WEBVTT 00:00:26.584 00:00:33.225 [ VO ]It's 7 o'clock in the morning in Zaitzevo and this bedroom is the safest place in the house because it has no windows. 00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:27.060 Time to get up! 00:00:33.070 --> 00:00:35.080 Say hello to the gentlemen. 00:00:35.180 --> 00:00:36.180 Hello! 00:00:37.090 --> 00:00:40.080 Go to Mummy, I'll get your uniform ready. 00:00:48.172 00:00:52.093 [ VO ]There are only women in the Ryzhkov family, the grand-daughter, daughter, mother, and grand-mother. 00:00:59.130 --> 00:01:01.220 [ Masha ]When I was 5 or 6, 00:01:02.020 --> 00:01:04.040 I just couldn't sleep at all. 00:01:07.010 --> 00:01:10.150 Because of the war I only slept every other night. 00:01:11.230 --> 00:01:14.080 Sometimes I didn't sleep at all, 00:01:14.130 --> 00:01:17.030 when they fired at night from an APC. 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:20.060 It's like a big tank, 00:01:20.110 --> 00:01:22.150 it won't let you sleep. 00:01:28.030 --> 00:01:30.190 The grey zone is a demarcation area, 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:33.040 a corridor, between the armies. 00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:38.130 The armies are on either side, neither is allowed into the village. 00:01:39.190 --> 00:01:41.120 We just live here. 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:44.080 The children go to school, we work. 00:01:45.010 --> 00:01:47.220 We do housework and grow vegetables. 00:01:50.030 --> 00:01:51.190 [ Masha ]My name's Masha. 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:55.090 My mum calls me 'Mania', my granny, 'Maria', 00:01:55.190 --> 00:01:58.150 so everyone has their own name for me. 00:02:00.230 --> 00:02:04.200 I go to bed around 8 or 9 pm before the shelling starts. 00:02:05.130 --> 00:02:08.230 I wouldn't be able to go to sleep, otherwise, 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.110 specially as I get up early to go school. 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:13.170 at 7 or 8 am. 00:02:16.070 --> 00:02:19.240 [ Svetlana ]They call us separatists, what's a separatist? 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:27.050 Someone who wants a quiet, peaceful life? 00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:30.020 Who wants a calm life for their kids? 00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:32.180 That's what a separatist is? 0:02:33.220 --> 00:02:35.090 Take a look. 00:02:35.140 --> 00:02:38.100 - Three bows? - Only two. Why three? 00:02:38.150 --> 00:02:41.140 - This one was hanging down. - Well… 00:02:44.230 --> 00:02:48.190 [ Svetlana ]At night we leave the windows ajar, even in winter. 00:02:49.110 --> 00:02:54.170 If there's an explosion, the blast won't damage the glass too badly. 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.020 [ Aleksey ]A gunner must see where he firing, and who he's shooting at. 00:03:07.070 --> 00:03:11.230 So why do shells sometimes land in people's homes and gardens? 00:03:12.030 --> 00:03:13.220 Better ask the spotter, 00:03:14.040 --> 00:03:15.200 I have no idea. 00:03:17.190 --> 00:03:19.170 They give coordinates, 00:03:20.100 --> 00:03:22.230 we tap them in and the shot's fired. 0:03:38.040 --> 00:03:39.220 Everybody's at work. 00:03:45.030 --> 00:03:46.230 Ok, the cups… 00:03:51.040 --> 00:03:53.180 The village has been torn in half. 00:03:54.180 --> 00:04:00.000 Some families are split with relatives on the Ukraine side and this side. 00:04:00.050 --> 00:04:02.050 They can't see each other... 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.070 because of checkpoints. 00:04:04.140 --> 00:04:07.200 - Granny, will we go by car? - No, by bus. 00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:09.230 Okay... 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.100 Won't your ears get cold? 00:04:12.220 --> 00:04:16.230 - If they do, I'll go like this. - Ok. Let's run for bus. 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:19.160 Let granny get her shoes… 00:04:27.316 00:04:32.756 [ VO ]Maria's school is in nearby Nikitovka. Sometimes, it has "visitors" too - that's what they call it when the village 00:04:32.756 00:04:38.447 is shelled by artillery and mortars. But as it’s the only school available, it’s a risk she has to take every day. 00:04:32.010 --> 00:04:33.190 [ Masha ]It's a very good village. 00:04:34.010 --> 00:04:37.200 I have friends everywhere: right, left and all round. 00:04:38.030 --> 00:04:40.050 They all live in Nikitovka, 00:04:40.150 --> 00:04:43.200 they get so badly shelled, I can't bear it. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.140 Have you gone through Nikitovka? 