Viktoria and Oleksii Kazantsev had been sheltering in Mariupol before leaving the port city in their car, which had been protected from Russian forces' bombardment in an underground garage. Now in Lviv with their daughter, they describe the devastation they witnessed as they fled.
Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be trapped in Mariupol, a port city in southeastern Ukraine that has seen non-stop attacks from Russian forces. As fleeing civilians describe relentless bombardments and corpses lying in the streets, those left behind have no access to food, water, power or heat.
Viktoria and Oleksii Kazantsev were lucky enough to make it out with their daughter, finding refuge in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. They spoke to FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg about their plight, describing what they saw as "worse than a horror film".
"It's a warzone. Everything is destroyed," they told him, adding that they no longer feel safe anywhere in Ukraine and plan to move abroad in the near future.
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