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Guns, tossing grenades and making molotov cocktails. concern is mounting for millions of civilians caught in the cross fire. people all over the world have offered support including one group that is all too familiar with russia's vicious attacks. the syrian white helmets which you my have heard of. joining us is cnn political analyst josh rogan. fascinating piece that you have written. you spoke to the white helmets, the head of the white helmets, and they have tongues of advice. they are counseling the ukrainians. what did you learn? >> right, bre anna, we heard tht they might be recruitin...

Edge. i worry this may happen to taiwan, he says. these two work at a small vegetable stand. if war breaks out, it's bad for both sides, she says. it will be a tragedy. russian president vladimir p putin's unprovoked attack on ukraine raising questions about the future of taiwan, a self-governing democracy claimed but never controlled by beijing's communist rulers. taiwan's leaders say ukraine could be a blueprint for beijing to, quote, reunify by force if necessary. >> and the danger will be that the chinese leaders think that the western reaction to the russian aggression is weak. >> reporte...

Conflicts, we've seen in ukraine itself after the 2014 invasion and the ongoing conflict in donetsk, we have seen domestic violence raised and spiked levels of that in the way that we see in all conflicts. really, a society that is mobilised for combat sees heightened levels of violence and gender based violence, and we have seen that certainly in ukraine. but at the same time, we've seen more ukrainian women signing up to be soldiers. the number of women soldiers in the ukrainian militaryjumped from 6% in 2014 to as high as ten, even higher now, 11, 12%. so we see the territorial defence unit...

We have one guys that needs to go through in combat training, but he was just about to graduate as a doctor when this all happened, so he felt compelled to lend a hand. once he comes on, he'll be a medic. then we have other designated roles that are mission dependent, what the situation dictates. then depending on the mission, we can assign specific roles and atasks. equipment also dictates as well. ideally we would have all equipment we would want if we had a list, but because of logistics, we are limited. >> what do you need? what does the ukrainian fighting force need right now when you tal...

Who is were leaving. i mean, just getting out when they can, russian journalists, with no idea whether they would ever be able to get back. so that the people in russia are completely now cut off from any type of other information although i have to say there are ways. the internet is a different ball game. but it's not like having -- this isn't like having every tv channel in the u.s. with one master. >> it's a propaganda machine that a lot of people in the west don't quite understand. i appreciate everybody coming in. romania prepares for more refugees fleeing ukraine. we are live on the gro...