More than 4 million people have fled from the country since Russia invaded five weeks ago, but 90% of the country's population has stayed, and they're trying to do their work and support their families despite the onslaught.
has shown how difficult it is to live anything like a normal life when fighting is going on around you. More than 4 million people have fled from the country since Russia invaded five weeks ago, but 90% of the country's population has stayed, and they're trying to do their work and support their families despite the onslaught.
CBS News correspondent Debora Patta met some of the people who have found a way to continue functioning amid the chaos in Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv. Thousands of people have fled the worst of the war to the relative safety of Kyiv and surrounding towns. In Brovary, on the eastern outskirts of the capital, Katya found shelter in a kindergarten with her four children after her home burnt down. Now she shares a classroom with more than 25 other people.
Before the war, Victor was an electrician. He hadn't picked up a gun in 12 years, since he served his mandatory conscription. But CBS News found him among the tens of thousands of civilians who have taken up arms to guard Kyiv against the Russian invaders. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Victor was an electrician. CBS News found him among the tens of thousands of civilians who have taken up arms to guard Kyiv."At the beginning, I was very astounded about what's happening," he told Patta."Then I realized that it is not a joke. It is actually a patriotic war." Astoundingly, grocery stores are still open in Kyiv, and when there is no physical comfort to be found, there's always the spiritual.
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