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Then sing ukrainian songs and it's all, as we said before, women and children because the men are left behind to fight. >> i'm curious, you were bringing in body armor, all of this equipment in to the ukrainians. do you think the u.s. is doing enough to help these ukrainian fighters? >> i think the u.s. is in an extraordinarily difficult position from a policy standpoint. we have to be very, very careful. the people who warn about the dangers of nuclear escalation i do not think is unwarranted. we have to be very, very careful about getting into a kinetic conflict with the russian army. that i...

Military background, if you don't have any combat experience, if you expect to come here with air support, intense helicopter support, then stay home because that is not the case. it is the russian army, and they have massive amounts of artillery, massive amounts of armor, and the ukrainians are giving it their dammedest. >> did you make the right call? >> i admit to questioning it once in a while but, yes. >> reporter: that answer may not be quite so positive. sam kylie, cnn in kharkiv. and salma abdel aziz is monitoring diplomatic developments in ukraine. what has been the reaction there i...

Same as ukrainian soldier who is on the front and money is certainly not my motivation for being here. i know it's not andy's and not alex's either. >> reporter: ukraine has been appealing for heavy weapons and also recruited large numbers the details kept secret of foreign volunteers into its international legion. so what advice would you give finally for anybody thinking of wanting to join the legion? >> oh, wow. well, if you have no military background, if you don't have any combat experience, if you expect to come here with air support, intense helicopter support, then stay home because th...

They were long standing members of the ukrainian armed forces. they serve along side pip in a three-man team since april. >> as far as i'm aware, we're paid the same as the ukrainian soldier on the front and money is certainly not my motivation for being here and it's not andy's and it's not alex's either. >> reporter: ukraine is appealing for ammunition and heavy weapons and recruited large numbers, the details are kept secret of foreign volunteers into the international legion. so what advice do you give finally for anybody thinking of wanting to join the legion? >> oh, wow, well, if you hav...

But it's also important to reemphasize that it's no place for americans in that part of the world at this point. there is the instinct. barbara mentioned the instinct of people who want to help to go there, and people have combat experience, i understand exactly what that instinct. but that's not helping. it does not help if they are captured. >> as you know, the russian president vladimir putin today railed against the united states and the west in a major speech. he claimed russia was, quote, forced into this conflict. what does that say to you about his appetite to continue this war? >> so ...