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Violence. but for some, ukrainian women, there is no choice but to stay and support their loved ones who have gone to the front. anderson cooper spoke with several of them in lviv. >> reporter: in a volunteer center in lviv, moms whose husbands and children have taken up arms gather supplies for those fighting further east. >> translator: we understand we need to hold strong. like a fist. like this. and we have very strong faith. we believe that we will win, and this will hold us together. >> reporter: she works for a group called angel on your shoulder. she's recruited more than 100 women to ...

Gas system was damaged by the russians in that district, in that region. so there is no gas. you cannot cook, no utilities at all, and total, brutal, nonstop, constant, bombing of everything. civilian buildings, streets, hospitals, dorms, schools, blood stations, everything. it'sjust unimaginable. you cannot even imagine in europe, that is a nightmare, how it's there, how people are doing now. and everything is like... the city runs out of all the goods left, like medicine, there was no fuel from the first day,

Shoulder. she's recruited women to pack boxes around the clock. >> nonstop, nonstop. >> reporter: everything is donated, medicine, toiletries, all kinds of food. you are looking for things that are easy to prepare for troops at the front or families. nothing stays here for long. the work is hard. the war is harder. angela's husband left for the front yesterday. >> my husband yesterday. >> reporter: he's a doctor, a veteran of the soviet war in afghanistan. >> does it help the work here to stay busy? >> translator: we are doing what we can. we keep on praying. people ask how you are not crying,...

>> that's true, and the conversation that i've had today with people, they, of course, are watching live time what is happening in their country. they are reading the news, and emotionally given the fact many of them cannot reach their family members, this is a very traumatic moment. just take a look at some of these people here. everyone is exhausted. everyone has red eyes. they either are sleep deprived, they have been crying, they have only grabbed what they can, this woman is holding just a small bag and her dog. the only thing she managed to grab from ukraine. i do want to commend the vol...

Who are doing their part for the ukrainian war. >> reporter: in a volunteer center in lviv, moms whose husbands and children have taken up arms gather supplies for those fighting for their east. >> translator: we understand we need to hold strong, like a fist, like this, and we have very strong faith. we believe that we will win and this will hold us together. >> irina works for a group called angel on your shoulder. she's recruited more that be 100 women to pack boxes around the clock. >> nonstop. non nonstop. >> reporter: everything is donated. medicines, toiletries. looking for things that ...