of our country are now blocked, nobody is going to enter and intervene for our freedom and country. believe you me, every square of today, no matter what it is called, is going to be called as today freedom square. in every city of our country. nobody is going to break us. we re strong. we re ukrainians. there is also grave concern this morning for ukraine s capital, kyiv. new satellite imagery showing a massive russian military convoy that stretches for more than 40 miles, reaching the outskirts of the city. this convoy appears to include armored vehicles, tanks and also tote artillery. meantime, ukrainian citizens continue to resist the russian forces. video from one town shows residents using their cars and their bodies to block this russian advance of about 40
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hello, everyone. i am michael holmes coming to you live from lviv in western ukraine. while russian troops press forward with their military campaign, many ukrainian citizens making it clear they are eager to defend their homeland, even though they are obviously outgunned by russian forces. cnn s clarissa ward shows us the indomitable spirit of some civilian volunteers in kyiv. reporter: the people of kyiv are mobilizing across the capital, volunteers are pouring in. building up the city s defenses with whatever they can. women bring in empty bottles to be made into molotov cocktails. the leaders of this militia say ukraine will win this war. emboldened by recent successful operations to repel russian forces. one shows us his passport. i am ivanov, i am originally
but if you re in ukraine or have loved ones there, it is a fair question, could more be done? yes, and certainly i think what we re seeing as well is that children are at risk. and i think we re at this moment too where we re watching as that is increasingly going to take place. the specter of that is really what president volodymyr zelenskyy was raising before the european parliament today as well. one thing being done is clear lit clearly the sanctions here. the ruble crashed it a record low. the moscow stock exchange shuttered monday and again today. christine romans here with the impact. yeah, this has been a disaster for the russian economy. six days after that invasion of ukraine, the ruble is worth less than a penny. and all time low. the russian central bank russi rushed in, the global power of that central bank has been choked off by western sanctions. the eu and americans specifically targeting the central bank, walling it off.
targeting of civilian areas. so while people are defiant, there is still a sense of dread as i said before, john, that things could be getting much, much worse soon. heroic defiance there. that woman you spoke to, she s not hiding any ukrainian military equipment. clarissa ward, thank you so much for that report. and let s go now to cnn international security editor nick paton walsh, in odesa, there in the southern part of ukraine. nick, what can you tell us? what are you seeing there? reporter: yeah, this is the third largest city in ukraine, very much braced for the absolute worst. we were out with people today, preparing food for the military, seeing civilians contributing to the defenses here. essentially what has got this town on edge is 30 minutes drive up the road, intense clashes and some shelling and i think that has many concerned that the progress we re seeing, the russian military slowly and brutally making along the black sea coast is essentially routed