of this age of impunity. and he needs to bring a reaction of like of which has not happened since the second world war. well now it s time to react. whitney, i know you ve talked a lot of older people who have decided to stay in their homes despite the invasion. how do they feel now? is it too late for them to try to leave? in odessa, it is not too late for them to leave. there are trains going to the west every day that are filled with women or children and elderly. but a lot of the people that we have spoken to are very committed to saying that there is the passion for odessa. and there is a scene called odessa, mama, that if you protect your city your city will protect you. on a lot of the elderly are really reluctant to leave their lives. but there is also a lot of them who can t afford to leave. getting on a train and traveling overnight multiple
because for every ukrainian refugee who has left, there are probably 12 or 11 ukrainians still inside. and the international rescue committee, we are fighting on two fronts. yes, we are trying to offer support in european country countries where expertise can help local governments and charities. but we are also determined to make sure that the people inside of ukraine under bombardment are able to survive. that means health care, water and sanitation, medicines, it means that for those who are fleeing the country, that they have support as well. whitney, you re reporting on many of those people still inside of ukraine. and you have video of civilians who are taking to the street to play music. what is that all about? yes, i m in odessa, in the south, which has aired some occasional testing of air defense systems. you can hear bombs in the
we are lost in the country s target. i don t care about me, and citizens are giving the rights to defend the interest of people in my hometown. in southern ukraine, the key port city of odessa is bracing for a possible attack. sky news correspondent, nikki martin, has that report for us. these fazio lines are believed to be a flotilla of russian navy battleships. they are stalking the coast of ukraine. imagine, one of the world s largest numbers. on one footing, staring back at you. if vladimir putin s opening gambit is to take the capital of kyiv, then his endgame is to be cut off south of the country. cities, like odessa, are strategically key to that. caught in the middle are innocent people, getting on with their lives, in the sunshine today.
point. it has not come yet, and u.s. officials say they are not seeing any imminent signs of an assault on odessa, which speaks to the idea that russian troops have their hands full elsewhere. we should also point out, todd and carley, that vladimir putin hoped this war would split the international community, which show that nato is not united. well, yesterday he got a very clear signal that nato, as president biden himself said, has never been more united. todd and carley? carley: jonathan, during the press conference yesterday that president biden held, there was sort of a notable moment where he talked about his trip to poland today. he was kind of detailing what he was going to be doing, and he stopped himself and said, i shouldn t really be talking about where i ll be going. is that a sign, is at an indication that he might cross the border and enter ukraine?
never before, perhaps. this makes me very happy. and the russians made a big mistake that they went for our country, for our land. we will bite their throats, with our homeland. now, in the eastern city of kharkiv, we are seeing the kind of destruction have seen in the southern city of mariupol. street after street, block after block, building after building they are reduced to rubble. we are also seeing they trapped civilians in kharkiv, as in mariupol, having to line up for the basic necessities of human life: bread, cheese, water. there are many of them trapped in kharkiv. there is no way out right now because of the fighting. further to the south and west, the major port city of odessa, the streets there are deserted right now. there are sandbags being built, there are tank traps being placed, as the people of odessa expect a russian assault at some