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Someone once told me, "“Wars

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don't start with explosions

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they start with silence."”

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NARRATOR: From FRONTLINE and
The Associated Press a

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special presentation of the
critically acclaimed feature

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film on the first days of
Russia'’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The war has begun and we have
to tell its story...

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If the world saw everything
that happened in Mariupol, it

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would give at least some meaning

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to this horror.

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NARRATOR: Now, 20 Days in
Mariupol.

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(quiet clattering)

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(indistinct chatter)

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(speaking Russian):

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(on radio):

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(speaking Russian):

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MSTYSLAV CHERNOV
(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
This is the first time

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I saw "Z,"
the Russian sign of war.

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The hospital is surrounded.

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Dozens of doctors,
hundreds of patients, and us.

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(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
I have no illusions

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about what will happen to us
if we are caught.

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(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (speaking Russian):

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♪ ♪

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(rain pouring,
windshield wipers flapping)

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
February 24, 2022.

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The city looks normal.

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Someone once told me, "Wars
don't start with explosions.

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They start with silence."

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When we realized
that the invasion was imminent,

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our team decided to go
to Mariupol.

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We were sure it would be
one of the main targets.

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But we could never imagine
the scale

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and that the whole country
would be under attack.

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(air raid siren wailing)

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(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
An hour after we arrive,

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the first bombs hit
in the outskirts of the city.

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A military base
with anti-aircraft systems.

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Russians are clearing the path
for warplanes.

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Huge port, industrial city,

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a bridge to Crimea.

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We were here eight years ago
when Russia tried to take it.

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And, without a doubt,
they will try again.

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We drive to the Left Bank,

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the part of the city
closest to Russia.

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(vehicle door slams)

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(speaking Russian, crying):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
This is the first person

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I speak to today.

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(crying)

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CHERNOV (speaking Russian):

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(speaking Russian)

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CHERNOV (voiceover): I don't
know if I should keep filming

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or try to calm her down.

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(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV:

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WOMAN:

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CHERNOV:

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Oi.

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WOMAN (speaking Russian):

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(people shouting)

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
I was wrong.

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An hour later, shells do hit
this neighborhood.

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(dog barking)

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(speaking Russian)

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(speaking Russian):

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WOMAN:

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CHERNOV:

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CHERNOV:

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(people talking in background)

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(speaking Ukrainian):

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BOY (speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
There are no directives

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to evacuate the city,

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but some people
are leaving anyway.

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(crying, speaking Russian):

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Oi.

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(shouts):

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CHERNOV:

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WOMAN:

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CHERNOV:

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CHERNOV:

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
I understand their anger.

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Their country is being attacked.

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It's our country, too,
and we have to tell its story.

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(air raid siren wailing)

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There are almost no real
bomb shelters in the city,

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so people hide in the basements
of their apartment buildings.

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(baby moans)

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Suddenly, the lights go out.

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(people talking in background)

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(baby fussing)

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(baby cries)

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WOMAN (speaking Russian):

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WOMAN:

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(people talking in background)

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CHERNOV:

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(woman speaking Russian)

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GIRL:

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(voice breaking):

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(woman speaking softly
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GIRL (crying):

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(sniffles)

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
We send videos and photos

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to our editors.

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The war has begun.

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Ukraine is now a nation
at war.

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190,000 Russian troops
and their proxies

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coming from Ukraine's northern,
eastern, and southern borders,

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Russia is moving fast.

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After Putin stopped speaking,

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on cue, the missiles
and air strikes began.

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Air raid sirens
sounded on and off.

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Kharkiv in the east
and Mariupol in the south

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both came under heavy fire.

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There's real anger
in the air.

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The hatred for Vladimir Putin
is, is palpable.

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(woman speaking Ukrainian
over loudspeaker)

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
February 26.

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This is
emergency broadcast system.

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Russians are starting
to surround the city,

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taking towns and blocking
the roads on the outskirts.

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A quarter of the residents
have left.

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But most decided to stay.

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This is
Terrasport fitness center.

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Now it's one of
the biggest improvised shelters

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in the city.

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(people talking in background)

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People put tape on the mirrors
so fewer fragments are created

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when bombs fall.

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(people talking in background)

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(speaking Russian):

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(voice trembling):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
This woman,

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she's the one I told
to stay home on the first day.

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
I apologize.

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I'm glad she is okay.

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WOMAN (speaking Russian):

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CHILD:

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CHERNOV (voiceover): As I
look at all these children,

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I think about my daughters.

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They also have to leave
their home because of this war.

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News comes from
all over Ukraine,

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and I cannot
get over the feeling

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that something terrible is
going to happen to this city.

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Missiles fired
at civilian locations,

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according to the Ukrainians,

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even though the Russians say

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they are not
targeting civilians.

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Their worst nightmare
coming true,

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thousands of citizens
are trying to flee the country.

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And those who are left behind
have filled bomb shelters

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amid fears of rocket attacks
overnight.

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Ukrainian soldiers like these

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have put up a stout defense
of Mariupol

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because, as a large port,
it's economically vital,

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and as a major city
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it's strategic.

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For both sides in this war,
it is quite a prize.

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
February 27.

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Soldiers are patrolling around
Emergency Hospital Number Two,

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a couple of kilometers
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on the edge of the city.

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So far, Russians have not
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(shouting in Russian):

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(men shouting)

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(shouting continues)

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
For the first time in Mariupol,

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I hear a sound
of a fighter jet.

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(men talking softly)

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(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
The soldiers are tense

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and don't want to be filmed.

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(speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV:

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(ambulance siren wailing)

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(voiceover):
We're interrupted

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by an ambulance siren.

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(people talking in background)

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(woman calling)

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(speaking Russian):

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(woman crying,
people talking in background)

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(people talking in background)

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(sobbing)

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(speaking Russian)

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(talking in background)

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WOMAN:

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(defibrillator powering up)

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
Evangelina, four years old.

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U.S. officials warn

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that Russian forces are turning
to their old and brutal tactics

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of laying siege to cities

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while targeting civilians
and infrastructure from afar.

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...these punishing artillery
and air strikes.

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Heavy losses, as indiscriminate
shelling rained down

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on apartment buildings,

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the university in flames.

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"Show this to Putin,"
a doctor said

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to an A.P. reporter.

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The doctor wanted
Vladimir Putin to see, quote,

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"the eyes of this child
and crying doctors."

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Anyone wanting
to leave Mariupol

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probably has to hit the road
by tomorrow,

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after which the last route out
is expected to close.

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(people talking softly)

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WOMAN (speaking Russian):

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
March 2.

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Russian strikes are
causing problems with internet

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and electricity.

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MAN (speaking Russian):

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WOMAN:

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CHERNOV (voiceover): All the
international journalists

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we met in Mariupol have left.

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But we decide to stick with
the medics for a few days.

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We drive to the Left Bank,

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where the heaviest fighting
is happening.

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(murmurs)

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WOMAN:

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CHERNOV (voiceover):
This woman was standing

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on her balcony
when the shell hit the house

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on the opposite side
of the street.

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(speaking Russian)

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(siren wailing)

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CHERNOV: But shells don't
just hit the Left Bank.

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These days, attacks happen
all across the city.

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(speaking Russian):

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(ambulance jostling and shaking)

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(ambulance bounces loudly)
CHERNOV:

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Mm?
CHERNOV (starts again):

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MAN:

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(people talking in background)

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MAN:

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(speaking indistinctly)

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(moans)

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MAN:

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(staff talking in background)

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(woman gasping, shouting)

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00:23:47,466 --> 00:23:49,700
MAN:

273
00:23:59,466 --> 00:24:00,866
 
AMBULANCE CREW:

274
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,300
MAN:

275
00:24:11,566 --> 00:24:13,000
WOMAN:

276
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:13,900
MAN:

277
00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:19,533
WOMAN:

278
00:24:19,533 --> 00:24:20,300
MAN 1:

279
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:22,100
MAN 2:

280
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,800
(speaking Russian)

281
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,700
(shouts)

282
00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:30,300
(people talking in background)

283
00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:32,133
(giving instructions)

284
00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:39,066
(sobbing)

285
00:24:39,066 --> 00:24:42,966
(soothing)

286
00:24:42,966 --> 00:24:45,333
FATHER:

287
00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:49,933
(sobbing)

288
00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:53,633
MAN:

289
00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:54,733
FATHER:

290
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,800
WOMAN:

291
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,366
CHERNOV (voiceover):
The boy was playing soccer

292
00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:03,533
 
with his friends
when shelling started.