00:04:47.150 --> 00:04:50.020 They used to have a market there, 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:53.110 now its roof is split in half! 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.060 Good morning, first grade! 00:04:59.110 --> 00:05:01.230 You know the pick up time, right? 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:10.090 [ Svetlana ]We can't go in because of the terrorist threat. It's very strict. 00:05:10.150 --> 00:05:13.180 The teacher takes them in and they study. 00:05:22.050 --> 00:05:24.000 Morning is starting! 00:05:24.050 --> 00:05:25.160 It's a good day! 00:05:26.010 --> 00:05:27.220 The sun is smiling! 00:05:28.020 --> 00:05:30.040 It's a good day! 00:05:30.130 --> 00:05:32.140 People are waking up! 00:05:32.190 --> 00:05:34.170 It's a good day! 00:05:34.220 --> 00:05:37.000 It's a good day for everyone. 00:05:37.050 --> 00:05:38.240 It's a good day! 00:05:39.060 --> 00:05:41.070 A good day, 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:44.120 a good... 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.100 [ Aleksey ]I was captured on April 3, 2016. 00:05:52.170 --> 00:05:55.120 We were leaving for a shift in Kherson. 00:05:55.170 --> 00:05:57.200 I fell behind the convoy. 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:01.120 We lost our way and came out near a checkpoint. 00:06:02.070 --> 00:06:04.010 Our vehicle was stopped. 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:08.080 We didn't get to the checkpoint, they shot at our tyres. 00:06:10.070 --> 00:06:11.190 How many were you? 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:13.140 - Two. - Two of us. 00:06:13.190 --> 00:06:15.150 What were you serving as? 00:06:15.200 --> 00:06:17.040 I drove a ZIL-131, 00:06:18.030 --> 00:06:20.020 with a mortar platoon. 00:06:21.210 --> 00:06:24.160 - You? - I worked on mortar withdrawal. 00:06:36.050 --> 00:06:38.140 [ Viktoria ]That's from the shockwave. 00:06:39.230 --> 00:06:44.150 The thing is that the school was hit twice in less than a month. 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.130 One direct hit and one in front of the main facade. 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:50.090 We know who it was... 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:53.030 ...because of the direction. 00:06:53.080 --> 00:06:55.030 We're no fools, we see how 00:06:55.080 --> 00:06:58.180 the OSCE mission helps them with targeting, 00:06:59.020 --> 00:07:00.220 and we know who's there, 00:07:01.020 --> 00:07:03.160 Maiorsk is Ukrainian territory. 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:28.230 Liokha's coming! A moment in history! 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.170 It's Lyosha, not Liokha! 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.170 Everyone here is my friend. 00:07:42.512 00:07:50.632 [ VO ]Every drawing in these picture books is a reflection of war. Even first-graders know all about combat vehicles and tanks. 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.070 No white spots allowed! 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:46.210 Colour it in! 00:07:47.170 --> 00:07:49.090 This is a DPR flag. 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:52.230 This is a tank. 00:07:55.110 --> 00:07:58.120 This is an APC, where bombs are landing. 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:01.230 I'm very happy to see you. 00:08:02.030 --> 00:08:04.170 Today we'll discuss a proverb: 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.190 'You live and you learn'. 00:08:09.070 --> 00:08:11.070 Who knows what that means? 00:08:11.140 --> 00:08:15.060 It means you have to study well if you want to live well. 00:08:15.110 --> 00:08:18.090 Right! It means, we keep learning new, 00:08:18.140 --> 00:08:21.050 exciting things as long as we live. 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:22.190 You're on camera! 00:08:29.050 --> 00:08:32.130 [ Viktoria ]The school was hit on the night of July 10th. 00:08:32.230 --> 00:08:35.100 There was a huge hole in the wall. 00:08:40.140 --> 00:08:43.170 This window was blown out, frame and all. 00:08:45.230 --> 00:08:48.210 It won't open because of the damage. 00:08:49.060 --> 00:08:51.000 There's no window frame. 00:08:51.050 --> 00:08:53.200 You can see how strong the blast was. 00:08:58.030 --> 00:09:02.120 It fell in completely after the first blast, as you can see. 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:04.200 The building is 78 years old. 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:07.090 We keep on working. 