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Or that they would be fighting in a war. a lot of these videos that we're seeing on this ukrainian website are of young boys who look like they're 18, 19, who are scared and surprised. and it does seem that these people were told, the russians have been saying, that the soldiers would be met with flowers and instead they're being met with a fierce resistance from the ukrainian people. >> now that the reality is sinking in for those family members, what are those families saying? >> well, those families are expressing shock and concern. my colleague yvonne spoke to a family member who heard his...

That's a dark dimension to this war. not just a war in reality. it's a war over reality. it's a war about how we defun reality and what's good and what's evil. he wants these terms to mean whatever he said the mean. if he wins there, that would be a terrible victory. >> nothing is black or white here, it's a complex situation, but when you talk about good and evil, what needs to happen? how does it end with the good guys winning? >> honestly, ana, i do think some things are black and white. i think referring to democratically elected jewish presidents as nazis reminds us there is such a thing ...

So that sanctions can give russians time to think about what's comes next. and the russian elites, russian officers and soldiers who need to decide whether this is a war they ought to be fighting. some combination of those things can bring about a peaceful resolution to this. but i am afraid that's not going to involve putin admitting that he was wrong. nevertheless, i think we shouldn't give up hope there can be some kind of a compromise. the ukrainians are the ones who are taking the risk and they are also the ones who keep telling us about humanitarian values and about peace. we should be l...

Independent media outlets have been stifled. it's illegal to call what's happening anything besides a special military operation, so the terms war and invasion are banned. schools are undergoing patriotic lessons about the military operation and being caught to support what's going on. and it's very difficult in russia to get any real news about what's happening. >> i think that's such an important point. that putin is able to control media and the messaging in russia. but i do wonder when russian people can't escape the impacts like the families who have lost loved ones on the battlefield or ...

For parents who are able to bring their children. oftentimes it's just the mother and father able to bring the child. but they're coming on packed trains by vehicles, if they can, on buses if they can. it's extremely difficult for them just to get here, and even here there's air raids virtually every day. the kids have to move down. they're trying to get these kids to poland. it's an extraordinary situation to see on top of a war to see these children dealing with cancer and their lives really hanging in the balance because of the war and the lack of complete treatment that they are able to ge...