Ukrainian mothers who survived Russian strike with their children recount horrifying scene

When a Russian warhead detonated on a Ukrainian street in April, Maksym kicked out a bus window as his mother urged him to run and leave her behind.

They'd gone out on Palm Sunday in Sumy, about 20 miles from Russia, so Maksym, now 14, could get a new outfit for school pictures. Maksym and mom Natalia Tenytska are now among the 25 passengers who survived the attack. The explosion and shrapnel from it killed 35 civilians on and near the bus.

"They're killing civilians. It's elimination of the Ukrainian nation," Tenytska said in Ukrainian. "They're just wiping our cities off the face of the earth."

The deadly bus ride

The bus Maksym and his mother rode on Palm Sunday followed Route 62, taking passengers to a university, the mall and the airport. The fare is 20 cents. The bus was crowde