“All my children left the city during the second day of war … I stayed. But when the missile hit the house of my neighbor across the street, I also left because the shell blew out windows and doors in the house”, explained Inna.

Everything was destroyed, even the molding of the house.

“The neighbor’s roof fell down. It was really scary”, continued Inna. “A large number of elderly choose to take refuge in their own homes and not flee. There is no electricity, water, or gas. I don’t know how people survive there now.”

Fleeing the country has become a traumatic experience for many.

“It is very hard”, said Inna. “We got here through some of the surrounding roads of Kyiv city.”

Millions of Ukranians still have numerous basic needs as they wait for humanitarian corridors. The needs are very large. People need food, water, and some clothing because they sit there in some cold places.

Inna wants to return home. “I wish at least the walls of the house to remain so that there is a place to return to.”

Adrian Duré, producer and documentary filmmaker for Hope Media Europe, and his team were at the border between Ukraine and Romania during these last days and produced a few stories of people entering into Europe and looking for safe places on our continent.

Duré and his team got a request from Hope Channel International to do a mini-series of short films focused on stories of people leaving the country.

This series is a part of the global Hope Channel and ADRA Campaign called “HOPE FOR UKRAINE”.

This article was originally published on the Inter-European Division’s news site