00:09:07.140 --> 00:09:09.230 Everybody wonders how we go on, 00:09:10.030 --> 00:09:13.110 and if we discuss the war with the kids. We don't! 00:09:13.160 --> 00:09:18.060 On the contrary, we try to distract the Nikitovo kids from the war, 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.240 as they're living it day and night. 00:09:21.040 --> 00:09:23.220 The action is mostly at night. 00:09:24.020 --> 00:09:27.120 Mornings, they go to school and a different life. 00:09:33.020 --> 00:09:37.150 Locals believe the Ukrainian army issues illegal orders. 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:41.230 Why do Ukrainian soldiers carry out illegal orders? 00:09:45.090 --> 00:09:47.000 An order is an order. 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:52.050 How can you not follow an order? 00:09:53.020 --> 00:09:56.220 - You have to obey orders. - What happens if you don't? 00:09:58.130 --> 00:10:00.190 A court martial. 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:19.230 [ Viktoria ]When we first heard the sound we couldn't believe our ears. 00:10:20.030 --> 00:10:21.210 Planes, really?! 00:10:22.070 --> 00:10:23.070 It was... 00:10:23.130 --> 00:10:27.110 it's always the same, about 2:30 to 3:30. I even joked: 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.180 'It sounds as if war's broken out!'. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.010 Then there was a huge blast, 00:10:34.060 --> 00:10:37.160 and the jam jars on my balcony tumbled down, 00:10:38.040 --> 00:10:39.110 it shook so much. 00:10:39.160 --> 00:10:42.070 'What was that? What's going on?!' 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:45.100 That was the feeling the first time... 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:47.110 then, every morning. 00:11:05.667 00:11:10.787 [ VO ]While Masha’s at school, Svetlana checks their how much food supplies is in the basement. 00:11:10.787 00:11:15.087 With no jobs in the village, they only their have a vegetable garden can be relied upon to sustain them the family through the year. 00:11:07.160 --> 00:11:09.150 [ Svetlana ]It's no bomb shelter, 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:12.020 just a basement to store food. 00:11:12.150 --> 00:11:15.160 Come in, guys. Take a look where we hide. 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:17.170 We had armchairs here. 00:11:17.230 --> 00:11:19.170 Everything was shaking. 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:24.160 I said a close hit will throw all the jars into my face. 00:11:24.210 --> 00:11:29.040 We covered them in blankets when it was scary outside. 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:34.020 We're not hiding so we uncovered them, as it's pickling time. 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:40.030 We hide up in one of the rooms. Come what may. If we're hit, we all die. 00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:43.160 How do we live with the memories 00:11:44.070 --> 00:11:46.190 of what they did here? 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.110 They say, 'Donbass will return to Ukraine!'. 00:11:50.190 --> 00:11:55.000 I don't get it. How could we re-join Ukraine after this? 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:57.040 After all the murder, 00:11:57.090 --> 00:12:00.000 the shelling, the destruction? 00:12:00.090 --> 00:12:02.190 A shell landed in our back yard! 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.170 We've no windows left, 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.200 we picked up bits of our gate 50 m away! 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:09.140 Every single night. 00:12:09.190 --> 00:12:12.040 The shelling starts at 3.30... 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:16.040 It was four days ago, Saturday… 00:12:16.090 --> 00:12:19.080 Last Saturday or Sunday, I can't remember. 00:12:19.130 --> 00:12:22.070 I sat up at night and prayed for everyone. 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:26.100 I said, 'Lord, keep everyone alive, whether good or bad. 00:12:26.170 --> 00:12:29.060 We'll figure out later who lives…' 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.090 I just can't... 00:12:37.130 --> 00:12:40.020 I definitely know the feeling, 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:44.160 wanting to hide under a bed, or even somewhere safer. 00:12:46.040 --> 00:12:49.060 I don't know if there's a God up there or not. 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:53.070 But you pray when you're under fire. 00:12:54.130 --> 00:12:56.040 [ Valery ]In life... 00:12:57.060 --> 00:12:58.240 there are times 00:12:59.150 --> 00:13:01.010 when everyone... 00:13:01.180 --> 00:13:03.130 thinks of God and prays. 