293
00:25:03,533 --> 00:25:09,100
His legs were
completely blown off.

294
00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:14,033
(talking softly
in background)

295
00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:21,866
FATHER (sobbing):

296
00:25:21,866 --> 00:25:24,066
(sobbing)

297
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,766
(wailing)

298
00:25:40,633 --> 00:25:45,566
(sobbing and wailing continue)

299
00:25:51,666 --> 00:25:58,000
♪ ♪

300
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,500
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Ilya.

301
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:05,400
16 years old.

302
00:26:09,066 --> 00:26:15,066
(explosions pounding
in distance)

303
00:26:23,866 --> 00:26:28,033
The front line is closing in.

304
00:26:28,033 --> 00:26:31,500
We've sent
all the photos and videos.

305
00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:36,766
Note to editors:
graphic content.

306
00:26:36,766 --> 00:26:38,966
This is painful.

307
00:26:38,966 --> 00:26:42,233
This is painful to watch.

308
00:26:42,233 --> 00:26:45,700
But it must be painful to watch.

309
00:26:48,666 --> 00:26:50,733
In the port city of Mariupol,

310
00:26:50,733 --> 00:26:55,133
local officials say hundreds
of casualties are now feared.

311
00:26:55,133 --> 00:26:58,300
A father lost in grief

312
00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:02,833
over the body of
his 16-year-old son Ilya.

313
00:27:02,833 --> 00:27:04,800
The electricity's gone.

314
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,166
The internet's gone.

315
00:27:07,166 --> 00:27:09,166
The Russians are coming.

316
00:27:09,166 --> 00:27:12,966
Mariupol awaits its fate.

317
00:27:16,166 --> 00:27:18,666
(explosions pound in distance)

318
00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:22,233
CHERNOV (voiceover):
March 3.

319
00:27:22,233 --> 00:27:25,233
WOMAN (speaking Russian):

320
00:27:25,233 --> 00:27:27,333
CHERNOV (voiceover):
The shelling has reached

321
00:27:27,333 --> 00:27:30,933
 
the neighborhood
around the hospital.

322
00:27:30,933 --> 00:27:32,833
(explosions echoing)

323
00:27:34,033 --> 00:27:37,066
MAN:

324
00:27:38,333 --> 00:27:42,633
WOMAN:

325
00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:51,566
(woman murmuring)

326
00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:58,433
WOMAN:

327
00:27:58,433 --> 00:28:02,933
 
(talking quietly)
(breathes deeply)

328
00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:10,700
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Patients are moved away

329
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:13,733
from the windows,
and day after day,

330
00:28:13,733 --> 00:28:17,266
the conditions in the hospital
get worse.

331
00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:19,733
(speaking Russian)

332
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,200
CHERNOV (voiceover): This is
one of the boys who was hit

333
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,133
while playing soccer.

334
00:28:31,133 --> 00:28:36,733
(speaking Russian)

335
00:28:36,733 --> 00:28:39,333
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Doctors smile at him,

336
00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:41,966
but I hear a whisper
that his leg

337
00:28:41,966 --> 00:28:43,866
may need to be amputated.

338
00:28:43,866 --> 00:28:49,966
There are almost no antibiotics
left to stop the sepsis.

339
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:55,533
(man shouts, doctor shushes)

340
00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:56,433
MAN (speaking Russian):

341
00:28:57,066 --> 00:28:58,700
DOCTOR:

342
00:28:58,700 --> 00:28:59,700
MAN:

343
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:06,400
DOCTOR:

344
00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:30,666
(people talking in background)

345
00:29:30,666 --> 00:29:32,700
CHERNOV (voiceover):
The internet and phones

346
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,633
have stopped working,

347
00:29:34,633 --> 00:29:37,466
and I'm sending short dispatches
to our editors

348
00:29:37,466 --> 00:29:40,300
over the satellite phone.

349
00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:48,433
The morgue is full, so doctors
store bodies in utility rooms.

350
00:29:48,433 --> 00:29:50,433
MAN (speaking Russian):

351
00:29:55,300 --> 00:30:00,966
 
(people talking in background,
laughing softly)

352
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:04,133
CHERNOV (voiceover): We stay
and sleep in the hospital.

353
00:30:04,133 --> 00:30:07,733
So far, it seems to be
the safest place.

354
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,300
WOMAN (speaking Russian,
laughing):

355
00:30:13,733 --> 00:30:15,466
MAN:

356
00:30:15,766 --> 00:30:18,566
WOMAN 2:

357
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,333
WOMAN 1:

358
00:30:25,766 --> 00:30:26,900
 
WOMAN 2:

359
00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:28,166
MAN 2:

360
00:30:31,633 --> 00:30:34,533
 
(explosions echoing
in distance)

361
00:30:43,433 --> 00:30:45,500
CHERNOV (voiceover):
From our observation point

362
00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:48,333
on the seventh floor
of the hospital,

363
00:30:48,333 --> 00:30:52,733
I see the battle
on the front line continues.

364
00:30:52,733 --> 00:30:56,266
Russians are still trying
to break into the city.

365
00:31:01,433 --> 00:31:02,433
WOMAN (speaking Russian):

366
00:31:02,433 --> 00:31:04,833
(man speaking Russian)

367
00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:06,866
WOMAN:

368
00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:09,766
MAN:

369
00:31:09,766 --> 00:31:10,933
WOMAN:

370
00:31:10,933 --> 00:31:12,066
MAN:

371
00:31:13,233 --> 00:31:16,433
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Kyryl, 18 months old.

372
00:31:19,233 --> 00:31:21,266
WOMAN:

373
00:31:21,266 --> 00:31:23,800
(people talking in background)

374
00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:29,166
(defibrillator beeping)

375
00:31:30,266 --> 00:31:31,133
WOMAN:

376
00:31:31,966 --> 00:31:32,533
WOMAN 2:

377
00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:41,500
(defibrillator powering down)

378
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:44,000
WOMAN:

379
00:31:48,433 --> 00:31:50,700
(weeping)

380
00:31:59,166 --> 00:32:04,166
(wailing)

381
00:32:20,066 --> 00:32:23,366
♪ ♪

382
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,366
♪ ♪

383
00:32:57,233 --> 00:32:58,900
CHERNOV (voiceover):
All night, we sit

384
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:01,733
on the seventh floor
of the hospital,

385
00:33:01,733 --> 00:33:05,200
hoping to catch a connection,

386
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:10,066
to find a way
to get these images out.

387
00:33:10,066 --> 00:33:11,933
Nothing works.

388
00:33:15,266 --> 00:33:18,600
I think about all this country
has been through

389
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,700
over the past eight years,

390
00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:23,466
all that I've filmed.

391
00:33:23,466 --> 00:33:26,366
Revolution of Dignity.

392
00:33:26,366 --> 00:33:29,566
Crimea's annexation.

393
00:33:29,566 --> 00:33:32,066
Russia's invasion of Donbas.

394
00:33:33,766 --> 00:33:36,300
MH17.

395
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,633
Donetsk airport siege.

396
00:33:41,633 --> 00:33:44,800
War that seems endless.

397
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,266
Thousands have died.

398
00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:50,833
We keep filming,
and things stay the same.

399
00:33:53,466 --> 00:33:55,633
Worse, even.

400
00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:58,933
Propaganda turns everything
upside down.

401
00:34:01,266 --> 00:34:03,766
I think about my daughters.

402
00:34:05,266 --> 00:34:08,833
They were born
into a world at war.

403
00:34:08,833 --> 00:34:11,033
I wish I could see them now.

404
00:34:13,566 --> 00:34:15,966
(explosions pounding
in distance)

405
00:34:15,966 --> 00:34:19,000
But all I have is
a satellite phone

406
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,833
to make short calls to editors.

407
00:34:21,833 --> 00:34:26,133
We tell them,
"Mariupol is under siege.

408
00:34:26,133 --> 00:34:29,366
"Russians are killing civilians.

409
00:34:29,366 --> 00:34:31,533
"We are holding up.

410
00:34:31,533 --> 00:34:34,866
Tell our families we love them."

411
00:34:39,066 --> 00:34:43,366
♪ ♪

412
00:34:43,366 --> 00:34:45,833
Evacuations of
two besieged cities in Ukraine

413
00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:48,233
are being delayed amid reports

414
00:34:48,233 --> 00:34:51,033
that Russia is violating
a temporary cease-fire.

