john ray of independent television news visited one town on the front line just two miles from where russian troops are dug in. john: this is the rhythm of each and every day. it's how they mark time. in a town where the russians measured their progress and ruined homes and frayed lives. in this clue, mental and literal, ludmila and her friends ve been living for three months. who asked the russns to come here? what if they come to fr us from? our families, our homesour lives? >> she tells us she has nhere else to hide. how long can y stay? until it ends, she says. so, for the foreseeable future, home is the basement of the town's hospital. no running water, no power, no way to care for patients in the dark, unless they can plug in this generator. that, too, will require nerves of steel. >> know, and we have no patience here at the moment. >> you are used to that, all day . all day, every day. >> this is where the russians were stopped in their tracks, and now people are marooned in the firing line. this is an unremarkable town whose great misfortune is to be so close to russian line