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.130 We prayed, too. 00:13:08.090 --> 00:13:10.170 And you said the same prayers 00:13:11.030 --> 00:13:14.040 as the people we've been filming there. 00:13:31.030 --> 00:13:32.230 Line up by height. 00:13:33.040 --> 00:13:36.120 Tallest on this side, shorter ones on that. 00:13:45.289 00:13:54.610 [ VO ]Physical education is the most dangerous class because it’s in the open air. But it’s also the favorite, because there’s no homework after this lesson. The pupils all join in, and enjoy it. 00:13:48.110 --> 00:13:52.010 Like that, so I don’t move you. Do it yourselves. 00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:53.060 Got it? 00:14:07.170 00:14:13.371 [ VO ]After the last lesson of the day, Masha’s mother takes her home. They return to Zaytsevo, the grey zone. 00:14:10.150 --> 00:14:12.060 - Mashenka! - Mother! 00:14:12.110 --> 00:14:13.230 Where's your coat? 00:14:14.030 --> 00:14:15.210 Here, in my schoolbag. 00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:20.170 Oh, the correspondents are here already. 00:14:20.230 --> 00:14:24.030 - Mum, are we going by car? - No, by bus. 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:27.000 No, by car, it's faster. 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:13.150 [ Svelana ]It was at night. 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:15.110 Such an explosion! 00:15:15.170 --> 00:15:17.170 I can’t put it into words. 00:15:17.230 --> 00:15:21.030 It jarred my teeth and rolled me out of bed. 00:15:33.230 --> 00:15:38.080 So we thought it was Tochka-U. The next day they said a second 00:15:38.130 --> 00:15:40.130 had come down on the factory 00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:42.090 in Donetsk. 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:44.140 It made a massive crater! 00:15:49.110 --> 00:15:50.180 A Tochka-U, Mum. 00:15:51.170 --> 00:15:53.220 - It was a Tochka-U. - Film it! 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:03.140 [ Aleksey ]Maybe they wanted to do what they did in Crimea. 00:16:04.030 --> 00:16:06.240 To do it fast - separate and that’s it. 00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:09.000 But it didn’t go to plan. 00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:12.000 Instead they got war. 00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:15.150 They didn’t agree. 00:16:35.170 --> 00:16:39.160 - You must be tired, my darling! - My legs are wobbly. 00:16:40.020 --> 00:16:44.080 Sweetie, you’re so cute! Let’s change quickly and eat. 00:16:44.130 --> 00:16:46.020 And wash your hands! 00:16:49.010 --> 00:16:50.150 [ Svetlana ]She has her dog, Bulka. 00:16:50.230 --> 00:16:53.160 When the mortar attacks were fierce, 00:16:53.210 --> 00:16:56.100 Masha was afraid, so we got her a dog. 00:16:56.150 --> 00:17:00.120 As soon as the mortar attacks begin, she takes her dog... 00:17:00.170 --> 00:17:03.180 Even at night, she says: 'Where's my Bulka?' 00:17:03.230 --> 00:17:06.200 We let it in, as a yard dog it lives outside. 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.080 They play together and the child is calmer. 00:17:13.030 --> 00:17:14.140 Hello! 00:17:18.150 --> 00:17:21.040 When a drone flies, what do you do? 00:17:22.030 --> 00:17:23.200 I just sit. 00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:30.080 The thing is, it flies so high, the bullets don't get you very fast. 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:33.120 I have time to hide. 00:17:34.010 --> 00:17:36.140 What scares you most, a drone or... 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.230 the mines? 00:17:38.130 --> 00:17:40.090 - Mines. - Why? 00:17:40.150 --> 00:17:44.180 Because you walk, walk, walk... suspecting nothing. 00:17:44.230 --> 00:17:47.010 Then boom! And you’re gone. 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:51.200 All dreams are mine! 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:55.000 All mine! 00:17:55.070 --> 00:17:57.010 And what's the best? 00:17:57.060 --> 00:17:58.060 The end... 00:17:59.070 --> 00:18:01.050 The end of this war. 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:06.200 We just wanted to live our lives. 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:10.010 We'd barely begun to, after the last war. 00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:11.110 And here you go! 00:18:13.110 --> 00:18:18.240 Why don’t people just live? Just work and live! The fields are full of wheat. 00:18:19.110 --> 00:18:21.110 No, they hate each other. 00:18:26.130 --> 00:18:28.010 [ Svetlana ]This is anthracite. 00:18:28.130 --> 00:18:31.140 The smaller ones are here in the bucket. 00:18:32.020 --> 00:18:34.040 And the bigger one will burn. 00:18:34.230 --> 00:18:36.050 More here. 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.100 Voltage is low. 00:18:42.010 --> 00:18:43.230 So we stock up with water. 00:18:47.754 00:18:55.554 [ VO ]In daylight hours they need to stock up with water and lay the fire, Masha can even ride her bike on the empty street, before the firing starts again 00:18:54.210 --> 00:18:57.240 [ Svetlana ]Masha has to survive in such conditions. 00:18:58.060 --> 00:19:02.230 I never thought my kids and grandkids would suffer like this. 00:19:03.020 --> 00:19:08.030 We are family, there are many of us. We won’t ever leave this place. 00:19:08.110 --> 00:19:11.190 Somehow we’ll survive through the winter. 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:16.020 We grew up here, we live here and we have our roots here. 00:19:16.170 --> 00:19:22.010 They say, 'We kill their heroes!' But they shouldn’t have come uninvited. 00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:28.220 They say: 'We're reclaiming our territory'. You own it when you’re buried in it. 00:19:29.030 --> 00:19:32.070 This land is for people who have to live here, 00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:34.090 and will keep living here. 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:39.130 Cool! 00:19:40.210 --> 00:19:42.060 My hands are numb! 00:19:48.030 --> 00:19:49.170 All our own produce. 00:19:54.028 00:20:04.387 [ VO ]While dinner is underway, Svetlana manages to preserve several jars of tomatoes. They’re preparing for the long winter to come and humanitarian aid deliveries are few and far between . 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.120 There! 00:20:12.040 --> 00:20:14.010 They sit here till morning, 00:20:14.150 --> 00:20:16.110 then they go in the cellar. 00:20:24.040 --> 00:20:26.200 For gas we fill the pressure vessel. 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.240 - From the gas dispenser? - Yes, that's right. 00:20:30.050 --> 00:20:32.010 We fill the can up there. 00:20:32.070 --> 00:20:36.110 We're afraid bullets will hit the can and make it explode. 00:20:37.050 --> 00:20:40.030 Like mortar attacks, did you hear? 00:20:40.110 --> 00:20:43.040 The house shook, an explosion nearby. 00:20:43.090 --> 00:20:45.240 Maybe someone stepped on a trip wire. 00:20:47.020 --> 00:20:50.210 [ Svetlana ]We turned to the world community for help. 00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:55.100 We asked them to stop the attacks. We asked everyone. 00:20:55.170 --> 00:20:56.170 I don’t know ! 00:20:57.210 --> 00:20:59.100 Nobody needs us! 00:21:00.070 --> 00:21:02.020 Though, there is the UN... 00:21:03.090 --> 00:21:04.240 maybe they can help. 00:21:08.210 --> 00:21:12.110 What does victory mean to a Ukrainian soldier? 00:21:12.210 --> 00:21:14.120 What's the fight for? 00:21:16.040 --> 00:21:20.170 [ Aleksey ]Before we came here, they told us Russian troops were here… 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:25.080 Then we fought for Ukraine’s unity. 00:21:26.230 --> 00:21:32.090 When we were captured we realised there were no Russian soldiers here. 00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:37.220 And we changed our point of view. 00:21:41.214 00:21:48.373 [ VO ]Before dark, the Ryzhkovs have time to harvest a little from their garden, it’s right in the line of fire from mortars and snipers. 00:21:46.150 --> 00:21:50.010 - Everything's frozen. - Yes, I told you so. 00:21:50.070 --> 00:21:52.050 There was a touch of frost. 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:57.000 You pick tomatoes and I'll gather grass. 00:21:57.050 --> 00:21:59.050 Masha, don’t fool around. 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:04.060 Twice they attacked. Very fiercely. 00:22:05.030 --> 00:22:07.240 They shot and it was there in the corn. 00:22:09.030 --> 00:22:10.180 Bullets fly... 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:14.040 and bullets don't care where they go! 00:22:16.030 --> 00:22:18.020 A hedgehog ate the tomatoes. 00:22:37.110 --> 00:22:40.100 My wife is waiting for me at home, and my job. 00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:42.230 I worked on the railway. 00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:46.070 If I get home the job will still be there. 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:49.070 - What do you do? - I'm an engineer. 00:22:50.110 --> 00:22:54.010 - What will you do when you get back? - I'll work. 00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:55.150 I'll work at home. 00:22:58.100 --> 00:23:00.020 The army won't get us! 00:23:02.130 --> 00:23:04.130 We’ve been there, we know… 00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:15.020 They shoot in the evening. 