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The ones manning a checkpoint right now. some of them have military experience, but essentially, they've been working civilian jobs, and they say the army, the ukrainian army is not tough enough to stand alone, we must also do our bit to help them. and so, they've set up these kind of barricades at a roadside che checkpoi checkpoint. they say if russians were to roll on, they would set this stuff on fire to set up a smoke screen, if russian troops come down what is a major highway towards kiev. they've also been digging trenches as well, pretty shallow trenches, but they say these will serve a...

Right now. our carl penhall is on the border there. tell us what you are seeing here. >> reporter: we are seeing on the ukrainian side a build up of the ukrainian military. we are looking at them digging in with personnel carriers and we saw some t-80 tanks digging in and protecting bridges and the line of advance we think the russians would take if they rolla cross the border. more importantly, the civilian population is beginning to organize. they say they can't trust the united states or western powers to come to their aid. they are doing it for themselves. they purchased military uniforms ...

Are. they know that force across that side of the border is so big and so fast, it could be here with zero warning, carol. >> i can't imagine the courage in the face of russian military might, digging trenches and setting tires on fire. it is astounding. karl penhaul, reporting live. thank you so much for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour" with berman and michaela after a break. geico motorcycle. see how much you could save.

Through. if i can, i'll show you a little bit of the defenses they have made. car tires here, they've been putting up barricades here. they say if the russian troops come across, they'll set light to that. they'll set up physical smoke screens in case the russian tanks come through here. a little bit back here, hthey'v been digging trenches here. they've been doing here as well. of course, what these civilian self-defense forces say is this is maybe a gesture in vein. they realize that the russian army is well prepared, well equipped and will be moving very far, but they say they have experien...

That said, the tanks that we saw positioned alongside bridges and the troops there said they had orders to either defend that bridge or to blow it if russian tanks do advance, jim? >> it's a sobering thought. a war in the middle of europe, essentially. european leaders have said we stand with the ukrainian people, we support them. are those promises -- are ukraines beginning to lose and taking over crimea? >> in this corner of northeastern ukraine, the population very much disbelieves any promise of western america. they say we are on our own in this fight if the russians do roll in and to tha...