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And we've also seen russians taking the risks of protesting this war. i mean, out on the streets, i have to ask you about this, nina. including this one elderly woman, i'm sure you've seen the images of her. she's confronted by police. she's taken away by police. she's obviously very frail, very old. she's holding these protest signs. what does this say about putin and how much he fears his own people when they're hauling grandma off the street? >> well, it's, you know, all autocrats play to their own people, and he is in a long tradition of russian guards, soviet autocrats, and himself, that ...

Of preseotestors in russia bein arrested for opposing this war. i am curious, what risks does putin take, domestically, by doing this -- this operation? he -- he's had broad appeal, of course, not surprising given the role of state media in messaging but what can appeal as the invasion goes on? >> well, over the last few years, especially over the last year, it has become very difficult to participate in mass protests. people are arrested. people are beaten up. they are detained. and despite all that, we see protests in major russian cities. um, over the last two days, over 2,000 people have b...

Around a massive sign that reads, stop the war. protesters wave flags and carry a banner saying stop the war in ukraine. that is the resounding message coming from around this world, united against this aggression, this brutality that we're seeing unfold in ukraine. we'll be right back.

Morning with street battles between ukrainian and russian troops, terrifying the local population, population over a million people. many of them, russian speaking. and that's significant, because part of the pretext in the buildup of this war from russian president vladimir putin was this idea that somehow russian speakers here in ukraine were being unfairly targeted, unfairly discriminated against, unfairly persecuted. and now to see them being assaulted by russian forces. the irony of that is not lost on tatiana. tatiana is a russian speaker. she's a language speaker there in kharkiv and sh...

War. that is our job here today. it is the job you were sent here to do, not just by your capitols but by all of humanity. a lot has happened very quickly to bring us to this unique moment. it was barely a week able when in the dead of night president putin launched a full-scale invasion of our fellow u.n. member state. at the very moment, at the very moment the security council was holding an urgent meeting attempting to foster diplomacy and de-escalation. as the security council discussed peace, putin declared war. ukraine has defended itself with great courage and vigor. as president biden ...