BBC BIDEN HOLT NEWSCASTER REPORTER SERHI SVETLANA TYMOFII VADIM VITALII VITALII Five minute countdown. SVETLANA : She too? VITALII : I can’t see her. VITALII : Is the car ready ? SVETLANA : It’s here. VITALII : Okay, let’s go check her out. VITALII : Don’t make foolish shots. TYMOFII : I get it. VITALII : Oh, come on! ZOOKEEPER: Everyone stay aware. ZOOKEEPER: The shelling's gonna start again. ZOOKEEPER: How long will he be asleep? ZOOKEEPER: About 15, 20 minutes. ZOOKEEPER: Go, go, go! ZOOKEEPER: Come on, faster! ZOOKEEPER: Come on, come on! ZOOKEEPER: Pick it up. Wait, wait! ZOOKEEPER: - Help us, Antosha. Take it with both hands! ZOOKEEPER: Come on! Everybody together! BBC HOST: Russia has invaded Ukraine by land, air, and sea. HOLT : A country of 40 million people under siege HOLT : as the largest European invasion since the Cold War, plays out REPORTER : Explosions reported in or very near several major cities. REPORTER : The ferocious assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine's heavily populated second city, continues... REPORTER : The people of Kharkiv under siege REPORTER : By an enemy unseen. BIDEN : The Russian MILITARY has begun a brutal assault on the people of Ukraine. This is a premeditated attack. REPORTER : Russian tanks rolling across the border from Belarus in the north and Crimea in the south... NEWSCASTER At Night in Kharkiv, going outside has become a risk. REPORTER : The world now witnessing... REPORTER : The largest country-on-country unprovoked assault... REPORTER : since World War Two VADIM : Before war, Feldman Ecopark, it was like a fairytale. Full of visitors...Full of life, VADIM : It was, uh, one of the centers of Kharkiv. VADIM : Ecopark had huge collection of animals, more than 5,000 species VADIM : We have a rehabilitation zone for rare animals, rehabilitation zone for domestic animals. VADIM : FELDMAN ecopark, it was not only zoo... VADIM : We had charity programs for children with special needs.. VADIM : Programs of animal therapy VITALII : The territory of Ecopark was large... VITALII : and divided into specific sectors. VITALII : The Alpaca Farm, VITALII : The Monkey House, VITALII : The Predator’s Area… VITALII : Feldman Ecopark is not an ordinary enterprise, but a living organism. But that was before the war. VADIM : The first day, the missile attacks were all over Ukraine... VITALII : Just watch your step. VADIM : . ..but also in Feldman Ecopark VADIM : In Kharkiv SERHI : And here are the shards. VADIM : Kharkiv is only 30 kilometers from the border of Russia, And Feldman Ecopark is right outside the city.