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Northeastern cities. the ukrainians are fighting back and trying to push back this russian offensive. when we look at these force, a lot of them are young 18, 19-year-olds who are conscripts, they're here fighting their first war, and the videos that we've seen of these troops -- and, joey, you probably can speak more to this, but they're not organized in a lot of cases. they get hit once, and you see them getting out of their apcs and tanks and running in different directions. i think the one thing you'll look at in the coming weeks and analysts will really observe is that the russians have t...

There is a lot of americans in iraq and ukraine. >> zelenskyy put out a plea for foreign fighters to join an international legion to help defend ukraine from russian attack. the next day diaz and other americans showed up here at the ukrainian consulate in new york answering the call to defend freedom. >> ukraine claims 16,000 people from around the world have stepped up. not all are fighters. >> you have no combat experience. >> i don't. >> andrew bennett is a union carpenter from new jersey and also signed papers to go to ukraine. he says he is willing to fight but would also be glad to play...

>> bill: ukrainian government desperate for help fighting the russians now reportedly offering is citizenship to any foreign fighters who want it. douglas kennedy spoke with a few u.s. veterans headed to the front lines to do that. what did you find out, douglas? >> a lot of americans at this point would like to stand up to russia. some might actually get their chance. this is nothing more than a big bully picking on someone smaller. >> absolutely. we will go out there and -- >> dennis is a former marine who saw a lot of war in both iraq and afghanistan. when he watched tanks pulling into sout...

The military serving all over ukraine. >> roman, we asked we don't show his face for security, vets the background of all foreign volunteers. >> many of them had very good experience, even in hot spots, serving in hot spots. now it may be -- nowadays there are less of these experienced soldiers and many of them are more volunteers. they have some military experience serving in peacetimes. >> their resumes range from combat experience to no military training at all. brian, a 25-year-old from minnesota, says he served two years with the marines in okinawa, japan. >> i'm a u.s. marine. if i have ...

So now maybe nowadays there are less of these experienced soldiers and many of them are volunteers. they had some military experience in peace times. >> resumes range from combat experience to no military training at all. brian, a 25-year-old from minnesota, says he served two years with the marines in okinawa, japan. >> i am a u.s. marine. i have to die to help these people, i will. >> reporter: oscar from sweden has no formal military training. >> we're here to help people. hopefully, it's going to be over even before we need to fire a bullet or save someone with medical resources. you know?...