Lera, age 19, a nanny who fled russians in crimea when shoe wa 11. we re ready to the end to defend our land, she said. the occupiers came to my home before. my family are still there. only i could leave because i don t want to live in russia. across town mothers knit camouflage knitting while like nelya their daughters fight. hers staying behind to defend kyiv. we know the danger. we know that it will come. but we didn t know when will it come. and i asked them, children, come here, please, be safe. come to me. but they didn t want. no, mom, please stay alive, stay safe, but we will defend because everybody loves our everybody. sorry. sorry. everybody wants to be
Cnn s, state of the union, saying the battle for ukraine is a family affair. getting medical assistance from really far away, thanks to youtube videos from american/ukrainian oncology surgeon here in the united states, offering a tutorial in ukrainian that shares the abcs of stopping the bleed. and dr. nelya joins me now. doctor, first of all, before we get into these videos, do you have friends and relatives in harm s way right now? we do. we do. we have a lot of friends in ukraine and relatives as well. my husband s, my in-laws in ukraine, brother is, aunts, uncle, cousins, lots of family
Do and ukraine showing the whole world what we can do. so very, very proud of my country. yeah. there was video earlier where ukrainians were out protesting in the streets in ukraine right next to russian soldiers where one of the russian soldiers was firing off his gun and they didn t even flinch. they just kept on protesting. it takes a lot of courage to do what they are doing. dr. nelya, thank you so much. thank you, pamela. and to help humanitarian efforts in ukraine, go to cnn.com/impact, last check, cnn viewers like you helped raise nearly $5 million to help in ukraine and neighboring countries with shelter, food, water, and other needs. and break news, into cnn now, shock announcement coming in, tom brady says he will return to the tampa bay buckaneers next season, didn t we just talk about how he was retiring?