 80 year old valentina has just been evacuated further north. she is blind and was in her kitchen when a shell exploded. translation: it s a good thing that my children were at home. they picked me up, carried me outside and we left immediately. i don t know what happened to my house, if it burned down or anything, we don t have any communications. the calls are no longer going through. a lifetime in mariupol was stripped away in days. valentina says she had to cook food in her fireplace while friends went to fetch water.
It s such a shame that our occupiers didn t understand this. why steal everything? this is a school. in several classrooms, there are signs that some of the russian soldiers felt ashamed of their actions. a message on a chalkboard. it says forgive us. we didn t want this war. reporter: but for giveness will be hard to come by here. the local cemetery, valentina takes us to the graves of six men who authorities say were executed by russian forces on the day they arrived. it is so hard to get over this, she says. they murdered them. valentina says the russians held on to the bodies for nine days before dumping them at the end of the village with instructions to bury them quickly. we dug very fast so they wouldn t shoot us, she says. but there was shooting over