Ukraine is telling people in this city to flee, but many are not listening

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told citizens they need to leave eastern Ukraine, because they can’t be supported through winter. Yet some residents are not leaving even in places where the shelling is heaviest. CNN’s Nic Robertson has more.

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