continuing our coverage of the invasion of ukraine. we told you earlier, president zelenskyy failed to get nato on board for the push for a no fly zone over ukraine. ukraine has another request. stronger sanctions against russia energy sector. u.s. secretary of state said that would make no sense. there s no strategic interest in reducing the global amount of energy. the immediate effect would be to raise the price at the pump for americans. and pad russia with rising prices. imposing sanctions on the energy he s made reducing inflation a high priority in his recent state of the union speech. but rising gasoline prices aren t making his job easier. the war in ukraine is the main
shooting at them. they colleagues and some cases friends of ours. we re glad they are alive. that shows how difficult it has become to cover the invasion of ukraine. russian troops grow more hostile towards the press. reporter joined one of the last civilian convoys to leave on wednesday. and he ended up face to face with a russian tank. without electricity, water or fuel, we could no longer report from inside. so we decided to join what would be the last convoy. to escape. the city has a large greek community. and athens tried to secure safe passage. for a rag tag of greek diplomats. citizens and foreign journalists. just five miles behind us, tanks suddenly appear in the mist.
ukraine. trying to help. protect freedom. simple as that. what is your biggest concern? you are also here, are you going in how many people, what s your biggest concern and where are you going? we don t really know right now. there are six men total. they say they are strangers who met here in poland. mike is from clear water, florida. aj from south dakota. matt from england. what does this remind you of this time in history? 1939. fascism rose in spain. a lot of people went over. not enough. we could have avoided 1939. that s what it feels like. if we don t stop it now it will be our kids fighting this fight. they came for one purpose. to fight for ukraine. most of these men say they are veterans of war. but matt makes clear he has no military experience.
guilty of ominous warning from the u.s. and nato. when we come back. what it could mean for civilians here in ukraine. also ukraine defenders getting reenforcement. cnn meets western volunteers eager to stand shoulder to shoulder with ukrainian troops.
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