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Russian invasion of Ukraine: First anniversary: life on the front line in Kherson; UKRAINE: Kherson: EXT / INT POVs from car driving at speed along deserted road as passing under Antonivsky Bridge EXT Tetyana Romaschenko (local resident who stayed during Russian occupation) greeting reporter Tetyana Romaschenko along with reporter Tetyana Romaschenko interview (subtitles on PaB only) SOT - We never thought that those inhuman people would fire at us like this after they left/ We expected that they would leave and our lives would be easier/ But it's not easier now but even more difficult Various of (mainly) elderly people queue at van for food bags at aid distribution point INT Various of Daryna and Andriy (children who live with Tetyana Romaschenko as their own home was damaged) sit at table doing their homework by light of single lamp EXT Tetyana Romaschenko interview (subtitles on PaB only) SOT - I just want it to be peaceful and for my kids to come home. There's nothing else that I want/ Sorry to be so emotional/ It's frightening and you want to see your children/ I talk to them twice a day, but I don't get that love and warmth, those hugs, because they're so far away/ Various of Ukrainian soldiers firing guns during training exercise (target practice) Father Maksym Bervinov (124th Territorial Defence Brigade) taking off his flak jacket as from car outside church INT Father Bervinov putting on liturgical gown Various of Father Bervinov conducting prayer service in church and looking on as two women worshipers light candles Father Maksym Bervinov (124th Territorial Defence Brigade) interview (subtitles on PaB only) SOT - This is a holy war, because we protect our relatives, and others who need our help/ In the first days of the war we saw the atrocities the enemy committed in Bucha and Irpin as well as in our territories during occupation/ That's why it's a holy war/ - If they admit their guilt, of course, we must forgiv...