and volunteers to join the ukrainian forces. some of the weaponry the ukrainians have is very sophisticated. including russian anti-aircraft systems. quite impressive, according to military analysts. and all the new weaponry pouring here now from the west, the stinger missiles, the javelin missiles. all things can actually shift the balance. let s also remember, the russian forces are in a foreign land. they don t know the lay of the land. and they have extreme hostility from the population. villagers creating road blocks with hunting rifles hunting for russians. the dynamics changed the last few days.
they went through chernobyl exclusion zone and they take it over they nuclear power plant in chernobyl. they nuclear power plant in chernobyl- they nuclear power plant in chernob l. . . ., ., , chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your by chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your by destroying - threats to your by destroying infrastructure that has been there since the accident in 1986. they also are going from the eastern border basically trying to block us off in the east of kyiv. they are making different incursions all over the place around kyiv. thankfully, our people are beating them back. the salt, people are arming themselves with hunting rifles to hunt and push away invaders they are. let me bring up this map. the areas in red here, show the parts of ukraine now under russian control, with the fighting highlighted in several key cities and regions to the north, east and south of the country.
were worried for shouse landing, you can hear them in the background were going to hit the people. part of the reason everyone was under the bridge before they crossed and made their way down the road, the gunfire in the background so close to civilians, some people were in tears as they were preparing to cross because they didn t know what they would face ahead. jon: it s appalling we are witnessing this in the 21st country. trey yingst from ukraine, thanks. local back to lucas thomason in the fees, lucas. you just heard hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding to western ukraine, we left town a short time ago to go north outside the city, a different story, medic checkpoints and military aid, citizens and soldiers, many with hunting rifles a platoon off americans,
fighters to the checkpoint ben was very interesting because you were out here in lviv, university counter cultural capital of ukraine, it almost didn t feel real out here because the city has not been under attack. however it s a different story when you leave town. checkpoints the men by citizen soldiers, men grabbing hunting rifles some automatic weapons but mostly hunting rifles. they are filling sandbags, they are doing makeshift posts, hedgehog iron exes you see that sub vehicles. it certainly looks like a nation in war. members of this community that want to make sure no russian forces can come into this city of 700,000. that was our venture today. it is so interesting to me to see how we people are coming here from abroad to fight. these foreign legions coming and coming spoke to one of these americans. what is his motivation? why did he come here, where did
to seize the bridge, and beyond it, a clear road across southern ukraine. but the locals were already setting a trap. all hands on deck. blocking off roads, guiding the russians into an ambush. a local shopkeeper, alexander, filmed himself on the front lines. you little beauties! , he shouts. it was a colossal effort by the whole town, he says. we used hunting rifles, people threw bricks, old women loaded sandbags, the russians didn t know where to look. i ve never seen the community come together like that. as the invaders approached the bridge, the locals blew it up at which point these british anti tank weapons played a decisive role. the ukrainians destroyed almost