Ukrainian police evacuate civilians from frontline city under Russian siege

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VIDEO SHOWS: UKRAINIAN POLICE EVACUATING CIVILIANS, BODY OF PERSON KILLED IN RECENT STRIKE, FROM KOSTIANTYNIVKA TO KRAMATORSK

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SHOWS: KOSTIANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 3, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. UKRAINIAN POLICE OFFICER CARRYING SHOTGUN WALKING PAST STRAY DOGS

2. BLOWN OUT WINDOW, CAT INSIDE FLAT, PERSON PEAKING THROUGH CURTAINS

3. POLICE OFFICER TALKING TO LOCAL RESIDENT, VALENTYNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), 69 YEARS OLD

4. VALENTYNA STANDING NEAR STRAY DOGS, SAYING (Russian): "It's impossible to live here." / POLICE OFFICER WALKING PAST HER

5. POLICE OFFICER INSIDE FLAT WHERE THEY LOCATED A DEAD PERSON

6. VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS CARRYING BODY TO VAN

7. LOCAL RESIDENT AND SON OF KILLED WOMAN, NO NAME GIVEN, RESTING WITH POLICE OFFICER AFTER CARRYING BODY / POLICE OFFICER ASKING (Russian): "Were you also at home?" / SON OF KILLED WOMAN SAYING (Russian): "I was next door." / POLICE OFFICER ASKING (Russian): "And then there were strikes, right?" / SON OF KILLED WOMAN SAYING (Russian): "Two strikes on the building, and one nearby."

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, VALENTYNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), 69 YEARS OLD, RECOUNTING HOW THE WOMAN WHOSE BODY IS BEING EVACUATED DIED, SAYING:

"I didn't even hear a sound, there was a boom and that was it. I was sitting on a bench over there. The leg got hit, (AUDIO OF EXPLOSION), I don't know how I even managed to... The roof got hit."

9. POLICE VAN LEAVING

10. TRAVELLING SHOT SHOWING DESTROYED CARS

11. TRAVELLING SHOT OF ANTI-DRONE NETTING

12. POLICE OFFICERS WALKING TOWARDS HOUSE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO EVACUATE

13. POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVING AT HOUSE, SAYING (Russian): "Hello, we're here to evacuate three people. Is that correct, are you ready?" / LOCAL RESIDENT (NO NAME GIVEN) SAYING (Russian): "We're ready." / POLICE OFFICER ASKING (Russian): "And there are three of you, right?" / LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING (Russian): "Yes, three."

14. LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING (Russian): "I've got four bags." / POLICE OFFICER SAYING (Russian): "Four bags, ok. Does everyone have documents?" / LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING (Russian): "Yes." / POLICE OFFICERS SAYING (Russian): "Please bring your bags outside, on the street." / LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING (Russian): "What about mother?" / POLICE OFFICER ASKING (Russian): "Is your mother bed-ridden?" / LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING (Russian): "She can walk a bit." / POLICE OFFICER SAYING (Russian): "Show us."

15. LOCAL RESIDENT AND ELDERLY WOMAN ON COUCH, LOCAL RESIDENT TELLING OFFICERS THAT SHE WON'T TAKE HER DOGS AS NEIGHBOURS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM

16. POLICE OFFICER AND OF 'WHITE ANGLE' EVACUATION UNIT, HENNADIY YUDIN, 48 YEARS OLD

17. ELDERLY WOMAN / LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING THEY'RE NOT HEATING THE BUILDING / ELDERLY WOMAN SAYING (Russian): "Thank you, boys."

18. TRAVELLING SHOT OF POLICE OFFICERS

19. TRAVELLING SHOT OF DESTROYED CAR, DAMAGED ANTI-DRONE NETTING, PERSON RIDING BICYCLE

20. TRAVELLING SHOT OF DESTROYED GAS STATION, DESTROYED AMROURED VEHICLE

KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 3, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

21. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) POLICE OFFICER AND OF 'WHITE ANGLE' EVACUATION UNIT, HENNADIY YUDIN, 48 YEARS OLD, SAYING:

"We cannot get into Pokrovsk anymore. We ask people to leave on foot to the nearest villages, which is where we can pick them up. To drive into the city with a car means you're the number-one target for the enemy, they all the time hit logistics, routes, cars and vehicles."

KOSTIANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 3, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

22. YUDIN TALKING TO LOCAL RESIDENT

23. YUDIN TALKING TO OTHER LOCAL RESIDENT

24. YUDIN TALKING TO LOCAL RESIDENT, TOMARA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), 75 YEARS OLD, SAYING (Russian):

"Ah you're that one, the one with the Olympics, whose husband..." / TOMARA SAYING (Russian): "Yes, no, I am feeding six dogs." / YUDIN SAYING (Russian): "I know! We've talked to you before." TOMARA ASKING (Russian): "How are you?" / YUDIN SAYING (Russian): "We're alright."

25. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, TOMARA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), 75 YEARS OLD, SAYING:

"I've been living alone here for a long time. I have six dogs and I feed them, and cats too, I help out everyone. God doesn't want me to die, I don't see on one eye. I have pain on one side, I'm starving, I just can't. I almost got lost amongst people, I got lost somewhere. God doesn't let me die."

26. TRAVELLING SHOT, DESTROYED CAR ON ROAD / AUDIO OF DRONE DETECTOR

27. EVACUEE BOARDING VEHICLE

28. LOCAL RESIDENT (NO NAME GIVEN) CROSSING EVACUEE, SAYING (Russian): "I love you, everything will be alright. Good bye!"

29. EVACUEES INSIDE VEHICLE

30. TRAVELLING SHOT OF POLICE ARRIVING FOR NEXT EVACUEE, ELDERLY WOMAN STANDING NEARBY

31. YUDIN POINTING TOWARDS SKY, SAYING (Russian): "A Molniya (Russian drone)... Granny, you go ahead, and we'll come for you."

32. POLICE OFFICER, DMYTRO SOLOVII, HOLDING GUN, OBSERVING SKY

33. YUDIN LOADING SHOT GUN NEAR GATES TO BUILDING

34. YUDIN GUARDING GATES TO BUILDING, EVACUEES PASSING BY WITH BELONGINGS

35. VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICER AND LOCAL RESIDENT CARRYING ELDERLY WOMAN ON CHAIR TO VEHICLE

36. SOLOVII HELPING ELDERLY WOMAN LEAVE HOUSE / YUDIN SAYING OFF-CAMERA (Russian): "There's one flying." / ELDERLY WOMAN SAYING (Russian): "This is not the first time." / YUDIN SAYING OFF-CAMERA (Russian): "But it can be the last." / ELDERLY WOMAN SAYING (Russian): "Everything will be alright. Don't worry."

37. YUDIN WITH SHOT GUN, WALKING AWAY

38. TRAVELLING SHOT OF YUDIN DRIVING

KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 3, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

39. EVACUEES LEAVING VEHICLE