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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m01_kkv

Dur: 01.09”

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Damaged city building GVs

COMMENTARY 01

This is Kharkiv – Ukraine’s second largest city. Its once graceful centre, its museums, shops and government buildings, are now bomb-scarred monuments to a savage war

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Map showing Ukraine and surrounding countries with zoom in to Kharkiv

COMMENTARY 02

Less than thirty miles from the Russian border, Kharkhiv was an early target when the invasion began on February 24.

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UGC showing destroyed Russian convoy

Courtesy: Olelsandr

Spitsyn

COMMENTARY 03

Ukrainian forces managed to halt that thrust on the outskirts of the city, but ever since it’s been under aerial and artillery attack.

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UGC of burning building

Courtesy: Olelsandr

Spitsyn

SUBTITLES

UPSOT BEFORE EXPLOSION:

“This is just a residential area, which was unfairly hit very hard by artillery.”

COMMENTARY 04

The North and East of the city have been bombarded for weeks.

UPSOT AFTER EXPLOSION:

“F**king shit! F**k! Are there any wounded?! F**k! Are there any wounded?!”

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 ASTON

OLEKSANDR SPITSYN,

TERRITORIAL DEFENCE UNIT

SUBTITLES

First they hit with a mortar.

Behind me you can see - they smashed a whole block.

When all the people gathered, the police, the rescuers, they shelled us for the second time, with a multi-rocket attack.

Such a system: strike the first time, wait until as many people as possible gather and cover a second time with shelling.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m02_kkv

DUR: 01.06”

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Burning buildings with firefighters

COMMENTARY 05

Russian frustration at being unable to take the city, now finds an outlet in random destruction.

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Conversation with firefighters

SUBTITLES

Tell me, are there any people alive who were here?

All alive, all alive.

No injuries, right? – No, no.

That's good, thank you.

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Burning buildings with firefighters

COMMENTARY 06

Firefighters have been called to a street in the Northern Saltivka district.

And our rookie reporter is here to record it.

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Burning buildings with firefighters

SUBTITLES

They targeted the gas supply of that street. It’s okay here.

Come on, everything is fine here.

Thank you very much.

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ASTON:

SERHII PROKOPENKO

SUBTITLES

Hello. My name is Serhii Prokopenko and I live in Kharkiv. Before the war I was running a team here, a tremendous team, in a creative social enterprise.

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Overlaid shots of destroyed buildings

SUBTITLES

When the war started, you either had to run or stay and try to do something.

We could all have left and become refugees. But we chose, my team chose, to remain.

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Serhii in vision with helmet

SUBTITLES

So basically, faced with that hard situation, I decided to become a journalist. I’m not a war reporter and I don’t really know how to do this, but it seems like I’m learning.

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Burning buildings with firefighters

COMMENTARY 07

At the moment young men are not being asked to fight if they don’t have any combat experience or useful skills.

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Burning buildings with firefighters

COMMENTARY 08

The firefighters Serhii’s filming with know it’s dangerous being here but they remain defiant.

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Anonymous

firefighter

SUBTITLES

We will win!

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Burning buildings with firefighters

COMMENTARY 09

But there’s still a danger of secondary shelling and Serhii is told to leave. In a hurry.

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Anonymous

firefighter

SUBTITLES

Guys, run away, run away.

Thank you.

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MUSIC UPSOUND OF YAROSLAV PLAYING GUITAR

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Yaroslav Ustich looking out of window

SUBTITLES

My name is Yaroslav Ustich and I was born and live in Kharkiv. This is my home.

Before the war I was happy.

On the day the war began, I was woken up at 5am. I heard loud explosions.

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ASTON:

YAROSLAV USTICH

SUBTITLES

After a while, I ran to the ATM to withdraw cash but while I was standing in line, a bomb fell two streets away from me. I will never forget that sound.

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Yaroslav eating with his family.

COMMENTARY 10

24 year old Yaroslav is one of Serhii’s Prokopenko’s Gwara Media team. Since the war began he and his family have been sheltering in their 2^nd floor apartment. He’s been keeping a video diary.  

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Yaroslav in vision

SUBTITLES

Morning, it’s 30 minutes past eleven. 16^th day of the war.

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Family in apartment playing on phone

SUBTITLES

Almost all the time we sit in between two walls in our house and almost do nothing.

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Yaroslav in vision

SUBTITLES

It’s very heavy, I’m scared, and kind of angry.

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Lightbulb and family asleep

Sound of bombing

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Yaroslav in vision - night time

SUBTITLES

I have a headache from loud sounds throughout the day. I spent almost all day on the floor between two walls in my home. Maybe that’s all for right now. Good night and sleep well.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m03_kkv

Dur: 02’26”

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Exteriors destroyed buildings.

