women get out of this country. but they are here seeking shelter temporarily in lviv, tens of thousands of people have arrived into the city. the local population here are trying to do what they can to support them. it is, as you say, relatively peaceful and quiet. these underground bunkers exist all over the city and are suddenly yesterday when one of the sirens went off the military appeared and we were ushered underground into this coffee shop and there was this whole other world that existed there. so it is very much a city on edge, the country in turmoil, and this part of the country as well is really coming to terms with what is going on in the rest of the country. we have seen this incredibly resilient spirit across the country, but our people wanting to cross to poland in increasing numbers where you are? we have seen this obviously horrific fear of a nuclear incident earlier in the week. the fears are mounting,
apart from here on the shore. he shouts and telling the enemy russian ships where to stick it. but while it can feel like everyone is staying to fight, they are not. the trains are still filling. grandmother, she says, when i ask her where they re going. another generation s fight now. you can only hope there s is shorter. it is extraordinary to be in a city of this size. we ve heard occasional sirens but not that frequently yet. it is so on edge. people frankly occasionally disappearing. not showing up to work. a real sense of something awful potentially being around the corner here. for many days, they ve been warned of possible amphibious landing. you ve seen here, darcheny being hit now, that might be a russian
lacking today. they ve seen eight trucks turn up in the central square. they appear to be brought in by those sympathizing with the russian military presence there, overnight, civilian convoy reported rolling into town and the concern voiced by ukrainian officials is we re about to see the kind of movie, the sort of fake synthetic show of support we saw in crimea, donetsk in 2015 and shift in favor of a russian military presence and then these humanitarian aid trucks were essentially put aid into a population to fix a problem that russia created in the first place. that s what we may see according to ukrainian officials and i have to say, residents deeply concerned in the parallel reality that moscow creates fake sympathy. i should say, jim, since talking to you here, sort of the martial law coming down. we ve heard outgoing bangs, city on edge, throughout this
fight on the front lines. you can barely imagine what that person must feel like. these types of scenarios, get wrenching, playing themselves out across the country as people make decisions of what to do. i have to tell you one more thing and, trust me, it makes me sick to my stomach to think this, to a twisted mind, mr. putin, would see it as a very big prize because this is really the center of patriotism in ukraine this is where a lot of the dissidents who suffered in the gulag came from. this is where a lot of the ukrainians came, including my own family, trace our roots to. it s a beautiful, lovely city normally. right now definitely a city on edge. michael, i so appreciate you just bringing this to the very personal story, which it is for the millions of people there obviously and, steve, the u.s. assesses that putin is moving
a hub for tourists. they have been untouched by the conflict that has claimed the lives of over 111,000 ukrainians in the east and in other parts of the country. but here they remained on edge. they know there are no illusions, that there is a war in their country and it could come for them at any time. yalda, do the have come for them at any time. yalda, do they have conversations come for them at any time. yalda, do they have conversations where - come for them at any time. yalda, do they have conversations where they i they have conversations where they look at what might happen if russia does win, if putin does when complete couple political control and military control of that country? because there are then very big questions in terms of the potential resistance? and everyone is watching the civilian casualty number unfold in horrific terms right in front of us moment by moment. it right in front of us moment by moment. , right in front of us moment by moment- right in front o