Ukraine's eastern Donbas has been an intense focus for Russian troops since the invasion was launched on February 24 and in particular the city of Mariupol, where these children are being taken care of by members of the Azov Regiment.

"Here I am with three children. Here the conditions are not strong (good) for children. No education, no development. The food is small. And in children, their teeth have already begun to deteriorate, and there is not enough vitamin D, there is not enough sun," a Ukrainian mother said on camera in this pool footage provided on April 18.

The Azov Regiment has come under intense international scrutiny for its adoption of Nazi symbology and ideology.

The displaced children in Mariupol are among the millions of Ukrainians who've had their life disrupted by the invasion.

"We lost our home, we lost our livelihood. We want to live normally, calmly, we want to get out of here. A lot of kids. They are half hungry. We've been stripped of everything. But at least give us life, let us live a little more. Let there we are already aged, but our children ... I want them to grow up, to stay alive," another Ukrainian woman pleads to the camera.

The message and theme is the same with all the interviewed refugees: get us out of here safely and soon.

"I want everyone who sees this video to help us make a green corridor so that we can get out of here safely - all living people, and civilians, and the military - everyone. And everyone who is involved in this war, who went to war with us, I wish them all this pain so that they feel it for themselves. So that their children can feel it," said a young girl.

A full transcript is available under 'Original Edit.'

1. (boy) We try not to be nervous. When they shoot, everything here shakes.
2. (girl) I have a family here, my parents, a son. When we came here, my son was 3 months old.
3. (a woman is sitting) Here I am with three children. Here the conditions are not strong (good) for children. No education, no development. The food is small. And in children, their teeth have already begun to deteriorate, and there is not enough vitamin D, there is not enough sun
4. (girl) I came here with my mother ... before that I was sitting in another bunker, but on March 2 a shell hit it. I've been here since March 25th. Oh February. At first there was a lot of things, a lot of food. We were told that the reserves for a year, then it turned out that for a month. Now it's not clear.
5. (girl with a child) Thanks to the military, we have something to eat. If it weren't for the military, I don't know how we would have coped with all this. The child was even given formula. And there are diapers too.
6. (children) play with toys, they bring us here ... we make all kinds of buildings, here, we come up with something
Would you like to finally get out of here?
- Yes Yes. We want very much
"What do you want to do when you're finally safe?"
- Well, we wrote a list here
7. (girl) I want to know that everything is fine with my grandmother and sister, to go to her place (she lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. We only want to go to Ukraine)
8. (woman) We lost our home, we lost our livelihood. We want to live normally, calmly, we want to get out of here. A lot of kids. They are half hungry. We've been stripped of everything. But at least give us life, let us live a little more. Let there we are already aged, but our children ... I want them to grow up, to stay alive. That's all there is to it. Do it, do it, stop it all. Get us out of here, we beg. Cry? We cried everything. No strength to cry, we are sitting (crying)
9. (children) I recently had a birthday, and mommy and daddy promised me that when we go out, they will buy a beautiful gift
10. (the woman is sitting) the smaller one is crying completely, he is sleeping and twitching. Seniors get depressed. They miss peaceful life. Recently, it has been very scary, scary even just to climb up.
11. We came here with my husband and cat on March 5, after there were two hits of shrapnel in our apartment. They ran and got here. Constant stress, constant shelling, there is very little food left. We need a green corridor.
12. (a woman is sitting) let our government come to an agreement with international organizations - the UN, the OSCE - they organized a green corridor here to get us out of here. Because here, I will say this, personally it makes no sense for me to stay, here I have nothing left. Nothing at all. Here, everything that I (wear) is all that I have. I need to get my kids out of here. I need my children to study, develop and have a peaceful life, not a war. And I am for the green corridor, so that there is an escort, and the exact certainty that I will get there, that they will not shoot me, that they will not touch me.
13. (a girl with a child) I want everyone who sees this video to help us make a green corridor so that we can get out of here safely - all living people, and civilians, and the military - everyone. And everyone who is involved in this war, who went to war with us, I wish them all this pain so that they feel it for themselves. So that their children can feel it.