Ukraine mother: I saw my daughter killed, then was held captive in basement

Nine days into the war in Ukraine, as the fighting raged, Viktoria and her husband Petro had finally decided to flee Chernihiv, in the north of the country. They wanted to keep the children safe. Twelve-year-old Veronika was Viktoria’s daughter from her first marriage. Her other daughter, Varvara, is just a year old.