about how far and how reckless putin is going. they are saying it s not the all-out war we want. china has a lot of influence in europe. its global influence comes through europe. china apparently also not as supportive as russia as they might be in russia seemingly increasingly isolated. five countries that voted with them on the u.n. resolution. belarus of course. north korea eritrea, venezuela, and russia. so it really is a who s who i suppose of the world s bad guys. bret: let me ask you, benjamin. as dawn breaks, is it every morning the people come out of the subways and the underground shelters and then he kind of go out and do their day or is it still really a concern as morning breaks? people are not going out and about. they are not moving around the city anymore. they go out when they have to.
is there a pattern to the attacks? is there a time of day where you feel safer? ? of course, when dawn breaks. one it s light out of the window, it is, somehow, psychologically, better. so, during the first two or three days, they would attack three or 4:00, our time. then, one day, they started at approximately midnight. now, at the moment, at least in kyiv, they make noise from midnight until six or seven in the morning. while civilians cannot predict this, i believe, probably the military know something that about that. we have reports over 1 million refugees, leaving the country.
numbers of counterbattery radars where they can pick up where artillery is fired from. so unfortunately those long range fires will continue to rain on the cities. as peter said, it s a conventional fight right now. it s defending the cities while they re getting bombed, which is a tough thing to do. mr. zelenskyy wants all of it to stop, he s trying to pull other nations in, and unfortunately there s not a whole lot that other nations can do about this just right now. general hertling, general zwack, i appreciate your expertise. ordinary people are taking up arms, mixing molotov cocktails, training to defend their cities and towns and neighborhoods. cnn s ivan watson reports. reporter: dawn breaks over the city of vinitsia with an air raid siren. this is the entrance to a
importantly, if the skies can t be closed by aircraft in a no-fly zone imposed by nato, the hope for ukrainians might be they can at least get enough air defensive weapons to make it dangerous for russians the fly over their landscape. but he s likely to maintain the pressure on the united states as he did with canada. and he s doing this relentlessly in a frantic round of communications around the world, trying to elicit support for this no-fly zone. jake? thank you. please be safe. in parts of central ukraine where russian forces have not yet advanced, residents have spent the last few weeks preparing for the eventual attack any way they can from making molotov cocktails and making shelling netting. reporter: dawn breaks over the city of the city with an air
for joining us. really appreciate your analysis on cnn. thank you. it s this afternoon your time and this morning ukraine time. thank you very much. former ukrainian president petro poroshenko says russia s president underestimates a lot about ukraine, including the unity of the ukrainian people. this is something we ve discussed over the last several weeks. now faced with losing everything they have, everyday citizens are coming together to stand against the russian invasion. cnn s ivan watson reports. reporter: dawn breaks over the city of vinnytsia with an air raid siren. the ground war has yet to reach this city in central ukraine, but locals aren t taking any chances. this is the entrance to a village on the outskirts of the city, a checkpoint protected by volunteers, an ex-cop, a fireman, and an electrician. look at how this village is protecting itself. homemade tank traps, which the