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And get back my normal life. i want to live in peace. >> reporter: the year old krustyna came to this border crossing with a mission, to pick up and deliver to car to the front, paid for with donations and filled with supplies. >> we have night vision, it is really hard to get now. >> reporter: since military-aged men cant leave ukraine, women are acting as couriers. >> this whole country, are fighting against enemy, united, like helping each other. >> reporter: the only thing that husbands say ...

The army here. >> reporter: you want weapons. >> yes. >> reporter: you see barricades like this all over the city, they are very basic. railroad ties, old tires, some sensing. anything to provide some defense. and look at this line of men by the thousands who may have never raised a rifle, ready to strike and heres why. this is irpin, roughly 15 miles outside the capitol. incoming missiles send men, women and children scrambling to get away, even as explosions ring out. >> duncan: charlie dagata...

Humanitarian and defense assistance can be passed by congress as soon as this week, jericka. >> duncan: natalie brand at the white house tonight, thank you. today border officials in poland estimate more than one million ukrainian refugees have crossed into that country. lets now go to cbs christina ruffini who was there. >> reporter: as ukrainian men stay behind to defend their country, ukrainian women are fighting their own battle. navigating danger, rubble and chaos. >> it was scary. we got s...

Actions could constitute a war crime. this video, in the city just wed west of the capitol of kyiv where people ran to escape attack. mortar fire claimed the lives of a mother an two children. today ukraines president urging resistance with russian forces closing in on kyiv. this airport near the city up in flames. and in russia new antiwar protests and crackdowns. more than 4,600 people arrested in over 60 cities. and tonight more sanctions targeting russia from global corporate giants. our cov...

For peace. adam duxter from our minneapolis station wcco has tonights weekend journal. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: for these dancers, swan lake is an escape. >> as soon as they are on stage, they are-- they bring that hope and happiness into peoples hearts. >> both for the audience and for the troop, made up of russian and ukrainians. >> i know how hard it is for them. they dance literally with tears in their eyes. >> known until thursday as the russian ballet theater, named not after the nation, b...

Cbs natalie brand joins us from the white house. it looks like it is under consideration. >> reporter: thats right, jericka. the secretary of state said he is talking to nato, allies including poland, about this very issue. he also warned today that this conflict could go on for some time. >> stand with ukraine. >> reporter: from demonstrators to lawmakers... >> we now must do more. >> reporter: ...a collective cry for more defensive work for ukraine, senator rob portman along with senator jeann...

Weather service, the damages are consistent with an ef3 category, that is wind speed of up to 165 miles per hour. governor kim reynolds toured the devastation. >> it was unimaginable, the destruction that we were able to witness on the brief tour that we just went through. >> reporter: a severe weather pattern has affected much of the nation over the weekend. and hundreds have thread their homes in floridas panhandle where wildfires have burned more than 10,000 acres of dry land damaged from hur...

A sense of when this will end, jericka. we will pick up that story and their stories tomorrow on cbs morning. >> duncan: tony dokoupil, we thank you for that. be sure to tune in to cbs mornings tomorrow, tony dokoupil will be an coming live from poland, part of cbs continuing coverage of the war in ukraine. back here at home tonight, severe weather including tornadoes threatened parts of arkansas and missouri. seven people were killed saturday when twisters tore through iowa, striking towns sout...

Advanced aircraft from us. if for instance the polish government, a nato member wants to send fighter jets, does that get a green light from the u.s. or are you afraid that will escalate tensions? >> no, that gets a green light. >> reporter: but the administration and many lawmakers say a no-fly zone over ukraine is still a step too far. >> no fly zone, if people understood what it means, it means world war iii, it means starting world war iii. >> reporter: but an issue that is gaining steam on ...

Have been a whirlwind of worry for his family in kyiv. >> sometimes you get good news, sometimes bad news. you feel happy and mad and sad at the same time. >> reporter: whatever their country, they all say theyre performing for peace. >> they work to live as one, as one organism. >> we are taking you from the we are taking you from the real world into our fairy tale for two and a half hours. you need it. we all need it. so let us do it. >> reporter: this show in minneapolis, a statement they hop...