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Iam i am in the south and i want to start by thanking my friends, ukrainian and international, as well as my family for help in the power of the people, they have allowed us to share our barriers of getting out on the problems we still face today. we left lviv yesterday at 6am, took the car 500 kilometres to the romanian border, myself, a colleague and friend rebecca jackson and our two shelter dogs which we have. it was quite an arduous journey, we were able to be dropped off about ten kilometr...

Transformed, more and more of what they call these hedgehogs, these metal barriers to stop the tanks, despite barriers. the soldiers on the streets, the security services, are preparing for this convoy to come in, and perhaps people are preparing, some of them leaving, some of them getting more supplies underground, and wondering when and how will this convoy move in and what will be the fate of this city? and that will be the fate of ukraine. , , . ukraine. indeed, lyse doucet, thank ou. ill be...

To guard our nation, and so theyre filling sandbags, they have steel, they have spikes, all kinds of things, barriers, to create a checkpoint of folks coming in out of their neighborhood. there is a fear of russian saboteurs or spies in their midst. none of that has been confirmed but it is on their minds. this is a country or part of the country that is watching carefully what is happening, in places like kharkiv and other places that are under bombardment right now. and they want to be on guar...

And that would unfold over the coming days. >> general, thank you very much. >> the hollywood star, benedict comfort, batch has told sky news that he would be willing to host a ukrainian refugee in his home. saying that everybody needs to do their bit. he was speaking to skies, katie spencer, at last nights baptist ceremony. >> from the get-go, politics dominated british films big nights, flares from climate change protesters temporarily shutting the carpet. a few even making it past security, g...

>> wow >> pete: an amazing report. do we know exactly -- maybe we can get this and bring it next hours but exactly where is this occurring inside the country? and you see barriers there and how you speak about or define who is who is really important in this, obviously russia shooting and it looks terrible. but i always put myself on the other side of that having been in combat situations approached by civilian vehicles. that civilian vehicle could also contain, you know ukrainian troops in civi...

So it is possible that these aircraft, these migs could be used in the future, but given the risk, the very serious risk of bringing them into the country right now, you have to ask is the risk worth what they would be needed for right now, which is not an immediate need? >> no that makes sense. i appreciate it, courtney. i want to bring in general hodges now. we jumped into the deep end of the pool. lets back up here i want to review some of the things were we told by a senior pentagon official...

Our ukrainian forces. are they interacting or imposition in the defensive mode around the city? >> they have been trying to set up roblox throughout the city in takedown signs that would give the russian troops better direction once they get inside the city limits read part of those blocks or anything that they can find sometimes is dump trucks intimate barriers but the purpose is to slow down the advance. theyre not only taken offensive action when they can meet them outside of the city at some...

>> yeah. so, defense is always the strongest form of war. has always been. in urban defense, ten times that. they can prepare every street. they can block every street. put guns in every window, hidden, and just make it impossible for the russians to come in without fear. the russians fear urban combat and thats why they are going to bomb it, unfortunately, a lot because all soldiers dont want urban warfare. so the inside of kyiv, if i was there, building the barriers, ensuring that they have pr...

Barriers around the nuclear reactor at this plant, did do some damage and were also worried about a loss of energy, if electricity to these plants are cut off, then the pumps system goes down, the water wont be allowed to cool the reactors and you could be looking at a fukushima-style meltdown of these facilities. and then you have the problem of the spent fuel rods in cooling pond, unprotected, large structures outside near the power plant, if those ponds leak, then the water drained, again, yo...

Granddaughter are leaving, im staying as im in the territorial defense. >> people here are running out of time. theres a real understanding that russian forces could surround the city in a matter of days. so the central train station in kyiv is a major evacuation point for people looking to go west. >> the city is on edge tonight, soldiers have set up checkpoints across the ukrainian capital. using everything from dump trucks to concrete barriers, to even pianos, anything to stop the russian tro...