Take place there. he also doesn t want his economy to tank on him, which would put it considerably more pressure on his people. so, he s exercising a leadership role that i think is somewhat commendable, and certainly to see the crane yan people out there, civilians going through some training, don t take this lightly. if you read the russia lesson learned as a result of the incursion in eastern ukraine in 2014, the russians admit they were not able to accomplish all of their military objectives because of the resistance they ran into with the ukrainian military not as well-trained as it is today, but thousands and thousands of volunteer civilians that were out there as part of that resistance. so putin is not taking that lightly. he knows if he takes this country, trace, that he will be fighting a protracted insurgency from the ukrainians for as long as there are russian troops on their soil.
Of thousands struggling to survive. patrick oppmann is there. he has more. reporter: finally after days of being battered by hurricane dorian, we were able to get out and see other parts of the island. much of this island is still off limits. there are flooded roads, there are roads that are blocked by submerged cars. we did get to one area where a rescue mission is underway by volunteer civilians, people who are just going out in their own personal boats. their own jet skis, trying to rescue their neighbors, their friends, and even strangers, people they ve never even met. it was pretty harrowing because hurricane conditions are still battering much of this island. several boats and jet skis did flip during the rescue attempts. other times they said the water just was too shallow as the tide rose and fell with the hurricane to get to the houses. we saw dozens of people rescued.
Of being battered by hurricane dorian, we were able to get out and see other parts of the islands. much of this island is still off limits. there are flooded roads. there are roads that are blocked by submerged cars. we did get to one area where a rescue mission is underway by volunteer civilians, people who are just going out in their own personal boats, their own jet skis and trying to rescue their neighbors, their friends, and even strangers, people they ve never even met. it was pretty harrowing because hurricane conditions are still battering much of the island. several boats and jet skis did flip during the rescue attempts. other times they said the water just was too shallow as the tide rose and fell with the hurricane to get to the houses. we saw dozens of people rescued. they were in awful shape. they ve spent days without food or water. some hanging on to the roofs, some of them swimming in the