Impact of War on Ukrainian Civilians

Yuri Pozdechenko breaks down when he remembers the day war

came to his town.

He lost most of his home that day,

and something far more precious.

"I don't miss my house," he says.

"I miss my son. We raised him for 36 years."

Yuri says Ukrainian government forces arrived in late July.

He shows us the shell that brought down his home.

A sniper

And describes how his son was shot in the chest

and died moments later.

This town, Stepanovka, is only a short drive from the Russian

border.

The fighting here destroyed many homes and drove most locals

away. Yuri is one of the few to return, but there's no

electricity and little food.

He says he hasn't received a pension payment in five months.

It's no longer just the separatist held countryside suffering because of

war.

This angry, scared crowd is waiting outside a bank in Donetsk,

the region's largest city. Many are also unpaid pensioners,

but now they're cut off from their savings as well.

The Ukrainian president has ordered the few remaining state banks in

separatist territory to close, so they stand in the cold

desperately hoping the doors will open.

260.

There

are 260 people. This is the true number of people that are

actually in this list. People come here, put their names down in this book, and

they're given a number. At the moment, it's still pretty early in the morning,

it's

already up to 260. "I have

no money," this woman says. "I'm 83 years old.

I'll probably die because I have nothing to eat."

She's not alone. These people are lining up at what used to be the

Donetsk

Circus.

Here, they receive food bundles paid for by a

local oligarch.

It's not much, and it must last two weeks before they can

get

more. At the bus station, more

crowds and grim faces. Many here tell us they're

traveling to other cities still in government...