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stretching for eight miles. wait time to cross the border more than 40 miles now. meanwhile in kyiv the capital city panic is happening. they're doing panic buying of life essentials and stripping grocery store shelves bare. sky barkley is on the ground in ukraine working with christian organization here is hope ministries. sky, thank you for being in "focus." tell me what you are trying to do and how hard it is to accomplish that. >> it's been immensely difficult since we landed on the ground. we came originally to plug in and do medical work, which is what i've done overseas in the past in iraq and syria. however, in flying here, the next day the invasion happened and we're unable to link up with our driver. he fled with his family. we were unable to secure medical supplies. we only had a small cash. securing money has been
because such people are always dangerous, but we try to check them. we try to check their biography, try to check their past as best we can. >> one desperate and urgent need are volunteers with combat medical experience. that's what brought sky barkley, a u.s. marine and mish nair to ukraine along with six other americans. >> you enrolled after 9/11 imagining the war was going to be there. did you ever imagine yourself witnesses a war in ukraine, in europe? >> no. it's totally different. this does not compare to a slow simmering insurgency. it doesn't even compare to what we saw with isis because you're talking about -- the sheer amount of missiles being launched across the country, the ability of the russians to reach out across hundreds and hundreds of kilometers and kill from that kind of distance. >> mattie, another member of sky's medical team is a travel nurse from missouri, hear to help and willing to put her life on the line to do it as she's