415
00:34:51,033 --> 00:34:53,966
City is surrounded
by Russian troops,

416
00:34:53,966 --> 00:34:55,566
and there is no way out,

417
00:34:55,566 --> 00:34:58,166
even for any humanitarian help.

418
00:34:58,166 --> 00:35:00,866
The situation is
really dire in Mariupol.

419
00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:03,033
A corridor was planned
to evacuate people from there,

420
00:35:03,033 --> 00:35:05,000
and we've heard
that it has not happened,

421
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,466
that Russian forces have
continued to shell the city.

422
00:35:07,466 --> 00:35:09,000
That's what the mayor has said.

423
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,666
Um, we have
no real-time information

424
00:35:11,666 --> 00:35:13,800
of what's going on in the city.

425
00:35:16,733 --> 00:35:19,466
(speaking Russian on radio)

426
00:35:33,066 --> 00:35:35,833
CHERNOV (voiceover):
This is the only radio signal

427
00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:39,100
you can catch in Mariupol now.

428
00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:42,800
Over the next weeks,
Russia will bomb buildings,

429
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:48,333
cut electricity,
water, supplies,

430
00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:51,166
and finally, crucially,

431
00:35:51,166 --> 00:35:55,200
the cell phone,
radio, television towers.

432
00:35:57,433 --> 00:36:01,300
We have to get
out of the hospital

433
00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:04,466
to try to find a connection,

434
00:36:04,466 --> 00:36:06,933
to see what's happening
to the city.

435
00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:11,700
(explosions pounding)

436
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:13,633
(car alarms blaring)

437
00:36:15,133 --> 00:36:16,533
(speaking Russian):

438
00:36:16,533 --> 00:36:18,766
(explosions continue)

439
00:36:22,233 --> 00:36:24,466
MAN:

440
00:36:27,366 --> 00:36:29,400
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
March 4.

441
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,700
A mall near the hospital
was destroyed.

442
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,500
MAN:

443
00:36:38,533 --> 00:36:41,533
MAN 2:

444
00:36:42,466 --> 00:36:43,300
MAN 1:

445
00:36:43,966 --> 00:36:46,100
MAN 2:

446
00:36:48,966 --> 00:36:52,733
(car alarms blaring,
explosions pound in distance)

447
00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:56,866
CHERNOV:

448
00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,866
BOY:

449
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,100
MAN:

450
00:37:01,433 --> 00:37:02,500
BOY:

451
00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:04,266
MAN:

452
00:37:04,266 --> 00:37:05,100
BOY:

453
00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:06,300
MAN:

454
00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:08,900
BOY:

455
00:37:19,566 --> 00:37:21,866
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
As we search for a connection,

456
00:37:21,866 --> 00:37:24,533
we go neighborhood
to neighborhood.

457
00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:29,233
Houses we saw standing days ago
are destroyed.

458
00:37:33,166 --> 00:37:35,100
WOMAN (speaking Russian,
crying):

459
00:37:40,933 --> 00:37:44,133
(sobbing)

460
00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:02,366
 
CHERNOV:

461
00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:07,233
WOMAN:

462
00:38:08,666 --> 00:38:12,066
(sobbing):
Oi.

463
00:38:12,666 --> 00:38:13,833
CHERNOV:

464
00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:14,700
WOMAN:

465
00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:16,600
CHERNOV:

466
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:17,466
WOMAN:

467
00:38:17,466 --> 00:38:19,700
CHERNOV:

468
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:20,166
WOMAN:

469
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,566
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
We follow the smoke.

470
00:38:24,566 --> 00:38:29,333
Houses hit by shells burn.

471
00:38:29,333 --> 00:38:33,466
A humanitarian corridor
was opened on March 5.

472
00:38:33,466 --> 00:38:35,500
Vehicles fled the city,

473
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:38,366
only to be blocked
by Russian forces.

474
00:38:40,466 --> 00:38:44,700
Then the road was closed.

475
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:48,533
MAN:

476
00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:04,166
 
MAN 2:

477
00:39:07,033 --> 00:39:09,200
MAN 1:

478
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,000
MAN 3:

479
00:39:15,766 --> 00:39:19,733
WOMAN:

480
00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:23,200
 
CHERNOV:

481
00:39:23,933 --> 00:39:29,466
WOMAN:

482
00:39:34,700 --> 00:39:36,633
(sign translation):

483
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,133
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Red Cross, police,

484
00:39:42,133 --> 00:39:47,866
Ukrainian soldiers try to help
and calm people down.

485
00:39:48,166 --> 00:39:51,500
(speaking Russian):

486
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,466
 
MAN:

487
00:40:08,466 --> 00:40:10,700
OFFICER:

488
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,433
(people murmuring)

489
00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:26,200
MAN:

490
00:40:29,933 --> 00:40:31,833
CHERNOV:

491
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,166
♪ ♪

492
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:48,433
(speaking Russian
in background)

493
00:40:48,433 --> 00:40:50,066
CHERNOV (voiceover):
The more people realize

494
00:40:50,066 --> 00:40:52,400
that they are trapped,

495
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,100
the more desperate they grow.

496
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:08,166
(talking in background)

497
00:41:11,133 --> 00:41:16,566
♪ ♪

498
00:41:16,566 --> 00:41:19,466
(broken glass clinking)

499
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,333
NATASHA (speaking Russian,
crying):

500
00:41:29,633 --> 00:41:31,866
(sobbing)

501
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:35,300
CHERNOV:

502
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:38,533
WOMAN:

503
00:41:38,533 --> 00:41:38,900
NATASHA:

504
00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:45,933
WOMAN:

505
00:41:45,933 --> 00:41:47,666
NATASHA:

506
00:41:47,666 --> 00:41:50,200
(sobbing)

507
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,633
WOMAN:

508
00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:54,700
NATASHA:

509
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:12,566
MAN:

510
00:42:12,566 --> 00:42:13,533
NATASHA:

511
00:42:21,766 --> 00:42:23,333
WOMAN:

512
00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:26,033
NATASHA:

513
00:42:27,766 --> 00:42:28,800
SOLDIER:

514
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:29,966
WOMAN:

515
00:42:29,966 --> 00:42:31,933
MAN:

516
00:42:33,033 --> 00:42:36,400
WOMAN:

517
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:37,866
(people talking in background)

518
00:42:37,866 --> 00:42:41,766
SOLDIER:

519
00:42:47,633 --> 00:42:49,666
 
(dog barking in distance)

520
00:43:15,033 --> 00:43:17,166
MAN:

521
00:43:17,833 --> 00:43:20,866
SOLDIER:

522
00:43:28,066 --> 00:43:32,500
CHERNOV (voiceover): The city
changed so much so quickly.

523
00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:37,700
 
When we were in the hospital,
one of the doctors told me,

524
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:39,800
"War is like an X-ray.

525
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:43,666
All human insides
become visible."

526
00:43:43,666 --> 00:43:45,100
WOMAN (speaking Russian):

527
00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:48,400
CHERNOV (voiceover):
"Good people become better,

528
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,933
bad people worse."

529
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:56,300
MAN (speaking Russian):

530
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:57,566
CHERNOV:

531
00:43:57,566 --> 00:44:00,166
MAN:

532
00:44:00,166 --> 00:44:01,566
(laughs)

533
00:44:01,566 --> 00:44:03,600
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
But I thought,

534
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:09,033
"It's not only the bombs,
lack of food, water.

535
00:44:09,033 --> 00:44:13,566
"It's isolation, the inability
to contact relatives,

536
00:44:13,566 --> 00:44:18,033
to find out what's happening
in other cities."

537
00:44:18,033 --> 00:44:22,466
People charge cell phones
from a generator

538
00:44:22,466 --> 00:44:26,566
just to use them
as flashlights.

539
00:44:26,566 --> 00:44:28,100
Cut off.

540
00:44:28,100 --> 00:44:30,633
We feel the same.

541
00:44:30,633 --> 00:44:33,266
We still cannot send
our images.

