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Couldn't find a flak jacket before heading off to combat. this relies on donations and improvisation. this is some padding for the flak jackets to go around the armor plates. and they're made from the material that's used for floor mats for cars. the armor plates come from scrap metal scavenged from old cars, welded and reworked by volunteer mechanics, and field tested. so, he's taken out a plate to a firing range. this is six millimeters in wid , and they tried different kinds of firearms and rounds, and it was able to block some rifles. but a sniper's rifle punched right through, as did a ma...

I think this is good to do. >> reporter: the grandmother told me she hopes the flak jackets protect the soldiers because she sews them with love, dana? >> you can see it and feel it coming right through the television screen. ivan, thank you so much for that. also you and your team, please stay safe as well. up next, he's one of several foreign policy experts calling for a limited no-fly zone over ukraine. former u.n. ambassador to ukraine joins me after a quick break. real cowboys get customized car insurance with liberty mutual, so we only pay for what we need. -hey tex, -wooo. can someone...

Millimeters in width, and they tried different kinds of firearms and rounds, and it was able to block some rifles, but a sniper's rifle punched right through as did a machine gun. th they're not using this width for their flak jackets. >> the team settled on a width of eight millimeters. vitali says this newest model will go to a new fighter within the hour. >> translator: my normal work is to defend people in a court of law. but now we have to dend people's lives from the enemy, from the killers who for some reason want to kill me, my little daughter, my grandmother, and so on. >> reporter: t...

It sounded to me like aircraft. and then distant thuds. and it seems to be part of a pattern. there was another tv tower targeted on monday morning in another northwestern city, and there at least 21 people were killed. the ground war has not reached cities like vinnytsia where i am right now, but signs of the population are really astounding. i met a family that had its own work shorng makeshift workshop in its living room where a grandmother, retired seamstress who used to make men's coats and suits is now sewing flak jackets, armor for ukrainian soldier, for members of the territorial defen...

She says she sews these flak jackets with love and it's with that love that she hopes it'll help protect defenders. help save their lives. in the kitchen, irena's son, a lawyer, crafts the blue and yellow arm bands that security forces wear on their arms to identify themselves. how many do you make in one day? >> 200. >> 200? >> yes. >> reporter: this family workshop, part of a larger improvised production chain that sprouted up in the central ukrainian city. it's the brainchild of vitali. he takes orders from soldiers and members of the territorial defense requesting armor before they head to...