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Ukraine territorial defense unit. the venue may have been unconventional, but vows were made, and a blessing bestowed on the happy couple. been together 20 years. they said an official marriage never meant much to them until now. says, we decided to get married because we live in challenging times. you never know what is going to happen next. his bride, lesya, adds, we need to live in the moment. we must take as much as we can from life. members of their unit attended the ceremony holding white roses and what's a wedding without cake? champagne toast, and there was even an honored guest. >> th...

Captured during battle and the russian crews killed or captured, often russian soldiered simply abandon their gear and run away. yuri, the deputy commander of this unit, tells me. the russian soldiers are frightened and demoralized. they are afraid to be separated from each other because they are being shot at from every bush. we call it safari. civilian hunters are now hunting for those russians who fled through the forest. the territorial defense unit also trains new fighters to help defend ukraine's capital. and they show us some of the arms they received from the u.s. and allied nations, l...

Our choice. we're not us who started the war. we were just attacked suddenly and local people did not expect it's going to happen because what's happening is just complete nonsense. it's so cruel. it's so not fair. we had no choice. my husband is a journalist but he just joins territorial defense unit. he was given a weapon and he's helping the army to defend. yes, i was left with three children alone in kyiv. this is the war and it's really difficult and surreal. it's not the movie you can turn off. it's not the bad news you turn off. you're in the needle of this nightmare. there's no way you...

Own weapons . when we met up with them the group was fixing up several armored personnel carriers . they showed us this video of rockets they claimed they captured and they say had already been fired back at the russians . while some of the vehicles are captured during battle and russian crews killed or captured often russian soldiers abandoned their gear and run away . >> the russian soldiers are frightened and demoralized he says . they are afraid to be separated from each other because they are being shot at from every bush . we call it safari . civilian hunters are now hunting for those ru...

For those russians who fled through the forest. the territorial defense unit also trains new fighters to help defend ukraine's capital. and they show us some of the arms they received from the u.s. and allied nations like this german-made anti-tank weapon. is it effective i asked the deputy commander. very effective, to shoot tanks, he says. ukraine's forces continue to hold off russian advances in kyiv and elsewhere, but their own losses are significant as well, both military personnel and civilians getting killed by russian fire. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy told cnn's fareed zaka...