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Was, one frontline a couple of days ago in which it was shelled by the russians, at least 20 or 25 times during the night, and the ukrainians told me -- they did reply once. they didn't want to -- they want to conserve their weaponry, but at the same time, they didn't want to turn that frontline into a battle zone because civilians were fleeing along that very road. so when i asked them, what happens if at some point, russian tanks to come through, one of the commanders went and grabbed and and law anti tank missile which was inside of a warehouse and basically said, we are ready. >> wow, a lo...

Night, and the ukrainians told me -- they didn't reply once. they didn't want to -- they want to conserve their weaponry, but at the same time, they didn't want to turn that frontline into a battle zone because civilians were fleeing along that very road. so when i asked them, what happens if at some point, russian tanks to come through, one of the commanders went and grabbed and and law anti tank missile which was inside of a warehouse and basically said, we are ready. >> wow, a lot of the people, i'm talking, to especially members of parliament who have taken up arms and joint civilian milit...

>> translator: we have our tactics. we conducted the clear sky exercise with our american friends. we are now using some of the tactics we learned from the americans. >> reporter: the and u.s. its allies initially believed russia would own the skies over ukraine just days after their invasion. but the spokesman for ukraine's air force says they were ready. >> translator: we've been preparing for this scenario for eight years. it cannot be said that our military did not think this would not happen. we've destroyed 100 aircraft and 123 helicopters already. >> reporter: a lot of russian aircraft ...

Tactics we learned from the americans. >> reporter: the u.s. and its allies initially believed russia would own the skies over ukraine just days after their invasion. but the spokesman for ukraine's air force says they were ready. >> translator: we've been preparing for this scenario for eight years. it cannot be said that our military did not think this would happen. we've destroyed 100 aircraft and 123 helicopters already. >> reporter: a lot of russian aircraft have been taken down by shoulder-launched missiles supplied by western allies. but the ukrainians still separate longer range system...

People, that they don't want to escalate, they don't want to bring nato into a direct war with russia. but we have had this news overnight, about a missile that has, a missile attack, on a base inside ukraine, west of lviv. about 12 kilometers, 12 miles, from the border with poland, which does have antiaircraft batteries, anti missile batteries, patriot missiles and things like that. but the thing is getting very, very close. do you think that has an impact on the european members of parliament who you're talking about? that this battle is not about a little part of eastern ukraine that russia...