00:23:16.010 --> 00:23:19.040 We do this to protect ourselves, hoping, 00:23:19.110 --> 00:23:21.000 it might save us. 00:23:23.070 --> 00:23:27.150 You see, what’s going on? We fill the holes with pillows. 00:23:31.997 00:23:37.397 [ VO ]Zaytsevo is completely deserted in the evening as people hide in their homes to wait for darkness. In the grey zone, 00:23:37.397 00:23:44.738 the Internet is the only connection with the outside world. Masha and her mother forget the real world by diving into a virtual one. 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:45.020 You lost! 00:23:46.150 --> 00:23:48.000 I know. 00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:52.130 Yours doesn’t sleep either. New glasses? 00:23:52.210 --> 00:23:56.200 No. They’re the old ones, I just changed the colour. 00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:58.230 Report on the district. 00:23:59.030 --> 00:24:01.150 OK, let's see what's happening. 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:06.210 On Mriya it’s OK. On Glubockaya it’s calm. Thank God! 00:24:07.010 --> 00:24:09.150 In Solnechny it’s quiet and cold! 00:24:11.070 --> 00:24:16.130 On Lukul it’s ok... Enakievo is also ok. 'We're baking pies.' Great! 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:20.180 I wish everyone a peaceful evening and good night. 00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:23.170 It’s not just us resting today. 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:26.180 Everybody’s ok. Poor old Zaitsevo! 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:29.120 Do you want coconut, 00:24:29.170 --> 00:24:30.180 or some milk? 00:24:33.070 --> 00:24:40.060 [ Boy ]Soldier, don’t shoot, here's my house. Don't aim your rockets here, I’m just a child. 00:24:40.110 --> 00:24:42.020 Why do you shoot at me? 00:24:42.170 --> 00:24:45.080 You destroyed my kindergarten. 00:24:45.150 --> 00:24:47.200 But I’m still alive. 00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:50.030 Nanny hid us in the cellar 00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:52.160 and your shells didn’t get us. 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:58.190 The house is destroyed and all the toys are left there: 00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:03.150 my favourite bicycle I rode without a care. 00:25:06.080 --> 00:25:08.140 What did you do, soldier? 00:25:09.030 --> 00:25:11.150 All the houses are ruined. 00:25:12.070 --> 00:25:15.000 I’m afraid to go to bed 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:18.200 because the shrapnel can reach there. 00:25:19.030 --> 00:25:23.140 My grandparents could die. My mother too. 00:25:24.090 --> 00:25:27.030 How could I live without them? 00:25:27.110 --> 00:25:29.040 They and I are family. 00:25:30.130 --> 00:25:32.240 I pray at night, soldier. 00:25:33.090 --> 00:25:35.190 I pray for the shells to pass by. 00:25:36.050 --> 00:25:38.100 I pray for the war to end. 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:41.050 I pray for spring to fill my soul. 00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:44.220 [ Tatyana ]In front of him stood a brown boy. 00:25:45.090 --> 00:25:48.200 He looked up into Father Wolf's face, and laughed. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:51.220 'Man!' he snapped. 00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:53.230 'A man cub!' 00:25:54.110 --> 00:26:00.200 'Really? Is that a man cub?' said Mother Wolf. 'I've never seen one. Bring it here.' 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.090 Sleep peacefully, little frog. O thou Mowgli, 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:07.050 for Mowgli the Frog I will call thee. 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:11.220 [ Valery ]Masha, I want... 00:26:12.110 --> 00:26:14.010 you to see... 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.220 the world. 00:26:16.020 --> 00:26:18.130 I wish the sun to shine on your head, 00:26:20.010 --> 00:26:21.220 and for clear skies above, 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:25.210 I want you to smile happily every morning. 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:29.090 I don't want you to see this war. 00:26:30.110 --> 00:26:33.000 [ Aleksey ]Masha, first I want to apologise, 00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:34.200 to apologise to you. 00:26:35.050 --> 00:26:37.220 I want peaceful skies for you. 00:26:43.170 --> 00:26:45.120 I wish you good things... 00:26:48.170 --> 00:26:50.150 health and happiness. 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:55.100 The war will soon end, it must end!