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[noise] >> any future plans ukrainians had were gone. they were only priorities now. >> it is crazy, you hear kids screaming, mothers screaming, it is so crazy. >> you can see that man holding his baby up so that he is not crushed by this crowd. the train has opened its doors, but clearly there is not room for everyone. nobody wants to miss this train. >> people are hugging and saying goodbye, and not sure if they will ever come back to this place. >> ukrainians had to evacuate, or fight. russia was trying to overthrow ukraine in a rapid -- for putin, ukraine is a pretend country that belonged under his iron fist. a fascist, neo-nazi state, that needed to be destroyed. that is the idea. that a bunch of neo-nazis run by a jewish president one day we're going to get a nuclear weapon and join nato and attack and devour russia. that is the reason for all of this. it would be laughable if people weren't dying for it. >> russian tanks rolled into ukraine from the north, south, and east. announcing their arrival with the letter z. sirens became the soundtrack of the country. russia started bombing, shooting, and everything and its path. but the main target was the capital, kyiv. if putin could take the city, ukraine would fall. and russia hoped the suburban town of irpin would be its way in. civilians were killed by russians shelling as they tried to escape. >> what is going on in irpin? >> it is hell. every day, every second we are bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. and that bodies on my street. >> the only way in or out of irpin was across planks over an icy stream. the ukrainians blew up the bridge to slow down the russians advance into the city. this is now a reverse evacuation where people are leaving the suburbs, heading into the center of kyiv, hoping that they can find relative safety there in numbers in the built-up part of the city. but against all odds and predictions, ukrainian forces managed to hold on to irpin, and keep the russians back. so russian forces changed strategy. since they could not get through the ukrainian army, they go over it. lobbing bombs and missiles into kyiv. 65 year old nina was sleeping when a rocket struck her apartment. >> [speaking foreign language] >> you are going to rebuild? fix everything and come back? >> oh, yes! >> [speaking foreign language] >> nina was born in her three room apartment. it is the only place she had ever lived. >> [speaking foreign language] >> attacking apartment complexes like this is a terror campaign to frighten ukrainians into surrendering. but it is not working. and all of the damage here and across this country is only convincing ukrainians of the need to fight back more, or lose everything. >> and that result came as a surprise to both vladimir putin, and the west. putin clearly got this one wrong. he thought that this would be a walk over, that in three days russian troops were going to topple the government, that they would be celebrating victory. but this country banded together to be defiant and determined. civilians volunteered and their thousands to stop the russian advance anyway they could. >> there is only one ukraine. we have nowhere to run. it is my city. it is my country. >> they were led by a president who never showed fear, and never fled. the invasion inspired tens of thousands of ukrainians from across the world to come home to defend their country. miro moved to the states when he was 19 years old, joined the u.s. army, and it became an american citizen. he is fighting for the city where he was born. >> we have it saying, freedom or death. it is not just empty words. we actually mean that. there is no way that we are going to be under russian government. there is no way that we are going to go back to the ussr or something like that. no. >> miro was it just one of the ukrainians frustrated with putin's assault, and daring to believe that this was a war that they might just win. >> i think that modern ukraine and ukrainians woke up, especially now, and we are going to fight for our freedom. that is it. every single person here. >> are people here willing to die for this? >> of course. all of us. >> this is not just a resistance? when the russians come down these roads -- >> if they come down these roads, we are willing to die. we will do everything. they came to our home. trying to destroy us. the people are united. what else do we have? we don't have another choice. we stand divided, we fall. uto save yourself an average of seven hundred and thirty dollars. 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