i met ukrainians who say they've got weapons in their home. they're prepared to fight if necessary, alongside the army, and at the same time, you and i, we've seen calmness in many of the cities here. how are ukrainians particularly in the capital preparing? >> reporter: so jim, it's interesting. the streets of kyiv today, again, we've been out walking around this afternoon. it is calm, maybe a little bit tense, but absolutely quiet, i would say. and that may be because ukrainians aren't hearing quite the same things on their news bulletins that we're hearing in the u.s. and in other countries around the world. ukraine's leadership is really trying to adopt a more moderate tone on this topic talking about ongoing efforts to, you know, resume some kind of a diplomatic process and also trying to refute russian accusations of atrocities being carried out by the ukrainian military because while it may be quiet here in kyiv, it is a very different story in the east of ukraine,