Inside Hell’s Kitchen

COMMENTARY 11

The Northern and Eastern parts of the  city are under constant bombardment but elsewhere volunteers are helping to keep people alive.  Hidden in the back streets of central Kharkiv, this former hostel has been converted into a community welfare centre. It goes by the name of Hell’s Kitchen.

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ASTON

EGOR GOROSHKO HELL’S KITCHEN

SUBTITLES

It’s because we have a kitchen and we make life a living hell for our enemies.

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Egor out of vision. Kitchen shots.

SUBTITLES

At the beginning of the war there was nothing. The second week was probably the hardest. The shops were closed. The logistics were all gone. Too many people left.

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Kitchen shots and bread making

COMMENTARY 12

But as the war continued, international aid began to arrive. Hell’s Kitchen now provides food and medication to over two and half thousand people daily. And they even have a signature product, with a particular message embedded in the crust. The trident signifies that Ukraine is united and will fight on.

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Girl OOV with bread

SUBTITLES

We made them with pliers  in the basement during bombing.

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Girl OOV with metal tridents.

SUBTITLES

Every loaf of bread should have a coat of arms!

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Bread and breadmaking

COMMENTARY 13

The food produced here isn’t just for civilians.  It’s hard to cook at the front line and the hot meals they deliver to their soldiers are crucial to the war effort.

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ASTON

EGOR GOROSHKO HELL’S KITCHEN

SUBTITLES

The enemy is fed by outdated rations but our warriors eat hot soup. And of course they kill the enemy  better when they are fed, and have had a good sleep.

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Egor at laptop,

COMMENTARY 14

Before the war Egor was a manager at an international IT company and regularly travelled all over Europe.

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Luida Goroshko packing boxes

SUBTITLES

Glory to Ukraine!

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Luida Goroshko packing boxes

COMMENTARY 15

His  wife, Luida, also worked in IT but now packs delivery boxes from 6 in the morning to after midnight.

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Egor in basement

COMMENTARY 16

Despite the daily attacks, the city authorities have somehow kept essential utilities operating.

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Egor speaking in basement

SUBTITLES

That's our water supply. I want you to know, our communal services are also working on the front line. Their work is incredible. We are very thankful. Although they are in danger they still provide us with light, water, and heat.

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EXTERIOR - loading boxes into van

COMMENTARY 17

Loading up the van outside Hell’s Kitchen the volunteers are preparing for another long and dangerous day.

Serhii and his camera are going along for the ride.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m04_kkv

DUR: 02’15’

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EXT - driving shots

INTERIOR CAR WITH ANDRII

COMMENTARY 18

One of the centre’s most active recruits is Andrii Guzenko. Until a few weeks ago he  worked at Khartron,  a Ukrainian aerospace company. He’s now leading a rather different life.

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ASTON:

ANDRII GUZENKO - VOLUNTEER

SUBTITLES

Working at the front line is extremely dangerous. It's sometimes scary to drive around the city, but not as much as there

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Damaged buildings

SUBTITLES

A five-floor block of flats was directly shelled. I don't know if there are any casualties, but it's horrible there.

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INTERIOR CAR WITH ANDRII

SUBTITLES

Communal services aren’t working there. You will see how people live there, and in what conditions.

There are no walls, not just windows, but no walls!

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walking shot of Andrii

MUSIC - continuation of

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m04_kkv

DUR: 02’15’

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Andrii and other volunteer outside

SUBTITLES

Hello. Please, put on vests.

 We will.

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Destroyed building

SUBTITLES

You see, there are people who still live here. We have to find those who need help, then others will notice and will join in.

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Andrii and Lidia talking through window

SUBTITLES

Hello!

Hello! I'm on the fifth floor.

Do you need help? To cover your windows?

These are not mine, mine are intact.

I've been stuck here for 3 days, the door is stuck.

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Walking upstairs

COMMENTARY 19

The volunteer team head up the five flights of stairs to the aid of 86 yr old Lidia Romanivna.

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Lidia Romanivna and Andrii Guzenko on stairs

SUBTITLES

Is there anyone here?

No, nobody, I'm here alone,

Alone?

Yes, on my own.

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Lidia on stairs

SUBTITLES

I've been here for 3 days, I couldn't get out.

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Pan across buildings and Lidia on stairs

SUBTITLES

The young people who lived here are now in the Metro. These people are gone, I don't know where they are. These left.  I'm here alone.

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Lidia in vision and pan across buildings

SUBTITLES

The telecommunication tower over there was bombed. They say a second bomb hit the houses. The corner was destroyed. There were people there in their apartments, they were sleeping in their bedrooms.

