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Safety on this point. it comes as russian forces say theyll respect humanitarian corridors for civilians flowing locations, including mariupol. ukraine foreign minister said russia is blocking humanitarian aid and evacuation routes. in the capital of kyiv we can hear artillery in the distance. >> well fight for our country, as i said. were going to fight for our values. it is necessary for all of us. >> ukrainians are working around the clock to fortify the capital of kyiv putting sandbags in th...

To travel, to come back to ballet, she says, but the most important thing now, is for the war to end with our victory. across ukraine, opera houses and theaters are closed. >> it is not time for performance on the stage. now we have performance on our fields. >> last time alexander oleshenko danced, the night before the war became and now anti-tank hedge hogs. >> do you think you will dance again? >> yes. 100%. >> and the artistic soul of ukraine is standing by. until they secured their freedom....

Locals call hedge hogs. theyve sown netting and put up sand bags. around the wall here of this checkpoint theyve got boxes of molotov cocktails ready. this is all locally made. these are improvised defenses and this is just one ukrainian village. >> reporter: just down the road i meet a woman who seems like a sweet 71-year-old grandmother. she said if she saw vladimir putin she would strandle him with her own hands right now. >> translator: im ready, she says. if by god the russians come here, i...

He says. it seems like another life. one other dancer said our test prepared us for war, and ballet teaches you to have a strong spirit, she says. her husband died fighting for ukraine, and she armed herself to protect herself and son and country. the most important thing now is for the war to end with our victory. across ukraine, opera houses and theaters are closed. >> for now its not time for performance on a stage. now we have performance on our streets. we have bombs. >> it was the night be...

Coming together to gear up for a fight against russians in ukraine. lviv is untouched by ground battles or artillery or missiles. as anderson cooper reports, the residents still want to be ready. >> they are welding steel to block roads, hedge hogs theyre told. >> these are most effective when the ground is soft and they can get dug down into the earth or on a cobble stonestreet. they can dig down. with hedge hogs this size, its unlikely to be able to stop a russian tank but perhaps a vehicle or...

Happen. theyre also bunched together. would you always want to stay much farther apart than that. so again, these are basic standards that clearly have not been established and theyre certainly not performing in accordance with what normal standards would be for our forces. >> clarissa ward was talking about the defenses which are everywhere in a city like kyiv, on every street, hedge hogs, they hit on sides of roads. and we know that the molotov cocktails that have been dispersed. given that, i...

Around the clock to fortify the capital of kyiv. sandbags in roads and using hedge hogs to block the streets ahead of a possible russian advance on the city. using donated steel, artisan keefshs are welding hedge hogs making 40 of them each day but plan to increase production as russian tanks and trucks get closer. >> you can see these boys working all together. it is all volunteers. some of them didnt know how to work with steel and we taught them. >> everyone in kyiv is helping where they can....

Countries, as i said, we are going to fight for values, its necessary for all of us. >> ukrainians are working around the clock right now to fortify the capital of kyiv, putting sandbags in the roads and using hedge hogs to block the streets ahead of a possible russian advance on the city. using donated steel, they are welding barricades, known as hedgehogs. making 40 a day. you can see the boys working all together, all volunteers, one artist says. some of them did not know how to work with ste...

Polish side, lviv in the west. i am in the southwest in odesa. but this morning -- we just got an updated death toll. there was an air strike on an administrative building. at least seven people were killed, 22 people injured. that strike happened after people had arrived to work in the morning to inflict maximum damage. so if putin is focused on the east, he is certainly hitting a lot of things that are absolutely not in the east. mikuliev is interesting. it is in the central coast, i would say...

Will have the added fun of deciding cat and canine and perhaps even cuddle fish custody. whatever pet you have is now part of your divorce. good luck. >> molly: they have a difficult job, ill say that for sure. appreciate it. >> jon: and hedge hogs. dont forget the hedge hogs. president trump back to work at the white house today. another to do list for 2018 its a long one. so lets bring in our political panel today. josh holmes, former chief of staff with senator mitch mcconnell and jim kessler...