and get back my normal life. i want to live in peace. reporter: the year old krustyna came to this border crossing with a mission, to pick up and deliver to car to the front, paid for with donations and filled with supplies. we have night vision, it is really hard to get now. reporter: since military-aged men can t leave ukraine, women are acting as couriers. this whole country, are fighting against enemy, united, like helping each other. reporter: the only thing that husbands say is to work and to believe. believe, that this will end, that they can win, and that their country and its people will be made whole. when we left her, her phone wasn t working, she literally asked us to point her in the direction of the border, but i spoke to her this morning, both she and the car arrived safely at their destination. duncan: that s great. cbs morning co-anchor tony dokoupil is also in poland near the country s border with ukraine, with more on the refugee crisis, i spoke with him
the army here. reporter: you want weapons. yes. reporter: you see barricades like this all over the city, they are very basic. railroad ties, old tires, some sensing. anything to provide some defense. and look at this line of men by the thousands who may have never raised a rifle, ready to strike and here s why. this is irpin, roughly 15 miles outside the capitol. incoming missiles send men, women and children scrambling to get away, even as explosions ring out. duncan: charlie d agata once again showing us the harsh realities of war, charlie, going back to mariupol, a ceasefire collapsed two days in a row. is another attempt even possible? reporter: jericka, you have to hope so. because the ceasefire has been agreed upon. it has been for the past couple of days.
humanitarian and defense assistance can be passed by congress as soon as this week, jericka. duncan: natalie brand at the white house tonight, thank you. today border officials in poland estimate more than one million ukrainian refugees have crossed into that country. let s now go to cbs christina ruffini who was there. reporter: as ukrainian men stay behind to defend their country, ukrainian women are fighting their own battle. navigating danger, rubble and chaos. it was scary. we got scared. before that we did not think we would leave. reporter: panicked crowds and freezing temperatures, hauling children, luggage, even the family dog. thousands of refugees have fled into surrounding countries. more than 100,000 to slovakia, almost 170,000 to hungary and more than 800,000 to poland. i want them to stop the war
actions could constitute a war crime. this video, in the city just wed west of the capitol of kyiv where people ran to escape attack. mortar fire claimed the lives of a mother an two children. today ukraine s president urging resistance with russian forces closing in on kyiv. this airport near the city up in flames. and in russia new antiwar protests and crackdowns. more than 4,600 people arrested in over 60 cities. and tonight more sanctions targeting russia from global corporate giants. our coverage tonight begins with cbs charlie d agata in kyiv. reporter: there is no escape from mariupol, a temporary cease-fire that should have allowed the safe evacuation of as man as it00,000 res dents was shattered by renewed shelling for the second day in a row. both sides blaming each other
for peace. adam duxter from our minneapolis station wcco has tonight s weekend journal. reporter: for these dancers, swan lake is an escape. as soon as they are on stage, they are they bring that hope and happiness into people s hearts. both for the audience and for the troop, made up of russian and ukrainians. i know how hard it is for them. they dance literally with tears in their eyes. known until thursday as the russian ballet theater, named not after the nation, but the style of dance. each one of our cast and crew member has someone very important close to them in ukraine right now. now they say to show support for the ukrainian people, they are simply the r.b. theater. i thinking about my family each and every second with. arno is the jester on stage but off stage the last ten days