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MISSING ASTON:

LIDIA  ROMANIVNA

Lidia on stairs

SUBTITLES

I got so scared, I couldn’t stand up.

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Lidia Romanivna

SUBTITLES

Are you planning to hide in the Metro?

Later, later, dear. In two to three days they will repair my flat and I can close it and leave. Otherwise someone could steal something.

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On stairs

SUBTITLES

Stay strong. 

I hope we will see better times.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m05_kkv

DUR: 0.48”

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Andrii outside building and walking away.

SUBTITLES

These days it's hard to leave people. They want to communicate. They have such little information.

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Archive: bombing at night

rtv-ukraine-crisis-kharkiv-fighting-240222

DUR : 8 seconds

Family sleeping in apartment

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ASTON

YAROSLAV USTICH

SUBTITLES

Morning, it’s 11am and the 20^th day of the war. Yesterday it was a pretty loud day, as the day before and the day before.

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Dad in kitchen with shopping.

SUBTITLES

Today my dad and my brother went to the supermarket to buy some food and now we’re still sitting at our house.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m06_kkv

DUR: 0.55”

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Yaroslav in vision

SUBTITLES

Sometimes we scream to each other and we’re trying to… I hear some explosions… I don’t know, is it recording? Do you hear it?

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ASTON:

SERHII PROKOPENKO

SUBTITLES

Good news.  A couple of days ago some press  kits arrived from my colleagues.  So we will share it and try to stay safe.

The situation is that there was very intensive shooting in Kharkiv centre over the night. I know that several buildings were destroyed.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m07_kkv

dur: 4’28

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Exteriors damaged art museum

Interior pan around room

COMMENTARY 20

One of those buildings houses one of Ukraine’s most important art collections.  

It was damaged when an adjacent police  and security headquarters were targeted by a Russian rocket …but indiscriminate firing is no respecter of history or culture.

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Maryna Filatova OOV in gallery

SUBTITLES

What’s happening now is savagery, this has never been the case. Never.

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ASTON:

MARYNA FILATOVA

KHARKIV MUSEUM OF THE ARTS

SUBTITLES

The shock wave knocked out all the windows. The works have been damaged by changes in the temperature regime and pieces of broken glass.

Since the rescue services  are busy saving people's lives, we are saving the paintings as best we can.

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Boarding up windows and pan around gallery

COMMENTARY 21

Maryna Filatova is the head of the Foreign Art Dept at the Kharkiv Museum of the Arts. It’s home to 25,000 rare and valuable exhibits, many of which, ironically, are Russian.

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Paintings

SUBTITLES

We, the Ukrainians, have saved works by Russian painters. We have protected them from Russian soldiers.

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Maryna showing a Dürer print

SUBTITLES

This is how our Western European art is being destroyed. These are world-class works of art. These are works of Albrecht Dürer. We have one of the most valuable collections of this artist in our museum. We’ve tried to hide the paintings, to cover them with cardboard to save them.

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Maryna in front of paintings

SUBTITLES

Our museum has suffered greatly. I don't know how it will be restored.

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Destroyed buildings in residential street.

COMMENTARY 22

Before the war Maryna and her husband lived just a few blocks away from the museum, but their street and apartment was heavily bombed and they had to move into a shelter. She’s been trying to come to terms with what’s happened.

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Maryna in vision

SUBTITLES

We have a close relative in Moscow, he’s a brother of my mother-in-law. When they started bombarding the city she phoned him and tried to explain what was happening. He replied: “Don’t worry. It’s a military operation; they will attack only military facilities, not the civilian population.”

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Maryna in vision

SUBTITLES

I try to do my best not to feel hatred. I know that hate is a feeling that destroys you.

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Through cloudy window

SUBTITLES

Today the largest market in Kharkiv is burning. This is not clouds, this is smoke…

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RTV-MassiveFire-Market-Kharkiv 5528

DUR: 17 seconds

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Voice overlay of archive and Yaroslav in vision.

SUBTITLES

I don’t know if there is somewhere safe in Ukraine now. My friends say they hear explosions getting closer. I’m afraid that the Russians will enter the city because I don’t know what will happen and what to do in this case but I hope it doesn’t happen. I wish for peace. See you soon.

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Exterior metro station

Interiors metro

COMMENTARY 23

Yaroslav and his family don’t want to voluntarily leave their house but for others, one place of at least partial safety in Kharkiv is the city’s metro.   Kateryna Peresechanska, and her partner Andrii fled here from their home in Northern Saltivka one of the city’s worst affected districts.

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KATERYNA PERESECHANSKA

SUBTITLES

At first until everything was fine and we stayed at home The windows shook, everything trembled. But we stayed in the apartment until the houses around us started to burn.

