Sisters describe terror of Mariupol escape
They planned a route, but it was a perilous journey.
Footage captured by the sisters during their escape shows empty streets littered with destroyed buildings and vehicles, a constant rumble of explosions vibrating in the distance Nicole said: "In an open area, we had to lie on the ground while all sorts of missiles and shells were flying over our heads.
"We couldn't stay there so we had to get up, take a few steps, lie down and repeat it all over again until we reached a safer place.""He was watching us and waving. It was very dangerous," Nicole said.Haunting footage captured by the sisters reveals the extent of the devastation Helped by others, they finally made it to Kyiv. But they remain worried for the people they have left behind in Mariupol."The only way to end this horror is to stop discussing the problem and start taking action."The organisation, led by Charlie Cawsey, 25, from Kent, has sent out more than £1m worth of medical supplies to the war-torn country."We need to get people to wake up to reality and speed up," he said.
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