at least six dozen men and women take part in routine exercises here, take part in weekly exercises here, in a forest near kyiv. translation: you re getting basic i infantry skills one can t really i develop in a shooting gallery orfrom an instructor, because you ve got to practise it in a group, and we have motivated people here who are ready to help you. satellite imagery shows that russia has amassed around 100,000 troops along the border with ukraine. and although war is not inevitable, volunteers like vasyl are preparing to defend kyiv block by block, if they have to. translation: i am ready to fight back. i am confident the enemy will not reach kyiv. we ukrainians have always been good at self organisation, and we ll be the first to support the ukrainian army. myroslava petsa, bbc news, kyiv.