area of donetsk. nick, putin says somehow in the midst of all of this it s time to sit down at the negotiating table, at the same time he s saying these annexations are in his words forever, which is a nonstarter for ukrainians. i wonder how ukrainians are reacting to this and do they see this as an escalation? reporter: yeah, they knew this was coming. they knew these terms were essentially the final product of days of theater we ve seen of sham referenda and pieces of paper being signed. ukrainian reaction s look, don t be distracted by this, we re continuing to prosecute this war on the front line and they are seeing a lot of success, frankly. near where i m standing in donetsk, a key strategic town of lie man is being circled, particularly have a knock on effect across the luhansk region, another one of the four areas russia says is part of its territory falsely. the issue is as russia says all
give us a minute, we will come up. we will come there. reporter: we follow the cry for help ashore on sanibel to find a gentleman eager to accept a boat lift, but unable to convince his better half. we re going. to where? fort myers. the bridge is out. the bridge is knocked out. i m not i m not ready to go. a cursory stroll around this part of sanibel reveals plenty of hazards. like the his of natural gas spewing from a tank. but in one of the most coveted zip codes in florida it mostly held up which is in stark contrast to pine island. look at this one, absolutely flattened. especially the mobile homes of the working class and retirees living in st. james city. ma am, are you okay? your daughter called us? i can imagine. reporter: when their phone
who call themselves the cajun navy, and what you saw and did them with is just stunning. reporter: mister rodgers caught my kids when you see these horrible scary images and these events look for the helpers, the cajun navy has been part of that descriptor, they have been amazing helpers, there s other groups now that have started since then. yesterday they joined forces and i went along for the ride. after ian s violent visit this is what s left of the causeway bridge from mainland, florida, to sanibel island, and this is the now unpassable bridge to pine island. so for residents of both, boats and helicopters are the only exit options. and while coast guard blackhawks