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Interior metro

COMMENTARY 24

Before the war Kharkiv had a population of one and a half million but over half of the inhabitants have left. When the fighting began, two and a half thousand people took shelter in this one metro station. Now there are just 700.  Yulia Zeenko is one of those who’s stayed but it’s not a healthy environment.

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ASTON:

YULIA ZEENKO

SUBTITLES

The only problem is that everyone gets sick. We have so many people here. Everyone coughs and sneezes. My children have been sick four times, I just took my child to the hospital. It's impossible to get well. As soon as you heal, you immediately get sick again because new viruses are introduced.

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Interiors metro

COMMENTARY 25

But at least every day volunteers bring supplies to be distributed: blankets, clothes, and medicines. There’s plenty of food and water and Yulia has no plans to leave

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YULIA ZEENKO

SUBTITLES

Many friends have left, but already want to come back. I say to them,  if you’ve already left then stay where you are. Where are you going to come back to?

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m08_kkv

dur: 1”07

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Yaroslav in vision

Interior apartment

SUBTITLES

Morning. It’s 40 minutes past 11, 20th March and it’s day number 25 of the war. Yesterday our electricity was turned off and there is no water either.

It seems like some kind of a joke but this is our life, this is our reality of survival.

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Running tap and water containers

COMMENTARY 26

Like the electricity supply, the water supply is erratic.. when the water’s on they fill every available container and personal hygiene becomes a luxury.

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YAROSLAV USTICH on balcony

SUBTITLES

Yesterday the water wasn’t turned on  and we used all the water that we had, but today, right now we have a little pressure.  I’m sitting on the balcony, it’s sunny right now and I can hear some sounds of spring. The birds are singing and it’s beautiful.

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Street shots with ambulance

Air raid siren

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Andrii on phone - interior Hell’s Kitchen

SUBTITLES

Hello, it's Andrii, volunteer. When the air-raid warning is over I'll be ready to go. Let me know the address. I'll be there in 20 minutes. Ok, thank you.

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Driving and into aprtment

COMMENTARY 27

Like firefighters, medics are in big demand.  Andrii Guzenko has had an urgent call from one of his volunteers whose mother, Mrs Marenych,  has fallen during a bombing attack. He’s found a doctor and is taking him to help.

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VADIM MARENYCH speaking OOV

SUBTITLES

Hello! Mam, the doctor has come.

The best one in Kharkiv!

(upsound lady moaning.)

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Lady on bed

ANTONINA MARENYCH

COMMENTARY 28

The doctor quickly diagnoses a suspected hip fracture. But there’s little he can do.

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ANONYMOUS

DOCTOR OOV

SUBTITLES

It's a special wartime invention. Especially for such patients like you. I'll cut your boot here for your toes to be open and insert a stick here.

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Doctor nailing stick into boot

COMMENTARY 29

This makeshift boot splint is supposed to stop the leg moving and protect the hip. But the injury will have lasting consequences.

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MISING ASTON HERE IF POSSIBLE TO FIT:

ANTONINA MARENYCH

SUBTITLES

Is there hope I will walk properly? - No, you will limp.

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Lady in bed

COMMENTARY 30

But it’s the best the doctor  can do in the circumstances and the last call for the team’s services before they head back to their shelters.

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VADIM MARENYCH

SUBTITLES

Thank you. Goodbye.

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MUSIC

Billy Jupp (CAE:691191041)

Track:1m09_kkv

dur: 02’12

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Through window to dawn. Apartment interiors.

COMMENTARY 31

No one knows what the next weeks will bring but Yaroslav has made a decision.

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Yaroslav in his aprtment

SUBTITLES

My family and I, we think that if street fights start, and I hope they don’t start, if the Russians try to enter the city, then we will have to leave.

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Yaroslav with rucksack

SUBTITLES

I have a little bag with my documents and also some food and some stuff which I will need in case I leave and some money.

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Interiors apartment/ yaroslav

SUBTITLES

It has become quiet now but the fires of war continue to burn.

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Serhii walking in street

COMMENTARY 2

For now Serhi has also decided to stay. But he too knows he may have to leave eventually. 

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Serhii in vision exterior

SUBTITLES

We don’t want to go, it’s our job, we want to continue reporting.

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ASTON:

SERHII PROKOPENKO

SUBTITLES

If the Russians come,  if the Ukrainian troops are not able to beat them and fighting in the city starts, then that will be the moment when we need to go.

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Montage exteriors of destroyed buildings.

COMMENTARY 33

When war came to Kharkiv it changed people’s lives in ways none of them could have foreseen. But for each of them – and the other residents of this battered city under siege – life somehow still goes on.