you re right. the point again that you make about the small numbers, remembering that there are individuals. there is a woman i was standing next to this morning he was waiting for the body of her daughter. they found a small pink make up bag, that was the first thing that they found. when they handed it over to her, she clutched it close. it was not the body of her daughter but something to move her a step closer. north west syria, the rebel held area of syria, it is worth thousands of people have been displaced for over a decade since the beginning of the civil war in syria and it is where aid cannot arrive quickly. it has taken several days to get here, planes can land here, trucks, cars, people can move. into north west syria, we talked about this on the programme before, there is only one crossing which has to be given a mandate by un security
weeks. russian forces are closinging in on kyiv. with the country under a state of martial law, all men ages 18 to 60 are being called on to fight. cal perry, who you see there, spoke to a 19-year-old who is facing an uncertain future and a ukrainian woman crying for the children who will be sent to war. reporter: so will you go and fight? if need. reporter: if you need to, will you fight? yes. are you afraid? just a little. translator: i don t want to see our boys and girls die. across the country, ukrainians, both soldiers and civilians are showing singular bravery citing an audio communication, a small group of agents guardy a tiny island where that red dot is, told an
there are places like where i am can see insider attacks. the city that i am in now is 350 miles from the capital will go under the curfew tonight. the street presence of military has doubled here. the current wait to get to the polish border is 36 hours, and it s a seven-mile wait for cars. people are getting out of the cars and making that walk, and it s rarely single mothers, and it s mothers with children and the elderly, and the men are having to stay behind and fight. you have the dramatic and emotional scenes playing out at the train station where you can see a country at war in one spot. the city continues to disintegrate, and the city i am in they are running out of food and the restaurants are closed and the humanitarian crisis is at the doorstep. that s where we are right now. you do start to think about the basic logistics of staying
that we have seen over the years and it s brought into high contrast in stark relief today. the night ukraine s ambassador, he said here s the piece that putin just declared war on my country. it can t be brushed under the rug or be a function of eastern europe where the country is paying attention. thank you. the united nations estimates more than 100,000 ukrainians left their homes and are currently seeking safety. they are appearing in neighboring countries like poland and hungry, and if russia s aggression continues, the u.n. continues 4 million more could follow. joining me now from odessa is anna shealist, director of the
that it s almost like unfinished business from the cold war that moscow and washington have to go to war in some sense. and i want to remind your viewers that in his speech on thursday morning, vladimir putin said if the u.s. intervened in any way, in ukraine, he basically threatened the u.s. with a nuclear retaliation. that s what we re talking about. 20 seconds. tell me what you think of the protests in moscow and st. petersburg? i think it s incredibly courageous, the atmosphere politically has changed in the last year. it s become much more dangerous to protest like that, and it shows that the depth of feeling and discontent and disagreement. we just lost the end of your comments but got the gist of it. julia, thank you so much for joining us. that s going to do it for me today. hallie jackson picks up our coverage next. hallie jackson picks up our coverage next.