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Village on the outskirts of the city, a checkpoint protected by volunteers, an ex-cop, a fireman, and an electrician. look at how this village is protecting itself, homemade tank traps which the locals call hedgehogs. they've put up netting and sandbags. around the wall of this checkpoint they've got boxes of molotov cocktails ready. this is all locally made. these are improvised defenses. and this is just one ukrainian village. just down the road, i meet nina who seems like a sweet 71-year-old grandmother. by the way, nina says if she saw vladimir putin, she would strangle him with her own ha...

For joining us. really appreciate your analysis on cnn. >> thank you. >> it's this afternoon your time and this morning ukraine time. thank you very much. former ukrainian president petro poroshenko says russia's president underestimates a lot about ukraine, including the unity of the ukrainian people. this is something we've discussed over the last several weeks. now faced with losing everything they have, everyday citizens are coming together to stand against the russian invasion. cnn's ivan watson reports. >> reporter: dawn breaks over the city of vinnytsia with an air raid siren. the gro...

Raid siren. the ground war has yet to reach the city in central ukraine, but locals aren't taking any chances. this is the entrance to the outskirts of the city protected by volunteers, an ex-cop, a vil politician, an electrician. they've put up nettings and sand bags. around this checkpoint they've got boxes of molotov cocktails ready. these are locally made, improvised defenses. this is just one ukrainian village. just down the road i met a 71-year-old lady who seems like a sweet grandmother. >> by the way, she said if she saw putin, she would strengthle him with her own hands. >> reporter: ...

Least for now, but they know it's likely coming and they're preparing to defend themselves. ordinary people, firefighters and electricians, farmers and grandmothers, ready to stand their ground. more on their determination to fight back from cnn's ivan watson. >> dawn breaks with an air raid siren. the ground war has yet to reach this city in central ukraine, but locals aren't taking any chances. this is the entrance to a village on the outskirts of the city. a check point protected by volunteers, an ex-cop, a fireman and an electrician. look at how this vilalage is protecting itself. they've ...

Locals aren't taking any chances. this is the entrance to a village on the outskirts of the city, a check point protected by volunteers, an ex-cop, fireman and electrician. >> look how this village is protecting itself. home made tank traps which the locals call hedgehogs, they've sewn netting and put up sandbags and around the wall of this check point, they have boxes of molotov cocktails ready. this is all locally made. these are imp imp vised defenses. >> i meet nina that seems like a sweet 71-year-old grandmother. by the way, nina says if she saw vladimir putin, she would strangle him with...