542
00:44:33,266 --> 00:44:38,366
(people talking in background)

543
00:44:38,366 --> 00:44:43,300
(singing)

544
00:44:48,033 --> 00:44:52,766
(people talking in background,
song continues)

545
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,966
(children playing,
woman vocalizing)

546
00:45:08,733 --> 00:45:13,733
(talking in background)

547
00:45:17,533 --> 00:45:19,833
(crying)

548
00:45:19,833 --> 00:45:21,000
MAN:

549
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,400
WOMAN:

550
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,833
(sniffling)

551
00:45:32,866 --> 00:45:34,400
(crying)

552
00:45:39,666 --> 00:45:43,600
CHERNOV:

553
00:45:45,433 --> 00:45:48,300
WOMAN:

554
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:49,133
(sniffles)

555
00:46:02,666 --> 00:46:05,000
 
WOMAN:

556
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,066
(sniffles)

557
00:46:07,066 --> 00:46:10,333
WOMAN:

558
00:46:10,333 --> 00:46:13,366
(baby fussing)

559
00:46:13,366 --> 00:46:15,666
(woman shushing)

560
00:46:15,666 --> 00:46:18,100
(shells firing)

561
00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:21,733
CHERNOV (voiceover):
That night,

562
00:46:21,733 --> 00:46:24,566
as we watch artillery shooting,

563
00:46:24,566 --> 00:46:28,733
our phones suddenly
pick up connection.

564
00:46:28,733 --> 00:46:32,533
I split the footage
into ten-second clips,

565
00:46:32,533 --> 00:46:37,966
set three phones
on the windowsill, and send.

566
00:46:39,133 --> 00:46:41,333
Bombs continued to rain down

567
00:46:41,333 --> 00:46:44,400
on the southern Ukrainian city
of Mariupol,

568
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,400
which was fully surrounded
by Russian troops.

569
00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:50,333
(speaking Russian)

570
00:46:50,333 --> 00:46:53,466
The Russians say
they aren't targeting civilians.

571
00:46:53,466 --> 00:46:57,100
This is 18-month-old Kyryl.

572
00:46:57,100 --> 00:46:59,866
Medics try to save the boy.

573
00:46:59,866 --> 00:47:01,600
They cannot.

574
00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:12,800
CHERNOV (voiceover):
March 9.

575
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:20,566
Like a disease,
war is taking over the city.

576
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,533
(people talking in background)

577
00:47:25,533 --> 00:47:29,400
We are back at the
Emergency Hospital Number Two.

578
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:32,466
The few city workers
that are still on duty

579
00:47:32,466 --> 00:47:34,966
collect bodies to be buried.

580
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:40,300
I recognize this sheet.

581
00:47:43,133 --> 00:47:47,366
It's Ilya, the boy who was
killed playing soccer.

582
00:48:01,066 --> 00:48:05,633
♪ ♪

583
00:48:11,466 --> 00:48:12,466
(speaking Russian):

584
00:48:13,433 --> 00:48:15,433
MAN:

585
00:48:16,866 --> 00:48:18,800
(exhales)

586
00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:30,000
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Somewhere among these black bags

587
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:33,433
lie the other children
we filmed.

588
00:48:33,433 --> 00:48:36,433
(talking in background)

589
00:48:36,433 --> 00:48:41,366
♪ ♪

590
00:48:52,066 --> 00:48:55,966
(talking in background)

591
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,266
CHERNOV:

592
00:49:04,266 --> 00:49:06,133
(panting)

593
00:49:12,300 --> 00:49:14,133
CHERNOV:

594
00:49:14,133 --> 00:49:15,166
MAN:

595
00:49:31,466 --> 00:49:34,866
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Another truck arrives.

596
00:49:34,866 --> 00:49:38,266
Bodies from the streets.

597
00:49:38,266 --> 00:49:40,300
(explosions echoing in distance)

598
00:49:43,900 --> 00:49:48,833
My brain will desperately want
to forget all this.

599
00:49:48,833 --> 00:49:52,266
But the camera
will not let it happen.

600
00:49:58,133 --> 00:50:00,866
(explosion roaring)

601
00:50:00,866 --> 00:50:03,266
(glass falling)

602
00:50:03,266 --> 00:50:06,200
(car alarms blaring)

603
00:50:10,133 --> 00:50:13,333
The shock wave.

604
00:50:13,333 --> 00:50:17,700
Ears and skin
feel the change of pressure.

605
00:50:17,700 --> 00:50:22,133
(alarms continue,
people talking in background)

606
00:50:22,133 --> 00:50:26,100
We hide in the entryway
of a building

607
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:29,233
and wait for another strike,

608
00:50:29,233 --> 00:50:32,633
praying it will not hit us.

609
00:50:37,233 --> 00:50:41,666
(explosions pounding,
car alarms blaring)

610
00:50:50,733 --> 00:50:53,700
(alarms continue)

611
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:56,100
(speaking Russian):

612
00:50:56,100 --> 00:50:58,766
(alarms continue)

613
00:50:58,766 --> 00:51:00,400
MAN:

614
00:51:01,466 --> 00:51:02,900
(knock at door)

615
00:51:02,900 --> 00:51:06,300
(alarms continue)

616
00:51:06,300 --> 00:51:07,533
CHERNOV:

617
00:51:08,066 --> 00:51:08,933
MAN:

618
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:10,966
CHERNOV:

619
00:51:12,166 --> 00:51:15,133
 
(voiceover): We go to the top
of the building

620
00:51:15,133 --> 00:51:18,666
and see the smoke
just a few blocks away.

621
00:51:18,666 --> 00:51:20,700
It's a hospital.

622
00:51:23,866 --> 00:51:25,333
DOCTOR (speaking Russian):

623
00:51:31,866 --> 00:51:32,766
MAN (in distance):

624
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:37,200
DOCTOR:

625
00:51:39,733 --> 00:51:43,666
(people shouting and screaming)

626
00:51:51,133 --> 00:51:53,100
(sobbing)

627
00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:55,000
SOLDIER:

628
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,700
WOMAN:

629
00:51:56,700 --> 00:51:59,366
(sobbing and wailing)

630
00:51:59,366 --> 00:52:02,666
(people talking in background)

631
00:52:05,100 --> 00:52:09,400
WOMAN:

632
00:52:12,266 --> 00:52:13,733
WOMAN:

633
00:52:15,066 --> 00:52:15,633
MAN:

634
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:20,033
WOMAN:

635
00:52:22,333 --> 00:52:23,833
WOMAN:

636
00:52:26,666 --> 00:52:29,966
(people talking, moaning
in background)

637
00:52:29,966 --> 00:52:31,533
BOY (crying):

638
00:52:32,433 --> 00:52:34,433
SOLDIER:

639
00:52:36,866 --> 00:52:37,833
BOY:

640
00:52:37,833 --> 00:52:39,200
SOLDIER:

641
00:52:39,500 --> 00:52:40,566
BOY:

642
00:52:40,566 --> 00:52:41,833
SOLDIER:

643
00:52:41,833 --> 00:52:43,200
BOY:

644
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,366
MAN:

645
00:52:51,333 --> 00:52:52,466
BOY:

646
00:52:52,466 --> 00:52:54,266
MAN:

647
00:52:55,033 --> 00:52:58,400
OFFICER:

648
00:53:01,133 --> 00:53:06,066
(people talking in background)

649
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:13,333
♪ ♪

650
00:53:31,466 --> 00:53:34,366
(men calling in distance)

651
00:53:37,933 --> 00:53:39,300
OFFICER:

652
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:46,400
♪ ♪

653
00:53:49,933 --> 00:53:51,666
CHERNOV (voiceover):
I try to find out

654
00:53:51,666 --> 00:53:55,833
how many dead and wounded
there are.

655
00:53:55,833 --> 00:53:59,300
But in this chaos,
nobody can answer.

656
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:03,966
(people talking in background)

657
00:54:03,966 --> 00:54:06,833
MAN (speaking Russian):

658
00:54:07,900 --> 00:54:12,900
(people talking in background)

659
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:16,433
CHERNOV:

660
00:54:16,700 --> 00:54:17,333
WOMAN:

661
00:54:17,333 --> 00:54:17,866
CHERNOV:

662
00:54:17,866 --> 00:54:21,300
WOMAN:

663
00:54:22,333 --> 00:54:23,266
OFFICER:

664
00:54:23,266 --> 00:54:24,600
WOMAN:

665
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,400
SOLDIER:

666
00:55:01,066 --> 00:55:03,533
MAN:

667
00:55:03,533 --> 00:55:05,566
CHERNOV:

668
00:55:05,566 --> 00:55:06,233
 
MAN:

669
00:55:06,233 --> 00:55:07,000
CHERNOV:

670
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,566
MAN:

671
00:55:09,566 --> 00:55:10,833
CHERNOV (voiceover):
The name of the police officer

672
00:55:10,833 --> 00:55:12,733
speaking to us is Vladimir.

