NBC NEWS CHIEF FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT RICHARD ENGEL HAS
THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: RUSSIAN TROOPS
THIS MORNING ARE ON THE DOORSTEP
OF KYIV.
UKRAINIAN, THEY'RE ESCAPING FROM
THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE SUBURBS
TO GO DEEPER INTO THE HEART OF
THE CITY.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE FLEEING,
RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE FIRING ON
THEM.
UKRAINIANS SAY AT LEAST FOUR
ESCAPING CIVILIANS, INCLUDING A
FAMILY WERE KILLED IN THIS
ATTACK.
UKRAINIANS AND KOLVOL EARS VOLUN
HELPING CROSS A BRIDGE.
>> RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN OVER THIS
SUBURB.
UTILITY
THE UKRAINIANS BLEW UP THIS
BRIDGE.
IT ALSO MADE IT EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO EVACUATE
THESE AREAS THAT ARE HOTLY
CONTESTED AS RUSSIAN TOURISTS
TRY TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR
POSITIONS AND UKRAINIANS TRY TO
KEEP THEM ON THAT SIDE OF THE
RIVER.
>> THOSE WHO MAKE IT ACROSS THE
RIVER ARE SHOCKED.
I WAS BOMBED, THIS WOMAN SAYS.
WE WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE AND WE
WERE BOMBED WHILE WALKING.
IN AREAS RUSSIA DOES NOW
CONTROL, UKRAINIANS AREN'T
SUBMITTING TO THEIR WILL, PORING
THROUGH THE STREETS, LAYING DOWN
IN FRONT OF THEIR VEHICLES.
IN ONE CASE OF EXTREME BRAVERY
AND BALANCE, RIDING ON TOP OF
ONE, WAVING UKRAINIAN FLAG.
THE FIGHTING SPIRIT IS PROUDLY
ON DISPLAY.
WE VISITED A SOUP KITCHEN.
VOLUNTEERS COOKING DONATED FOOD
FOR 500 PEOPLE A DAY NOT FAR
AWAY, CLOSER TO THE FRONT, TWO
NEW ARMY RECRUITS GOT MARRIED.
A DRONE FITTED TO DROP
EXPLOSIVES DROPPED ROSE PETALS
INSTEAD.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT
NOW?
>> I'M HAPPY MY HEART IS CRYING.
>> WHILE DOWN IN THE SHELTERS
WHERE UKRAINIANS ARE SPENDING
LONG AND LONELY NIGHTS, A YOUNG
GIRL PUT ON A SHOW, SINGING THE
THEME FROM "FROZEN" AND LIFTED
WORRIED SOULS.
>> RICHARD ENGEL REPORTING FROM
THE UKRAINIAN CAPITOL.
LET'S HEAD WEST TO POLAND.
ELLISON BARBER IS ON THE BORDER
OF UKRAINE.
SHE'S BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN POURING
IN OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE SIXTH
REFUGEE BORDER CENTER WE HAVE
BEEN TO.
INSIDE THERE ARE 2,000 COTS,
OUTSIDE EVEN MORE PEOPLE.
2,000 COTS, THAT'S THE OFFICIAL
NUMBER.
YOU WOULD OFTEN SEE, THREE, FOUR
PEOPLE SITTING AT ONE TIMES.
IT LOOKED LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS,
ONE PERSON WAS SLEEPING AND THE
OTHERS KEPT WATCH AND THEY WOULD
ROTATE OUT.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME
HERE, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN
POLAND, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO GO NEXT.
HERE THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION,
BUSSES THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO
OTHER CITIES IN POLAND OR EVEN
TO OTHER COUNTRIES, LIKE
GERMANY, GOING TO BERLIN OR
CZECH REPUBLIC GOING TO PRAGUE.
EVERY PERSON HERE, THEY ALL HAVE
COME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF
UKRAINE, AND MANY OF THEM UNDER
THE AREAS THAT ARE UNDER THE
HEAVIEST BARRAGE OF BULLETS OF
ATTACK AND THEY ALL HAVE UNIQUE
STORIES TO TELL AND WE HAVE BEEN
PRIVILEGED TO HEAR SO MANY OF
THEM.
MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION
REFUGEES HAVE FLED UKRAINE SINCE
RUSSIA INVADED.
>> BUT I CAN'T GO BACK BECAUSE
THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO BACK
ANYMORE.
>> THE U.N. SAYS NEARLY HALF OF
THE PEOPLE FLEEING UKRAINE ARE
CHILDREN.
>> I HAVE MY MOTHER, LITTLE
SISTER AND FATHER SAY THAT WE
MUST GO TO WAR BECAUSE IT'S TOO
DANGEROUS STAYING UKRAINE.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE FLEEING
FROM EVERY CORNER OF UKRAINE,
POURING INTO NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES BY THE THOUSANDS, THE
LARGEST NUMBER CROSSING INTO
POLAND, ACCORDING TO THE U.N.
REFUGEE AGENCY.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS SAYING
TO YOU.
WHAT IS IT LIKE RIGHT NOW TO BE
A TEEN-AGER IN UKRAINE?
>> WELL, THEY REALLY, REALLY
HATE RUSSIANS A LOT.
THEY CAME -- LIKE THE RUSSIANS,
THEY CAME TO OCCUPY ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
THEY ARE REALLY ANGRY WITH
RUSSIA.
>> Reporter: USING A DIRECTIVE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE BALKAN
ESTABLISHED AFTER THE BALKAN
WARS, THE EUROPEAN UNION
UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO OFFER
PROTECTION WITH PERMANENT STATUS
OR REFUGEE HOUSING.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FILE
INDIVIDUAL ASYLUM CLAIMS AND IT
CAN BE EXTENDED UP TO THREE
YEARS.
THIS WOMAN BELIEVES UKRAINE WILL
WIN THIS FIGHT, BUT AT 83 SHE
FEARS THIS IS THE LAST SHE'LL
SEE OF HADARER BELOVED UKRAINE.
>> IT'S SO PAINFUL IN MY HEART.
>> WE'VE BEEN TO SIX CROSSINGS
ON THE POLEISH UKRAINEIAN BORDER
AND SEEN THE BEST OF HUMANITY,
KINDNESS, BRAVERY.
I BROUGHT MY PARENTS TO THE
CZECH REPUBLIC AND NOW I'M
COMING BACK TO HELP MY HUSBAND
AND MY FRIENDS.
>> Reporter: 8-YEAR-OLD
ANGELINIA IS
ANGELINA IS TRYING TO STAY WARM.
THEY JUST MADE IT TO POLAND. HER BROTHER AND FATHER STAYED IN
HER BROTHER AND FATHER STAYED IN
UKRAINE TO FIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT OTHER KIDS
WHO ARE WATCHING THIS --
>> Translator: I WANT THEM NOT
TO BE AFRAID AND NOT TO WORRY.
I WANT THEM TO LISTEN TO THEIR
PARENTS BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS
LOVE THEM MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THIS AREA, MIKA, YOU SEE LINES
OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET FOOD,
MOST OF IT DONATED BY GROUPS.
WE MET ONE LOCAL BUSINESS, A
POLE USH
POLISH BUSINESS, THEY MADE
PIZZAS HERE THE OTHER DAY.
THEY MADE 800 BY THE END OF THE
DAY.
ALL OF IT FREE.
THEY FUNDED THEMSELVES TO COME
HERE AND HELP.
WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM, SO MANY
PEOPLE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN QUITE A FEW DAYS THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE A WARM MEAL.
IT IS CONFUSING, IT IS
OVERWHELMING BUT STILL PEOPLE
ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOME SORT