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By those from ukraine for what is now called national unity day. a big day each year in georgia but this year it is made even more important, given what were seeing russian troops do in ukraine. decades of russian aggression here have left deep scars and many now see parallels between putins invasion of ukraine and what they fear could happen in georgia. >> for georgia, for our sovereignty, for our integrity. >> reporter: do you think theres a chance that russia could invade georgia again? >> ye...

Take a look at what we saw in another part of the city. >> ukrainian military has approved a lot since it was using the soviet air tanks placed here in the kyiv park. but its good to go up against the state of the art russian and needs a whole lot more help. >> we need international community to help us i am scared we cannot defend the country by herself. >> of course the army is ready but not only men and women and children are ready to stay for our country. >> today is unity day in ukraine, a ...

Fighters to nearby belarus all posing threat of a possible invasion. today we went to military part where old armaments are in display including soviet tanks and got people thinking of a looming of new war with russia and the fighting already going on. take a listen. >> i hope that it wont happen but anything is possible. >> its 8 years since the war started and our desire to win has only increased. greg: today, jacqui, the unity day in ukraine. patriotic national holiday. a lot of people singin...

Ukraine borders, buildup continues 125,000 russian troops, tanks, and other hardware including the deployment today to nearby belarus. while posing the threat of a possible invasion. which is got a lot of folks here concerned. take a look at what we saw on her today. >> in the ukrainian military has improved a lot since it was using these soviet air tanks a place here now in this kiev. but if its going to go update against a state of the art russian foe that needs a whole lot more help. >> we ne...

Moment we dont see anything unusual. but that could change. we are at a spirited rally at the center of kiev marking what they call unity day here when the country, on paper at least, was brought together in the last century, a lot of patriotic speeches, flags, songs, banners and hopes, david, that this country doesnt get disunified by moscow. david: thank you. president biden is meeting with security team at camp david. can anything be done to avoid an all-out war. and joining me on the phone, ...

Its got folks here concerned. take a look at what we saw. >> the ukrainian military improved a lot since it was using the soviet era tanks placed now in a kiev park. if its going up against a state of the art russian foe, it needs a whole lot more help. >> we need the international community to help us. im scared we cant defend the country by ourselves. >> of course, army is ready, but not only men, but women and children are ready to stay for our country. >> now, we were also at a spirited rall...

Behaving on the ground and the way ukrainian leadership is handling this. president zelensky said there had been reports there would be an invasion on wednesday, the 16th. hes decided to call wednesday, the 16th a national holiday. its going to be national unity day. people are going to fly flags and sing the national anthem. the idea being that hes trying to calm people down, to stop people from panicking and to really play down ultimately some of the threats that the u.s. intelligence communit...

Possible attack on the 16th. >> reporter: you know, john, its really just like watching a surreal split screen. there is a huge discrepancy from the alarm, the concern, the warnings, that are coming from washington, and the way that people are behaving on the ground and the way that ukrainian leadership is handling the situation as well. you referenced president zelensky jokingly referring to the fact that, you know, he had been told or there had been reports, rather, that there would be an inva...

To their bases. that is what he said would happen. but he pointed out russia at the right to remove its troops around around its borders whenever it wanted to, not necessarily a sign of de—escalation. ukraines leading channels are carrying a patriotic tv marathon this morning to mark unity day, declared by president volodymyr zelensky amid reports that today could be the date of a potential russian invasion. ukrainians paraded a 200—meter—long national flag at the national olympic stadium ...

Today was unity rallies. because today was one of the days that had been rumored to be the day of the russian invasion. so the president here, president zelensky, said instead of bracing for a russian invasion today, ukrainians should take to the streets and fly the flag and hes been on a two-day tour, which he launched today and will continue tomorrow, visiting with local officials and military officers to show that this country is united. and i went to one of these unity day rallies here today...