673
00:55:12,733 --> 00:55:15,933
He wants to make a statement.

674
00:55:15,933 --> 00:55:17,100
VLADIMIR (speaking Russian):

675
00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:18,000
CHERNOV:

676
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:23,733
VLADIMIR:

677
00:55:34,833 --> 00:55:38,900
CHERNOV (voiceover):
And then he asks once more.

678
00:55:38,900 --> 00:55:43,600
 
(explosions pound in distance)
Russian troops commit

679
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,666
war crimes.

680
00:55:45,666 --> 00:55:48,633
Our family, our womens,

681
00:55:48,633 --> 00:55:52,233
our children need helps.

682
00:55:52,233 --> 00:55:56,333
Our people needs help
from international society.

683
00:55:56,333 --> 00:56:00,133
Please help Mariupol.

684
00:56:06,033 --> 00:56:07,566
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Vladimir showed us

685
00:56:07,566 --> 00:56:09,366
the only place in the city

686
00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:14,700
where we could catch a signal
and send the images.

687
00:56:14,700 --> 00:56:17,100
VLADIMIR (speaking Russian):

688
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:19,833
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Outside a looted grocery store

689
00:56:19,833 --> 00:56:22,000
on Budivel'nykiv Avenue.

690
00:56:23,333 --> 00:56:24,833
MAN (speaking Russian):

691
00:56:24,833 --> 00:56:26,466
VLADIMIR:

692
00:56:29,666 --> 00:56:31,633
(explosions roaring in distance)

693
00:56:35,033 --> 00:56:36,900
(debris clattering underfoot)

694
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,133
(speaking Russian)

695
00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:48,333
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Air strikes are

696
00:56:48,333 --> 00:56:50,166
happening constantly.

697
00:56:54,966 --> 00:56:56,733
MAN (speaking Russian):

698
00:56:56,733 --> 00:56:58,133
MAN:

699
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,200
VLADIMIR:

700
00:57:02,566 --> 00:57:04,733
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Vladimir said the footage

701
00:57:04,733 --> 00:57:06,833
from the maternity hospital

702
00:57:06,833 --> 00:57:10,233
will change the course
of the war.

703
00:57:10,233 --> 00:57:13,700
But we have seen
so many dead people.

704
00:57:13,700 --> 00:57:15,533
Dead children.

705
00:57:15,533 --> 00:57:18,900
How could more death
change anything?

706
00:57:18,900 --> 00:57:23,800
♪ ♪

707
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:26,666
Air strikes on
the southern city of Mariupol

708
00:57:26,666 --> 00:57:29,733
destroyed a children's
and maternity hospital.

709
00:57:29,733 --> 00:57:31,466
For once,
the aftermath of a bombing,

710
00:57:31,466 --> 00:57:33,733
here at the city's
maternity hospital,

711
00:57:33,733 --> 00:57:36,033
was filmed for the world to see.

712
00:57:36,033 --> 00:57:38,000
Horror and devastation.

713
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,433
This is clearly the, the
worst and most egregious attack

714
00:57:40,433 --> 00:57:42,633
we have seen in this war so far.

715
00:57:42,633 --> 00:57:44,633
...mundial
por el bombardeo ruso

716
00:57:44,633 --> 00:57:48,866
a un hospital pediátrico
en Mariúpol.

717
00:57:48,866 --> 00:57:50,766
(speaking Japanese)

718
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:54,100
The Associated Press
also reports

719
00:57:54,100 --> 00:57:56,466
that city workers
have had to create

720
00:57:56,466 --> 00:57:59,133
a mass grave to bury the dead.

721
00:57:59,133 --> 00:58:01,166
And Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky

722
00:58:01,166 --> 00:58:03,633
calling this attack
a war crime.

723
00:58:03,633 --> 00:58:09,500
(speaking Ukrainian):

724
00:58:13,366 --> 00:58:15,300
(guns firing in distance)

725
00:58:17,433 --> 00:58:19,300
CHERNOV (voiceover):
March 10.

726
00:58:22,066 --> 00:58:24,666
(explosion roars loudly)

727
00:58:24,666 --> 00:58:27,466
(car alarms blaring,
echo resounding)

728
00:58:27,466 --> 00:58:29,466
The city is still being bombed.

729
00:58:29,466 --> 00:58:31,500
(guns firing in distance)

730
00:58:31,500 --> 00:58:35,700
And now I can also hear
heavy machine guns.

731
00:58:35,700 --> 00:58:39,366
That means Russians
have entered the city.

732
00:58:39,366 --> 00:58:43,366
(guns firing, explosions
pounding in distance)

733
00:58:46,066 --> 00:58:49,000
(closer explosions pounding)

734
00:58:53,300 --> 00:58:57,066
(car alarm blaring in distance)

735
00:58:57,066 --> 00:59:01,366
Vladimir, the officer
we met yesterday, is with us.

736
00:59:02,266 --> 00:59:07,200
MAN (speaking Russian
on radio):

737
00:59:12,566 --> 00:59:15,700
 
CHERNOV (voiceover): The last
functioning fire department

738
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:20,466
in the city destroyed
by another air strike.

739
00:59:20,466 --> 00:59:23,366
(talking softly)

740
00:59:29,433 --> 00:59:34,400
♪ ♪

741
00:59:42,833 --> 00:59:45,333
(explosion pounds in distance)

742
00:59:48,233 --> 00:59:53,200
♪ ♪

743
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:57,000
CHERNOV (voiceover):
I don't know if he survived.

744
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:00,600
We try not to stay long
in one place.

745
01:00:09,266 --> 01:00:14,433
The biggest university
in the city was destroyed, too.

746
01:00:17,666 --> 01:00:22,833
♪ ♪

747
01:00:22,833 --> 01:00:24,500
MAN (speaking Russian):

748
01:00:46,700 --> 01:00:49,633
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
New wounds every day.

749
01:00:52,033 --> 01:00:54,966
(debris crunching underfoot)

750
01:00:57,066 --> 01:00:58,733
(speaking Russian):

751
01:00:59,266 --> 01:01:01,000
MAN:

752
01:01:02,666 --> 01:01:03,666
(sniffs)

753
01:01:03,666 --> 01:01:04,666
CHERNOV:

754
01:01:05,266 --> 01:01:07,333
MAN:

755
01:01:14,333 --> 01:01:15,366
CHERNOV:

756
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:17,800
MAN:

757
01:01:25,033 --> 01:01:27,833
CHERNOV:

758
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:35,266
MAN:

759
01:01:37,566 --> 01:01:39,800
 
(mutters)

760
01:01:40,466 --> 01:01:41,266
CHERNOV:

761
01:01:41,266 --> 01:01:42,433
MAN:

762
01:01:42,433 --> 01:01:44,166
CHERNOV:

763
01:01:44,666 --> 01:01:45,866
MAN:

764
01:01:46,566 --> 01:01:47,366
CHERNOV:

765
01:01:47,366 --> 01:01:48,066
MAN:

766
01:01:53,333 --> 01:01:55,066
CHERNOV:

767
01:01:55,333 --> 01:01:56,633
MAN:

768
01:01:57,033 --> 01:01:58,000
CHERNOV:

769
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,766
MAN:

770
01:02:13,900 --> 01:02:16,833
(metal clattering)

771
01:02:25,166 --> 01:02:26,733
(talking softly
in background)

772
01:02:26,733 --> 01:02:28,966
CHERNOV (voiceover):
We drive back to catch a signal

773
01:02:28,966 --> 01:02:32,500
at the spot
on Budivel'nykiv Avenue.

774
01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:36,033
It's still the only place
where you can get internet.

775
01:02:37,133 --> 01:02:38,400
(cell phone chimes)

776
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:41,866
It's past curfew,
so Vladimir accompanies us.

777
01:02:43,033 --> 01:02:46,500
(speaking Russian):

778
01:02:55,366 --> 01:02:56,966
CHERNOV (voiceover):
We check the news

779
01:02:56,966 --> 01:02:59,800
and speak to editors.

780
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:01,200
(in footage):
Sorry, what?

781
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:03,033
Hold on, hold on.

782
01:03:03,033 --> 01:03:04,633
(explosion echoing)

783
01:03:04,633 --> 01:03:06,800
It's coming back-- hold on.

784
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:08,166
(speaking Russian
in background)

785
01:03:08,166 --> 01:03:09,966
CHERNOV:
Hold on, hold on, hold on.

