fearlessly creative cast of civilians, stared down the russians. how close did the russians get to taking over this city? you can see over here on the other side of the bridge, in the distance there, just on the other side of the bridge, a row of tires. that s as chose as the russian tanks came. the mayor says the ukrainians blew it up so the russians couldn t cross into the heart of the city. that sparked a two-day confrontation. thousands of residents were trapped on the other side of the bridge. the only section of the city russian forces invaded. this man, named ivan, lives in a house along the main road into town. several homes and cars around him were scorched in the firefight. he hid inside with his elderly mother as the russian tanks swarmed his neighborhood. he describes how terrifying it was, several homes blown up
remarkable story. reporter: the sign into town reads russian soldier, you will die here. the russians didn t listen. this is the story of how the small city fought off the russian invasion in early march. the mayor of this city of 30,000 people took us to the bridge at least where the bridge used to be, where ukrainian soldiers, volunteer fighters, and a fearlessly creative cast of civilians stared down the russians. how close did the russians get to taking over this city? you can see over here, on the other side of the bridge in the distance there, just on the other side of the bridge, a row of tires and that s as close as the russian tanks came. the mayor says the ukrainians blew it up so that the russians couldn t cross into the heart of the city. that sparked a two-day
managed to stop the russian army. cnn s ed lavandera has this remarkable story. reporter: the sign into town reads russian soldier, you will die here. the russians didn t listen. this is the story of how this small city fought off the russian invasion in early march. the mayor of this city of 30,000 people took us to the bridge at least where the bridge used to be, where ukrainian soldiers, volunteer fighters, and a fearlessly creative cast of civilians stared down the russians. how close did the russians get to taking over this city? you can see over here, on the other side of of the bridge in the distance there, just on the other side of the bridge, a row of tires. and that s as close as the russian tanks came. the mayor says the ukrainians blew it up so the russians
how close did they get to taking over this city? you can see over here on the other side of the bridge in the distance there, a row of tires. that s as close as the russian tanks came. the mayor says the ukrainians blew it up so the russians couldn t cross into the heart of the city. that sparked a two day confrontation. thousands of residents were trapped on the other side of the bridge. only section of the city russian forces invaded. this man lives in a house along the main road into town. several homes and cars around him were scorched in the fire fight. he hid inside with his elderly mother. as the russian tanks swarmed his neighborhood. he describes how terrifying it was. several homes blown up around him. constant barrage of gunfire. he didn t see it, he had to hide inside his home.