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When you talk to people, people like this woman in the queue, and all the other dozens of people that you spoke to, what were their attitudes to the west, to the way we responded to their plight? i think there was a general sense that the west would not leave them to completely take on the might of russia on their own. that at some point, potentially, there may well be western boots on the ground to help in this fight, because this is a fight between authoritarianism and essentially totalitarian...

You know, heavy coat, keep out the winter chill, waiting in the queue, we approached her, we talked to her, and that was very much the attitude, even though were on our own, were going to fight, because this is our land, and this... it deserves to be saved. when you talk to people — people like this woman in the queue and all the other dozens of people that you spoke to — what were their attitudes to the west, to the way we responded to their plight? i think there was a general sense that th...

Was able to customize the mig 29s, so they could be used by the ukrainian air force. what we see is every time the discussion starts boiling up about moving the migs into ukraine so the ukrainians could use them, something gets whacked out here. you get the air bases hit and this facility, and clearly a message dont bother moving the migs out here, well take them out on the runway. >> john: aishah, you are in a position to talk about the plight of refugees, you sit on the board of the u.s. a. fo...

Theyre bombing -- 120 kilometers from odesa, and its painful. >> i think that we need nature support for our people -- more support for our people right now to stand against this. if ukraine can fall, the next will be europe. because for putin there is no stop. >> a message weve been hearing again and again from many ukrainians. and there is the issue of support for many refugees thats been, of course, a saving grace in this time of war. cnns miguel marquez introduces us to one extraordinary fam...

>> president zelenskyy made an explicit reference to the holocaust today when he addressed the german parliament. tell our viewers what he said. >> reporter: well president zelenskyy has gone around the world pressing the right red buttons, churchill in the united kingdom and martin luther king and others in the united states. but in germany, he chose, because of how frustrated he is by the german response to the plight of ukraine both economically and militarily and over the lack of supply of w...

Dormitory when it crashed a group of top international violinists from 29 countries have collaborated on a video performance to raise money for the plight of ukrainians. lets take a listen. violin music plays earlier, my colleague lukwesa burak spoke to the violinist illia bondarenko in ukraine, whom you saw playing at the start of that video

Some have remained and are hopeful that the ukrainian forces could recapture and push back the russians. >> are you seeing the russian military specifically targeting ukrainian civilians? >> i have not seen that personally, but ive definitely seen body of dead civilians on the ground in irpin. you know, we have no clue to how or why, you know, they were killed. but most of them have gunshot wounds to them. >> as you capture the heartbreaking plight of these ukrainian civilians, how do you deal w...

I will say here in kyiv the sirens went off but we didnt hear much at all. will wait to see if this is the calm before the storm. we just dont know. we dont know what putins intentions are. we do know he wants to continue to take large parts of this country. the south, the east, and the north you could see the pincer movement coming in, moving ever closer to major cities. >> you know its brilliant and youve been in so many war zones come up benjamin but is realizing that media is his ally. being...

Plight of the ukrainian refugees through some powerful pictures. photojournalist peter tremblay is capturing some of his heartbreaking scenes for a daily photo called "exodus from ukraine digital diary." telling cnn, he was surprised to find dignity, resilience and even love. >> at the train station in kyiv in western ukraine, i saw a line of thousands of people standing quietly and calmly waiting for their opportunity to board a train, to flee this conflict to safety. the true victims of war ar...

Plight of a refugee crisis is that people have a tremendous need for each other. often the only thing that is clear in their lives is the notion of love and affection. ive witnessed this incredible exodus of humanity out of ukraine. one sees a multitude of very young children, and it has occurred to me that this is a moment that they will never completely remember of, and at the same time, its a moment that they will certainly never forget.