786
01:03:12,866 --> 01:03:16,800
This mother(bleep)
is flying around.

787
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:19,000
Hold on-- I can hear him.

788
01:03:21,466 --> 01:03:24,900
I, I don't think
there has been a moment today

789
01:03:24,900 --> 01:03:29,166
when there was not, not
an airplane in the air.

790
01:03:29,166 --> 01:03:31,500
And, uh,

791
01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:33,400
the prognosis
is very pessimistic.

792
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:37,333
I think they're take
the Left Bank already.

793
01:03:37,333 --> 01:03:40,266
(voiceover):
I give them the latest.

794
01:03:40,266 --> 01:03:43,066
 
But there are disturbing updates
for us.

795
01:03:43,066 --> 01:03:45,100
(in footage):
Okay.

796
01:03:45,100 --> 01:03:46,966
(playing on phone): These
women's stories have epitomized

797
01:03:46,966 --> 01:03:49,533
the tragedy unfolding
in Ukraine.

798
01:03:49,533 --> 01:03:52,366
And yet, even their suffering
has been questioned,

799
01:03:52,366 --> 01:03:54,366
with Russian officials
claiming on Twitter

800
01:03:54,366 --> 01:03:57,500
and in news programs
that they must be actors.

801
01:03:57,500 --> 01:03:59,166
(speaking Russian)

802
01:04:05,466 --> 01:04:07,200
(translated): This maternity
hospital had already been

803
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:10,566
 
seized by the Azov Battalion
and other radicals.

804
01:04:10,566 --> 01:04:12,800
All the pregnant women,
all the nurses,

805
01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:16,033
all the service personnel were
already expelled from there.

806
01:04:16,466 --> 01:04:25,066
(speaking Russian):

807
01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:38,033
(translated):
This is information terrorism.

808
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:50,566
CHERNOV (voiceover): We hoped
that the pregnant woman

809
01:04:50,566 --> 01:04:54,133
on the stretcher survived.

810
01:04:54,133 --> 01:04:55,800
So we went to search for her

811
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:59,466
and other victims at the
Emergency Hospital Number Two.

812
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:05,933
Soldiers are guarding
the entrance.

813
01:05:05,933 --> 01:05:09,133
(people talking in background)

814
01:05:09,133 --> 01:05:12,766
Vladimir says
this is the red zone now.

815
01:05:12,766 --> 01:05:15,800
The Russians have entered
the neighborhood.

816
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:18,633
(gunfire echoing)

817
01:05:18,633 --> 01:05:20,566
So he comes with us.

818
01:05:20,566 --> 01:05:22,833
(gunfire echoing)

819
01:05:25,766 --> 01:05:30,033
Floor by floor, we search
for the pregnant women.

820
01:05:30,033 --> 01:05:32,266
There is no maternity ward,

821
01:05:32,266 --> 01:05:37,100
so we try
the surgery department.

822
01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:39,066
(people talking in background)

823
01:05:39,066 --> 01:05:41,000
(yelping)

824
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:50,266
(moaning)

825
01:05:50,266 --> 01:05:52,700
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Surgeons are overwhelmed

826
01:05:52,700 --> 01:05:55,600
and low on painkillers.

827
01:05:55,600 --> 01:06:00,566
(woman groans loudly,
medical staff talking)

828
01:06:00,566 --> 01:06:02,700
CHERNOV (voiceover):
This piece of shrapnel

829
01:06:02,700 --> 01:06:05,633
was taken from a patient.

830
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:11,333
MAN (speaking Russian):

831
01:06:12,666 --> 01:06:14,966
 
CHERNOV (voiceover): Finally,
we find one of the doctors

832
01:06:14,966 --> 01:06:16,866
who treated the woman
on the stretcher.

833
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:22,633
(speaking Russian):

834
01:06:23,033 --> 01:06:26,466
DOCTOR:

835
01:06:50,533 --> 01:06:52,733
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Her name was Iryna.

836
01:06:52,733 --> 01:06:55,933
They said she screamed,
"Kill me,"

837
01:06:55,933 --> 01:06:57,833
when they brought her.

838
01:06:57,833 --> 01:07:00,666
She knew her child was dead.

839
01:07:04,200 --> 01:07:08,700
Other survivors are here.

840
01:07:08,700 --> 01:07:11,366
One of them
has just given birth.

841
01:07:14,166 --> 01:07:17,866
Another is taken
to an operating room.

842
01:07:17,866 --> 01:07:21,300
She lost part of her foot
in the bombing

843
01:07:21,300 --> 01:07:24,800
and doctors worry
about the child.

844
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:28,366
DOCTOR (speaking Russian):

845
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:36,166
(machines beeping)

846
01:07:39,833 --> 01:07:42,333
(speaking Russian)

847
01:07:48,366 --> 01:07:52,400
(encouraging in Russian)

848
01:08:10,300 --> 01:08:12,866
(baby crying,
doctors and nurses cheer)

849
01:08:17,300 --> 01:08:19,166
(crying)

850
01:08:22,966 --> 01:08:24,833
DOCTOR:

851
01:08:31,500 --> 01:08:35,100
(machine beeping)

852
01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:39,400
DOCTOR:

853
01:08:40,100 --> 01:08:42,766
DOCTOR 2:

854
01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:00,166
 
(baby giggles)

855
01:09:02,366 --> 01:09:04,966
DOCTOR 1:

856
01:09:05,300 --> 01:09:07,766
DOCTOR 2:

857
01:09:13,866 --> 01:09:15,800
(explosion pounds in distance)

858
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:22,866
(closer explosion pounds)

859
01:09:22,866 --> 01:09:24,366
WOMAN:

860
01:09:24,366 --> 01:09:26,266
MAN:

861
01:09:27,033 --> 01:09:29,366
(closer explosion roars)

862
01:09:29,366 --> 01:09:32,800
(people talking in background)

863
01:09:34,733 --> 01:09:37,366
WOMAN:

864
01:09:40,900 --> 01:09:43,366
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
We have to leave.

865
01:09:43,366 --> 01:09:45,566
But the corridors
are filled with people

866
01:09:45,566 --> 01:09:49,266
who lost homes, relatives.

867
01:09:49,266 --> 01:09:51,066
(sniffling)

868
01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:56,300
(speaking Russian, crying):

869
01:10:20,100 --> 01:10:23,000
(sobbing, panting)

870
01:10:38,833 --> 01:10:41,766
(crying)

871
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:03,366
♪ ♪

872
01:11:09,733 --> 01:11:13,466
(footsteps approaching)

873
01:11:13,466 --> 01:11:17,566
CHERNOV (voiceover): We head
to the exit, but it's too late.

874
01:11:17,566 --> 01:11:21,066
Soldiers say a sniper
just shot and injured a nurse

875
01:11:21,066 --> 01:11:23,700
in front of the hospital.

876
01:11:24,766 --> 01:11:26,100
(speaking Russian):

877
01:11:26,866 --> 01:11:28,933
MAN:

878
01:11:30,433 --> 01:11:33,566
(on radio):

879
01:11:34,466 --> 01:11:36,100
MAN:

880
01:11:39,433 --> 01:11:43,000
(people talking in background)

881
01:11:46,766 --> 01:11:51,200
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Two soldiers are still trapped.

882
01:11:51,566 --> 01:11:53,000
(calling):

883
01:11:53,866 --> 01:11:55,333
SOLDIER:

884
01:11:55,333 --> 01:11:57,066
(calling):

885
01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:01,733
SOLDIER:

886
01:12:07,400 --> 01:12:09,300
VLADIMIR:

887
01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:21,566
SOLDIER:

888
01:12:26,466 --> 01:12:28,466
(gun firing)

889
01:12:35,566 --> 01:12:36,466
MAN:

890
01:12:38,633 --> 01:12:43,200
(guns firing)

891
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:44,133
(man calls)

892
01:12:48,633 --> 01:12:50,400
MAN:

893
01:12:52,100 --> 01:12:53,600
MAN:

894
01:12:54,433 --> 01:12:55,266
MAN 2:

895
01:12:55,266 --> 01:12:55,866
SOLDIER:

896
01:12:55,866 --> 01:12:57,066
MAN 2:

897
01:12:57,066 --> 01:12:57,666
(laughs):

898
01:12:59,533 --> 01:13:03,133
♪ ♪

899
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:06,333
MAN:

900
01:13:16,366 --> 01:13:18,133
(coughs)

901
01:13:18,133 --> 01:13:20,800
MAN:

902
01:13:23,100 --> 01:13:26,000
(speaking Russian on radio)

903
01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:30,633
CHERNOV (voiceover):
We hear a low rumble.

