difficult to hide the movements of weaponry like a multirocket launcher, for example. the russians are able to come in and target opportunistically where they see they have a moment to do so. as we got much closer to the capital, we saw a large group of civil defense volunteers. jim mentioned in his package that people are just signing up to fight. they want to be involved in this fight. they re checking weapons where they can collect them. we saw them standing there with a huge pile of tires. presumably they were planning to set fire to the tires. to attempt to block the road if russian forces started to get close to the capital. it obviously gives you a sense as well, jake, of just how outmatched they are. at the end of the day, despite the courage and valor, it is not realistic to think that burning tires and fighting in this way can really compete effectively
military convoy that had just been hit, presumably by aerial bombardment. there were firemen there desperately trying to put out the remaining flames. there was smoke everywhere. we saw the body of one ukrainian soldier who appeared to have been killed in that incident. the target, it seems, was a multirocket launcher that was at the head of that small convoy of three vehicles. and i think what that tells you, anderson, is just how difficult it is at this stage for the ukrainians to move some of their more sophisticated weapons around because they don t have air defenses, because the russians now really control the skies. they can take out targets opportunistically when they see them. as we got next to the capital, we then saw a large group of civil defense volunteers. they ve been lining up all over the country trying to help out
moving toward the city in three different directions. they have been facing some pretty stiff resistance from ukrainian forces. the expectation from many is that it won t be long before they are able to press further in. we actually drove here today from the city of kharkiv in the east and we saw along the way a ukrainian military convoy, about three vehicles, that had been bombed. it looked like it was targeted in aerial bombardment. it was a multirocket launcher, along with a sort of truck with gas or petrol on it, and another vehicle. there were a huge amount of smoke and we saw firemen trying to put out the flames. at left a one ukrainian soldier that we saw for ourselves was obviously killed in that attack. i think what it goes to show you is the distinct disadvantage that the ukrainian military has because they don t have air defenses and because it is so