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Our families have traumatic moments in our past when the trajectories of our lives and generations change. and that is happening right now as people heading out to a uncertain fuch and not sure if theyre going to come back and you saw the man waving on the platform there. his wife drawing a heart in the dust. hes staying behind to fight. and i asked him what are it was like the wave goodbye to your wife and he has a small son and they were putting their hands up together on the glass, touching o...

As well as ukraine. the swedes, the dutch, the belgians are all sending weapons to ukraine. so putins got a very serious problem on his hands, and as you pointed out, his generals didnt want this, the elite did not want this, the russian people did not want it. only he wanted it. so hes out on a limb right now. >> i also want to bring in nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel, who is now in place for us in kyiv. weve been discussing, i think you heard a little bit of it, richard, the surp...

Boarding buses. theyre going to reception centers. the authorities have been handing out these papers which says if youre ukrainian and if youre crossing the border, youre allowed to come here and then giving them a little bit more information. a lot of people who have been crossing the border, wolf, they dont know where theyre going to go. theyre just happy to be on the side. most of the people who weve met do not expect to start a new life in poland. they think theyre going to be here temporar...

Points and register. that process can take many hours, an entire day. its women and children. its freezing cold here. its a miserable scene at the border. theres some organizations that are getting them food, coffee. theres a will the of just concern, e aand foor about what they are leaving behind. >> stay safe over there. well stay close touch with you. anderson will have much, much more from ukraine later tonight on a special two-hour edition. thats coming up at 8:00 p.m. eastern. thank you ve...

Of the war. we dont know whether the russians will actually get into the city. we do get different news because on the one hand, they have had fighting on the city with bucha completely devastated. and we have images of people trying to escape from those cities. now they seem to be coming from the northeast, which is a different direction. there have been some battles yesterday over there. the ukrainian army actually did make a good fight, and then many russian convoys were actually stopped and ...

Minute-to-minute in the city right now? >> right now it is still stable. we dont have the tanks on the outskirts but we know they are close. we do all we can for total defense, engage in volunteering be it to providing food and medicine to those on the outside, to wield some check points, to organize to supply necessary equipment and facilities for our soldiers. basically were trying to do that and to enroll ourselves, not to fear but to feel more optimism. we see that it works. at the same time...

Of kyiv for two weeks. we fight back on the northeast of the city, so they didnt manage to get closer, but we realize theyll try to get into the city of kyiv. kyiv has been preparing for this attack from day one. the city is heavily fortified. there are many, many check points. it would be extremely difficult to get into the city. but of course we realize there is their goal after all. so they will do everything in their power. right now, everything that they have is basically just terrorizing t...

Sand bags to distribute around the city at check points and building up deployments to defense. so its tense. you can feel soon these problems will start but for now, while were waiting for them to start, there is a sense of life has to go on and the preparations have to continue. >> as you were talking, our viewers were able to see the scenes of people there preparing for an impending battle. stay safe and well check back in if there is any breaking news. thank you so much. i want to bring in a...

There. every town getting out to try to photograph or to talk to people we would be stopped either by police or militia or random guy driving by to yell out what are you doing? as i wrote in the piece this is widespread throughout the country. also testament to the ukrainians in general that as i wrote if you spent any longer than that they would probably take you in and feed you. >> right. what comes next is a hot meal. >> right. we had the surreal experiences where wed encounter people manning...

I have seen territorial defense units literally kill people who are expected of being russian saboteurs. i have witnessed hours-long check points in certain parts of the country. i have witnessed civilian areas that have been hit by russian air strikes. you also see an overwhelming number of people who have come together. ukrainian citizens, who are assisting whether or not that means bringing food to checkpoints for soldiers, whether they be volunteer or regular russian army. you see people wal...