904
01:13:30,633 --> 01:13:31,800
(vehicle moving in distance)

905
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:34,466
(speaking Russian on radio):

906
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:37,733
VLADIMIR:

907
01:13:37,733 --> 01:13:39,233
SOLDIER:

908
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:42,366
MAN:

909
01:13:42,766 --> 01:13:45,100
MAN 2:

910
01:13:47,633 --> 01:13:49,500
SOLDIER:

911
01:13:51,533 --> 01:13:53,733
(on radio):

912
01:14:03,033 --> 01:14:05,733
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
So we run to the seventh floor,

913
01:14:05,733 --> 01:14:08,400
to our observation point.

914
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:10,000
It's risky.

915
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:14,866
They can open fire at the
upper floors of the hospital.

916
01:14:14,866 --> 01:14:18,800
But from here, we can see more.

917
01:14:23,133 --> 01:14:27,633
(speaking Russian):

918
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:41,900
 
CHERNOV (in footage):

919
01:14:47,833 --> 01:14:50,000
(explosions echoing)

920
01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:00,400
(explosion pounds)

921
01:15:23,866 --> 01:15:27,133
VLADIMIR:

922
01:15:34,533 --> 01:15:36,666
(automatic gunfire echoes)

923
01:15:48,266 --> 01:15:51,400
CHERNOV (voiceover):
They are coming closer.

924
01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:54,166
If reinforcements don't arrive,

925
01:15:54,166 --> 01:15:59,866
the soldiers downstairs
will not be able to stop them.

926
01:15:59,866 --> 01:16:04,000
They will take over
the hospital.

927
01:16:07,300 --> 01:16:08,800
MAN (speaking Russian):

928
01:16:09,866 --> 01:16:11,833
CHERNOV:

929
01:16:15,100 --> 01:16:17,433
VLADIMIR:

930
01:16:19,966 --> 01:16:20,866
 
MAN:

931
01:16:21,133 --> 01:16:22,133
MAN 2:

932
01:16:22,133 --> 01:16:24,800
MAN 3:

933
01:16:26,866 --> 01:16:28,500
CHERNOV:

934
01:16:31,466 --> 01:16:32,600
MAN:

935
01:16:33,633 --> 01:16:36,500
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
What should we do?

936
01:16:36,500 --> 01:16:39,400
We need to send
all this footage:

937
01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:43,233
survivors from
the maternity bombing;

938
01:16:43,233 --> 01:16:48,066
tanks shooting
at residential areas.

939
01:16:48,066 --> 01:16:50,333
There is no connection here,

940
01:16:50,333 --> 01:16:54,166
and we can't get to our car.

941
01:16:54,166 --> 01:16:57,933
And if we get caught,
Vladimir says,

942
01:16:57,933 --> 01:17:01,533
"Russians will make you say
everything you published

943
01:17:01,533 --> 01:17:03,466
was a lie."

944
01:17:14,366 --> 01:17:16,400
The night is sleepless.

945
01:17:19,166 --> 01:17:22,700
Feverish thoughts
of past, present, and future

946
01:17:22,700 --> 01:17:25,033
race through my mind.

947
01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:33,600
I want all of this to stop,
but I have no power over it.

948
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:37,800
My memory keeps carrying me
back home

949
01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:40,566
and back to war.

950
01:17:40,566 --> 01:17:42,433
♪ ♪

951
01:17:42,433 --> 01:17:46,700
If someday my daughters ask me,

952
01:17:46,700 --> 01:17:50,833
"What did you do
to stop this madness,

953
01:17:50,833 --> 01:17:54,433
this sadistic virus
of destruction?"...

954
01:17:55,666 --> 01:17:59,166
...I want to be able
to give them an answer.

955
01:18:07,633 --> 01:18:11,266
(people walking quickly)

956
01:18:11,266 --> 01:18:15,200
(breath trembling)

957
01:18:18,566 --> 01:18:22,533
This is
a special military task force.

958
01:18:24,333 --> 01:18:28,000
All night,
we hid inside the hospital,

959
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:31,500
and Vladimir used
the last of his radio's battery

960
01:18:31,500 --> 01:18:33,166
to contact them.

961
01:18:36,133 --> 01:18:37,500
This morning,

962
01:18:37,500 --> 01:18:42,233
they broke into the surgery
department to rescue us.

963
01:18:42,233 --> 01:18:47,800
They said we were already
behind enemy lines.

964
01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:54,400
(breathing heavily in footage)

965
01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:57,333
(men shouting, running)

966
01:19:08,133 --> 01:19:09,900
(explosion echoing)

967
01:19:23,533 --> 01:19:26,233
(explosion echoing)

968
01:19:26,233 --> 01:19:28,300
(voiceover):
We are still wearing the scrubs

969
01:19:28,300 --> 01:19:30,166
the doctors gave us,

970
01:19:30,166 --> 01:19:34,366
in case Russians entered
the hospital that night.

971
01:19:34,366 --> 01:19:36,500
(calls out)

972
01:19:36,500 --> 01:19:38,466
(hinges squeak)

973
01:19:38,466 --> 01:19:40,400
(breathing heavily)

974
01:19:41,966 --> 01:19:43,533
(explosion echoing)

975
01:19:44,166 --> 01:19:47,366
(speaking Russian):

976
01:19:49,666 --> 01:19:51,733
(explosion echoing)

977
01:19:54,666 --> 01:19:58,900
SOLDIER:

978
01:19:58,900 --> 01:20:01,700
(explosion echoing)

979
01:20:01,700 --> 01:20:04,633
(panting)

980
01:20:15,133 --> 01:20:17,066
(explosion echoing)

981
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:24,333
SOLDIER:

982
01:20:25,433 --> 01:20:28,166
(explosion echoing)

983
01:20:40,666 --> 01:20:42,600
(debris crunching underfoot)

984
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:43,566
(speaking Russian)

985
01:20:49,766 --> 01:20:52,033
 
CHERNOV (voiceover):
We run,

986
01:20:52,033 --> 01:20:55,833
abandoning the doctors
who have sheltered us,

987
01:20:55,833 --> 01:20:59,433
pregnant women
who had been shelled,

988
01:20:59,433 --> 01:21:02,800
the people who live
in hospital corridors

989
01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:06,200
because they have
nowhere else to go.

990
01:21:07,633 --> 01:21:10,433
SOLDIER:

991
01:21:14,500 --> 01:21:16,666
(explosion echoes in distance)

992
01:21:22,966 --> 01:21:24,000
SOLDIER:

993
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:34,566
 
(jet streaking)
(calls out in Russian)

994
01:21:34,566 --> 01:21:37,500
(explosion pounds)

995
01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:51,466
♪ ♪

996
01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:02,500
CHERNOV (voiceover): The
Russians took over the hospital

997
01:22:02,500 --> 01:22:05,866
a few hours after we escaped.

998
01:22:05,866 --> 01:22:08,000
They've taken the Left Bank,

999
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:11,400
except the Azovstal
steel factory.

1000
01:22:12,866 --> 01:22:17,900
And they are closing in
on the city center.

1001
01:22:17,900 --> 01:22:22,866
Ukrainian forces fight back,
but they are outnumbered.

1002
01:22:24,833 --> 01:22:29,833
The city is slowly dying,
like a human being.

1003
01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:37,433
On the day we escaped
from the hospital,

1004
01:22:37,433 --> 01:22:40,466
the military task force
moved us and Vladimir

1005
01:22:40,466 --> 01:22:43,900
to an area
still under Ukrainian control.

1006
01:22:43,900 --> 01:22:48,466
And for days, we tried to find
a way to get out of the city

1007
01:22:48,466 --> 01:22:51,033
with all the footage.

1008
01:22:51,033 --> 01:22:53,533
(people shouting,
child screaming)

1009
01:22:53,900 --> 01:22:55,833
CHILD (speaking Russian):

1010
01:22:55,833 --> 01:22:58,633
CHERNOV (voiceover):
March 13.

1011
01:22:58,633 --> 01:23:02,033
 
Shelling of residential areas
continues.

