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Fled kyiv with her family about a week ago, leaving her cat behind. >> because i dont want to leave my home. >> when you look around you, how do you feel? >> i feel very happy, very strong, and a bit safer. and calm. >> reporter: in the war effort, nothing is spared. every single scrap is put to good use. russia might have the more powerful military, but ukrainians say its their resourcefulness that will win them the war. in peacetime, andres workshop makes household furniture. >> yes, we make l...

R reassessment of the russians in nato and united states. militarily at the conventional level at least. now effective they are. >> we only have about 30 seconds left. on that note, you mention syria. its been argued that the lack of competence is what is making the war now so brutal for civilians. that is why they have to terrorize the population. do you agree? >> yeah, the russians are reverting to ptraditional mode. to be brutalizing civilians and attacking urban areas. thats what they have d...

Look at a lot of these contingencies. nato leaders will meet in the coming days to talk about various scenarios and how more -- what more we can do to help ukraine. >> how worried is britain that putin will end up attacking a nato country? we are seeing more attacks on western ukraine coming within miles of the border between ukraine and poland. is there concern that nato will be dragged into this, into russias war on ukraine? >> i think nato, as you know, has been really careful to show it is n...

Romanian city that is having to scale up its services. >> reporter: who are all these people? friends, fellow citizens, and colleagues, she says, family too. all from donbas in eastern ukraine. refugees after the war there in 2014. refugees, again. some people cross the border on foot, she says. two borders. not everyone is lucky as this 86-year-old who had arrived. she survived world war ii. now, shes in an apartment in central romania with her daughter, lots of friends, and her cat named musha...

My parents stayed back in kyiv region. i dont know even what is going with them now. its so scary. >> reporter: elona with her young daughter and god son in tow fled the heavy shelling of irpin just outside kyiv. >> it was terrible. and we left only two days ago. on the last train. we didnt believe that in 21st century it can be the real war. >> reporter: valentina also fled kyiv. she has never been forced from her home but is no stranger to tragedy. >> translator: my husband died at the chernob...

Quick. what is the likelihood with president biden being in europe for that nato summit in brussels he will either go to the polish border or the hungarian border or even to ukraine itself while hes there? >> you know, the details of the trip is still being worked out. but as you know, we have had lots of engagements with the polish government. secretary blinken has been there, usaid administrator samantha powell and the vice president was there. i met with the foreign minister in new york last ...

Russias actions and putting it at odds with the eu with which it has tried hard to have close ties. the greatest strategic opportunity lies with europe, which could use this challenge to stop being the passive international actor it has been for decades. we now see signs that the europeans are ready to end the era of free security by raising defense spending and securing natos eastern border. germanys remarkable turn around is a big start. if europe becomes a strategic player on the world stage,...

Russian bomb. its not clear how many survived the attack. ukrainians apparently have no illusions that their backs are against a wall in this war but that has only motivated many of them to fight back any way they can, even if they dont carry a gun. cnns salma abdelaziz has their story. >> reporter: at the youth library in lviv, the old adage rings true. necessity is the mother of invention. here, eager volunteers are cutting old clothing into strips, threading and tying it to large pieces of me...

This sort of continuously escalating humanitarian crisis where youre seeing migration, one of the biggest migrations of people fleeing war since world war ii now happening in poland and other places. so its going to ultimately talk a lot about what to do on the eastern european areas to deal with this. the other thing to note, of course, as you said, where is the president going to go. right now the white house is signalling hes going to be in brussels. of course, all eyes are going to be on whe...

Just one of the maybe hundred of thousand of ordinary ukrainians who just defend not just our land, but freedom, dignity and very basic, very fundamental things. to understand how we feel now, maybe americans should remind their use of the -- of the country. 250 years ago farmers, lawyers, doctors, created a great country. i love it. i spent one year in american u.s. so it is not a professional war. what it should be understood by american audience. it is a war that is really a popular war. me a...