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Border. i have a picture there to show it. what did you learn? >> the humanitarian crisis is astounding. its almost nostalgic to world war ii as we were on the pole and the ukrainian border looking at the children and women and their husbands and fathers have to stay in country to fight the war. they may be orphans and, you know -- the whole thing was really sad. we learned a lot about what we can do to help the ukrainians defend themselves and fight tag russians. we need more lethal aid going i...

Veterans, retired reservist issue they are not there in government capacity, we are civilian organization. reports are similar to what we are see og television, the rockets and artillery are becoming like i said less discriminate in targeting and folks are, civilians left in the city that might have the impression that this was going to happen around them are ark larmed and want out as quick as they can. >> todd: it is disturbing a group like yours is necessary, if i was in that situation, i wou...

Volunteer army is providing food and comfort, handing out toys in poland throwing a surprise birthday party for a 6-year-old refugee in romania. and helping more than 100 orphans flee ukraine through moldova, all of them now safe in germany. refugees often exhausted and traumatized by what they left behind i heard pistols firing and explosions, the 11-year-old told me. i was really scared. in the morning, my mom said, please pack, we have to leave. in ukraine, the first shipment of aid from unic...

Radioactive gases in the ground, in the water supply and in the air. as the fighting intensifies, buses and trains continue to arrive in the western ukrainian city of lviv, as people leave their homes and belongings, and prepare to seek sanctuary elsewhere. our special correspondent fergal keane has been travelling with some of those whove fled. the young men have been working all night. they try to bring some chair to the old woman. it was our service, theyjoked, let me get you tea or coffee. i...

Which we take in are from families -- a lot of them are orphans. a lot of them are from families of abuse and drug abuse and alcohol abuse, and theyve been through so much abandonment, theyve been through so much pain and trauma, and theyre so resilient. i mean, theyre more resilient than me. i saw the way they traveled twice for 30 hours as they had to wait through ukraine to the mountains and as we took them to -- then as we took them to ukraine, to romania, i saw how strong they are. i saw ho...

Todays over 400,000 we have the scope of 20000 orphans and we are systematically saying what you need and funding people. please talk to me later because i need to find somebody locally because we have to take care of. a lot of these kids cannot leave the country everyones talk about getting orphans out of the country but not all of them can goes we have to make sure they are getting the medicine that they critically need. >> what is it they specifically need what supplies do your orphanages nee...

Everything you own in one suitcase and have no assets or support tugs at your heart strings. >> todd: your notes focus on the orphan crisis. how bad is it now? >> ukraine had the largest number of orphans by population in europe before this crisis happend and now with thousands of civilians dead and being targeted that is being exacerbated. a lot of them have no place to go, places are filled up in terms of refugees. finding places to restart life is a challenge. >> todd: that is frightening, we...

>> todd: once out of ukrainian, our prayers are with that, obviously, how long until she can come to the u.s.? >> we dont know. were hoping we can take her to the embassy and get her visa, if that is done, were reaching out to politicians and senators and anyone who can helps and through the news media here to try to help that get pushed through. you know, we want that, but were focusing, our focus is to get orphans and get our ark ngelina to safety. >> todd: hopefully politicians are watching r...

Damaged, 63 completely destroyed according to ukrainian officials. >> i was one of them at one point, so it only felt natural to be able to come. >> reporter: vlad is also one of those volunteers, but hes not ex-u.s. military. he was once an orphan in ukraine, adopted by a newark city detective when he was 15. he felt bound to come help, to give back. >> luckily, i found this group to be able to do it which just centered more towards where i am come, like orphans. >> reporter: the volunteers are...

So we then get in contact with them and use our network will physically go there and retrieve these orphans and start moving them west. what sort of conditions did you find in the orphanages when you got there? it is terrible. most of them have abandoned the orphanages themselves and found any sort of cellar or basement they can hunker down in. they are in direct combat. we go and you see these poor kids, sometimes they are alone with one or two caregivers, they are scared, cold, hungry and they...