dnipro river. that runs the length of the country. this was a place seen as a safe haven and changing the calculus and outlook of the government in kyiv. as always, as for president volodymyr zelenskyy, defiant remaining in the capital. just today seen, took videos of himself walking around the city. visiting wounded soldiers at a hospital and rewarding them for their sacrifice. here's what he had to say. >> translator: russia lost 74 planes, 86 helicopters and thousands and thousands of equipment. we know that they have more but we will continue to defend. ukraine doesn't surrender. the military don't surrender. the people don't surrender. ukraine is fighting heroically.