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Battle >> we're more than 100 miles outside of kyiv, and as you can see the roads are pretty clear. there have been some checkpoints, armed ukrainian military stopping cars, checking paperwork >> reporter: on the highways, ukrainians tearing down road signs so the russians won't know where to go, citizens filling sandbags and holding weapons. in kharkiv, an unexploded rocket embedded in th playground of a kindergarten this driver narrowly avoided a missile strike back in kyiv, they insist they're going to win this war, even though some warn they may soon be surrounded and outgunned. >> mr. put...
>> where will you stay >> i will find something. >> reporter: in moldova, where they have built a tent city, constantly praying for ukraine, she says and in hungary, these women arriving on bicycles she says, we had to leave everything behind you can't imagine how i feel now inside ukraine, desperation. at the kyiv train station on friday, police fired gunshots to control the crowd today trains out of the country still running. at this station in poland tonight, they're passing food over the fence the passengers hungry and tired after a 16-hour journey from lviv, just 50 miles away some incons...
Hospitals, hope for a country fighting for its future kyiv tonight is bracing for a full-on invasion already we're hearing reports of heavy artillery fire striking a children's hospital jose >> erin mclaughlin, in lviv, thank you. now to the other major breaking news tonight. the u.s. and allies across the globe are taking a dramatic step, barring some russian banks from a critical international system it's a step that could deal moscow's economy a crushing blow. kelly o'donnell joins me live tonight. and, kelly, this is a major move the white house would not commit to for days. what changed...
Handing out weapons. the former president of ukraine calling on anyone who can to join in the fight >> i don't have a weapon in my hand yet, but i have it with me. and i do it with a great pleasure to protect ukraine. >> reporter: former heavyweight champion and current kyiv mayor and his brother, also a former prize fighter, wladimir, stepping up as well. >> please, get into action now don't wait act now. stop this war. >> reporter: enlisting in ukraine's reserve army earlier this month. back in the u.s., peter dunk, a father of six, desperate to get his family out of ukraine. a pastor, his c...