Kherson in southern Ukraine has been subject to daily shelling since its liberation on November 11, 2022, after eight months of Russian occupation. Now, with Ukrainian troops launching attacks east of the Dnipro river and Russian strikes intensifying, parents in the city face a dilemma: endure the bombs or get at least their children to safety. Local authorities have set up a temporary evacuation programme which has so far taken more than 280 children to a holiday camp nestled in the mountains. But despite the danger, not all parents are willing to separate from their children. "Any district in Kherson is dangerous" says Anton Yefanov, deputy head of the region's military administration. "If parents have an opportunity to send their children to friends or relatives... they should send them to a safer place". Ukraine says more than 500 children have been killed since Russia invaded in February 2022. Lyubov Sytnikova's six-year-old grandson was one of those killed when a missile hit his house in a Kherson suburb. "After such a tragedy we had to evacuate" she says, in Mykolaiv, 70 kilometres to the northwest. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES