CNN CNN Newsroom Live March 17, 2022 05:31:00
To stop the planes and helicopters that have been attacking their people and to defend their ukrainian airspace. >> reporter: despite being drastically outgunned, ukraine's forces have been putting up a tough fight. the country's ground troops led by a veteran of ukraine's defendant of the donbas region. meanwhile, the chief commander of the armed forces, who is widely credited with reforming ukraine's military, vows to fight the russians to the last drop of blood. "i don't have any illusions and don't wait for a gift from god," he says. "i fought, and have been preparing my armed forces." the...