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Ask him this, everything will be fine. otherwise, he warns, putin will cross ukraine and threaten the whole of europe. in a bunker under the tank, it's terrified children singing ukraine's national anthem that keeps them calm. as russia invades, a whole generation of ukrainians is being united by this war together as they shelter from the horrors above. >> matthew chance joins us from kyiv. the children's godfather asking for a no fly zone over ukraine. is that a common question you hear people talking about? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, it is in these areas, anderson, which have had heavy civil...

Countries like venezuela, like saudi arabia, and iran on this issue. this is really interesting and notable because under normal circumstances -- so, i'm referring to before russian invasion of ukraine -- these are basically regimes that the u.s. administration would not have necessarily wanted to engage in on this issue, would have been at the very least wary of talking to these countries about getting more oil essentially from these regimes. but now that the circumstances are such that we could be seeing russian oil import ban, they want to make sure that there is enough oil so that the pric...

The refugees need when they hit moldova, they can then move more easily to all european countries. but it is a massive difficulty. as it goes on, the people are leaving very, very quickly. their homes are destroyed. they have very little money. they maybe sometimes have just the shirts on their back. when they come into this station, they have a bag or two, maybe a dog carrier or a cat carrier, the kids, and that's about it. it is extremely -- and getting more difficult to move these people from point a to point b. anderson? >> fascinating. cnn's miguel marquez. you were talking about this, by...

Absolutely. and that's a good sign. there have been other signs that diplomatic efforts are being made. you know, we heard that the israeli prime minister was staying put. and president macron has had a couple of conversations. we have heard that maybe the chinese could get involved. the turks have invited the two foreign ministers for these conversations. what really needs to happen, exactly what you said, anderson. that is, putin has to decide. and he's got the opportunity to do that. and he may be hearing from these -- from these senior people who say to him that things are not going so wel...

To put that question is how long can the russians maintain it because my understanding, anderson, and you're there on the ground is that they're running out of fuel, food, and morale that the russians aren't doing very well, and that even some of their soldiers are saying we didn't know that this was what we were being assigned to or being sent in to do. but this is a bad situation. i mean, you know, the old saying is if someone shows you who they are, you should believe them. and in chechnya 20 years ago, putin just carpet bombed civilians, and he may well do it this time because i think he's...