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And so would her father who is 63 years old. in this country if youre under 60 you have to stay and fight. if you are over 60 you get a pass to leave. the father didnt want to leave. he wanted to stay here and protect his country. theres a lot of fortitude an resistance from the people, theyre digging in for the worse. you see a lot of places here have put billboards in front of their windows in case the bombings happen here so the glass doesnt shatter inside. and around the perimeter of the cit...

Within kyiv. theres still school happening even if its virtual. how is the government functioning right now? >> the government is in a state of emergency. but it is very active. i would say its more active than many governments that i have seen in normal times. i was at a check point the other day and people were crossing out of a hard hit area just to the north of kyiv. right on the northern edge of the city. and i was standing there next to a man wearing a rifle over his shoulder and in a jack...

Out and in some cities they go through check points and the russian army is in control. in the next few days we expect to see things ramp up again. we have seen today more people going back into ukraine. weve seen all along a few people making the trip back the other way. today more people with supplies, food, water, things that are needed there that they just cant get that are gone. so theyre bringing that back in and more foreign fighters as well, craig. so the flow of people going in that has...

Its going to start in a few hours from now. its going to extend for the next 35 hours. each time they have done that, its because they have had some specific intelligence that there was either going to be more air strikes or it clears off the streets so they can go for -- they can go after what they call saboteurs and you hear more and more talk about this when you speak to ukrainian officials. they believe that russia has infiltrated operatives here into the city who are in hiding and weve hear...

Nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has more on this. >> reporter: in ukraine faith is being tested. at lvivs christ fellowship church the reverend has opened his doors to refugees. >> it seems surreal, like movie, except you see real people suffering. they hug me and they cry and they cannot believe bombs are not falling on them. >> reporter: this man lost touch with his wife and children after their family was damaged by shelling. i began to pray to god, i asked god to save them, pl...

Whats going on on the ground there right now. >> reporter: okay, so we can barely show you anything in the city, its a city of 1 million people, about half the population has left the city, the other half have enlisted, they are engaged in supporting the city. were at a volunteer center. theyre holding up water. we cant show you the sandbags or the military check points. we cant show you how this city of 1 million on the back sea is hunkering down. they are ready, chris. i want to take you insid...

Square. theres still a tank barrier setup there and of course check points around the city. there did seem to be few people on the streets, coffee shops opening not just yet but there are people coming back out. and you can feel there are people who believe they have that little room to breathe. you were alluding to the fact the russians are still using these standoff weapons as the u.s. calls them, longer range weapons. there was of course that attack on the fuel depot that took place just to t...

>> well, basically the point is that we are keeping those roads open and the area so destroyed still is under our control. the basic point is that we are keeping the supply routes open because we donal allow kyiv to be sieged, all the support that the world is getting. >> the mayor said last week that about one third of the residents have been able to leave. what will happen in kyiv? what will happen in kyiv if kyivs remaining civilians, if they arent able to get out? >> the point is that the re...

Lots of children under the rubble. others in shelters. the journey out of the besieged city is slow and dangerous but every day, relatively small numbers are leaving whatever way they can along what are supposed to be agreed corridors. a local official said some people have been fired upon. others have had their vehicles seized at russian check points. the people at mariupol have no good options. stay and endure the horror of russias bombardment or face danger and uncertainty, leaving all they k...

They navigated many russian military check points and at around noon, they made a turn towards a town and stumbled across russian soldiers who opened fire on the car without warning. >> we started turning and thats when they started firing at us. after that, of course, the driver stopped. we started opening our door, walking out. they were shouting something. we did not know what and thats when we saw what happened to my daughter, the younger one. we took her out of the car as she was wounded. >...