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What's going on on the ground there right now. >> reporter: okay, so we can barely show you anything in the city, it's a city of 1 million people, about half the population has left the city, the other half have enlisted, they are engaged in supporting the city. we're at a volunteer center. they're holding up water. we can't show you the sandbags or the military check points. we can't show you how this city of 1 million on the back sea is hunkering down. they are ready, chris. i want to take you inside. i'm going to show you wa everyone here is doing. so just walk with me for a second and forg...

Square. there's still a tank barrier setup there and of course check points around the city. there did seem to be few people on the streets, coffee shops opening not just yet but there are people coming back out. and you can feel there are people who believe they have that little room to breathe. you were alluding to the fact the russians are still using these standoff weapons as the u.s. calls them, longer range weapons. there was of course that attack on the fuel depot that took place just to the south of kyiv the russians say they conducted with a caliber use missile. and we did have air-ra...

>> well, basically the point is that we are keeping those roads open and the area so destroyed still is under our control. the basic point is that we are keeping the supply routes open because we donal allow kyiv to be sieged, all the support that the world is getting. >> the mayor said last week that about one third of the residents have been able to leave. what will happen in kyiv? what will happen in kyiv if kyiv's remaining civilians, if they aren't able to get out? >> the point is that the reality of the indiscriminate shelling that russia is using is unfortunately possible here. most civ...

Lots of children under the rubble. others in shelters. the journey out of the besieged city is slow and dangerous but every day, relatively small numbers are leaving whatever way they can along what are supposed to be agreed corridors. a local official said some people have been fired upon. others have had their vehicles seized at russian check points. the people at mariupol have no good options. stay and endure the horror of russia's bombardment or face danger and uncertainty, leaving all they know behind. ukraine's defense minister said the people defending mariupol are saving lives all over...

They navigated many russian military check points and at around noon, they made a turn towards a town and stumbled across russian soldiers who opened fire on the car without warning. >> we started turning and that's when they started firing at us. after that, of course, the driver stopped. we started opening our door, walking out. they were shouting something. we did not know what and that's when we saw what happened to my daughter, the younger one. we took her out of the car as she was wounded. >> reporter: her mother says realizing their mistake, the russian soldiers gave her daughter first ...