1012
01:23:02,033 --> 01:23:05,433
(people talking in background)

1013
01:23:05,433 --> 01:23:08,200
(crying)

1014
01:23:11,366 --> 01:23:13,200
(screams):

1015
01:23:22,033 --> 01:23:23,600
MAN:

1016
01:23:24,666 --> 01:23:26,566
MAN 2:

1017
01:23:30,633 --> 01:23:33,933
(people talking in background)

1018
01:23:33,933 --> 01:23:35,733
(sobbing)

1019
01:23:40,166 --> 01:23:45,100
(murmuring and whimpering)

1020
01:23:47,066 --> 01:23:48,733
CHERNOV (voiceover):
Without any information,

1021
01:23:48,733 --> 01:23:51,900
people don't know who to blame.

1022
01:23:51,900 --> 01:23:53,800
MAN (speaking Russian):

1023
01:23:53,800 --> 01:23:55,033
CHERNOV:

1024
01:23:55,033 --> 01:23:56,633
WOMAN:

1025
01:23:57,000 --> 01:23:59,366
WOMAN 2:

1026
01:23:59,366 --> 01:24:02,133
CHERNOV:

1027
01:24:03,033 --> 01:24:05,633
 
WOMAN 1:

1028
01:24:06,266 --> 01:24:09,433
WOMAN 3:

1029
01:24:09,433 --> 01:24:10,666
 
CHERNOV:

1030
01:24:20,733 --> 01:24:23,566
MAN:

1031
01:24:23,933 --> 01:24:26,566
 
WOMAN:

1032
01:24:30,466 --> 01:24:33,400
(debris clattering)

1033
01:24:37,666 --> 01:24:38,866
CHERNOV:

1034
01:24:40,266 --> 01:24:42,433
 
(voiceover):
Vladimir keeps insisting

1035
01:24:42,433 --> 01:24:44,800
we need to find a way to leave.

1036
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:48,133
But we no longer have our van.

1037
01:24:48,133 --> 01:24:52,833
It was left behind
in the hospital.

1038
01:24:52,833 --> 01:24:56,933
And anyone who drives us with
our cameras and hard drives

1039
01:24:56,933 --> 01:25:00,033
through miles
of occupied territory

1040
01:25:00,033 --> 01:25:01,666
would be taking a risk.

1041
01:25:01,666 --> 01:25:07,366
On March 15,
our editors send us a message:

1042
01:25:07,366 --> 01:25:10,133
"Yesterday, some people
were able to leave

1043
01:25:10,133 --> 01:25:12,366
"with a Red Cross convoy,

1044
01:25:12,366 --> 01:25:15,633
and there is another one
leaving today."

1045
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,700
We go to the last functioning
hospital in the city.

1046
01:25:29,700 --> 01:25:31,166
(clears throat in footage)

1047
01:25:37,233 --> 01:25:40,066
The Red Cross convoy has left.

1048
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:47,733
(guns firing, explosions
pounding in distance)

1049
01:25:50,100 --> 01:25:52,333
(groaning in pain)

1050
01:25:52,333 --> 01:25:53,466
OFFICER (speaking Russian):

1051
01:25:56,200 --> 01:25:58,266
MAN:

1052
01:25:58,600 --> 01:25:59,933
MEDIC:

1053
01:25:59,933 --> 01:26:01,533
WOMAN:

1054
01:26:13,233 --> 01:26:15,266
(screams)

1055
01:26:16,366 --> 01:26:18,800
CHERNOV (voiceover):
I wish I could do more.

1056
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:20,566
Stay longer.

1057
01:26:20,566 --> 01:26:22,233
But we need to leave.

1058
01:26:26,133 --> 01:26:29,733
One of the doctors tells us
to follow him to the basement.

1059
01:26:30,066 --> 01:26:32,333
DOCTOR:

1060
01:27:20,133 --> 01:27:21,066
(sighs)

1061
01:27:26,266 --> 01:27:29,500
(explosion pounds in distance)

1062
01:27:29,500 --> 01:27:31,433
(speaks Russian)

1063
01:27:53,833 --> 01:27:55,833
(debris crunches underfoot)

1064
01:28:05,333 --> 01:28:08,666
(people talking in background)

1065
01:28:08,666 --> 01:28:12,866
CHERNOV (voiceover): We need
to catch up with the convoy.

1066
01:28:12,866 --> 01:28:18,700
Vladimir says he can try
to take us with his car.

1067
01:28:18,700 --> 01:28:21,566
I tell him it's dangerous.

1068
01:28:21,566 --> 01:28:25,900
But he wants to help to get us
and our materials out.

1069
01:28:25,900 --> 01:28:29,666
And he still hopes,
if the world saw everything

1070
01:28:29,666 --> 01:28:31,866
that happened in Mariupol,

1071
01:28:31,866 --> 01:28:35,733
it would give at least
some meaning to this horror.

1072
01:28:40,333 --> 01:28:42,700
(car horns honking)

1073
01:28:50,633 --> 01:28:54,000
Vladimir's car was damaged
by shelling,

1074
01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:57,666
but, miraculously, still runs.

1075
01:28:57,666 --> 01:29:00,700
We are with his family.

1076
01:29:07,733 --> 01:29:10,166
We make it
through 100 kilometers

1077
01:29:10,166 --> 01:29:12,566
of occupied territory

1078
01:29:12,566 --> 01:29:15,633
and 15 Russian checkpoints,

1079
01:29:15,633 --> 01:29:20,066
cameras and hard drives
hidden under seats.

1080
01:29:21,866 --> 01:29:27,100
By dawn, we finally catch up
with the Red Cross convoy.

1081
01:29:29,033 --> 01:29:29,966
(brake engages)

1082
01:29:45,133 --> 01:29:48,866
(people talking in background)

1083
01:29:48,866 --> 01:29:53,100
Yesterday, I told one of
the officers who extracted us

1084
01:29:53,100 --> 01:29:57,433
from the hospital,
"Thank you for saving us."

1085
01:29:57,433 --> 01:30:02,733
He said, "Thank you for telling
the story of this city."

1086
01:30:02,733 --> 01:30:05,233
And yet, as we drive away,

1087
01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:07,433
I keep thinking
about all the people

1088
01:30:07,433 --> 01:30:11,333
whose tragedies
will remain unknown.

1089
01:30:11,333 --> 01:30:13,900
I will see my daughters.

1090
01:30:13,900 --> 01:30:17,666
And I can only hope
that these people survive

1091
01:30:17,666 --> 01:30:20,666
and will be
with their families, too.

1092
01:30:27,733 --> 01:30:33,433
♪ ♪

1093
01:30:33,433 --> 01:30:35,133
The total number of refugees

1094
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who have fled Ukraine so far
is now nearing three million.

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And Russians continue
to strangle

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and starve Mariupol.

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Got some new video
this morning

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of 2,000 cars
that officials say managed

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to make it out of Mariupol
through a humanitarian corridor

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that Russia did not renege on.

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Devastating images are now

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emerging from Mariupol, where
the mayor says the death toll

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could be as high as 20,000
since the war began.

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(speaking non-English
language)

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(speaking German)

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Leaving people
without supply lines

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for food or water,
without internet connection

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to the outside world.

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It was a tragedy.

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This woman and her unborn child
later died.

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And we know about the
atrocities that have been

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happening inside Mariupol
because of journalists

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from the Associated Press.

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The only international reporters

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to remain
after the Russian bombardment

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bore witness to what have become
indelible images of the war.

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A.P. reporters on the ground

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showed the world a mass grave
in Mariupol.

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I'm talking about
narrow trenches in Mariupol

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with babies' bodies in them.

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A.P., A.P. journalists
have, have been there.

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I've seen so many fakes.

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Who wins the, the information
war, the one who wins the war.

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01:31:50,633 --> 01:31:52,733
Do you really, truly believe
this?

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Do you truly believe
what you're saying?

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Go to pbs.org/frontline for a

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Q&A on the making of this film

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01:35:46,900 --> 01:35:50,066
with director Mstyslav Chernow

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01:35:50,066 --> 01:35:51,500
Vladimir showed us the only

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place in the city where we could
catch

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a signal and send the images.

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01:35:56,833 --> 01:36:00,466
And check out all our
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01:36:03,633 --> 01:36:05,200
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01:36:05,200 --> 01:36:07,566
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01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:41,400
For more on this and other
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01:36:41,400 --> 01:36:44,533
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♪ ♪

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Frontline's " 20 Days in
Mariupol"

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01:36:52,566 --> 01:36:54,233
is available on
Amazon Prime Video.

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