THIS IS A GARAGE IN LITHUANIA.
VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK TO TURN ORDINARY CARS
INTO BATTLE READY VEHICLES, FOR
UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS TO USE, ON
THE FRONT LINES OF RUSSIAN
INVADERS.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
THE CARS ARE BOUGHT FROM, OR
DONATED BY, CIVILIANS LOOKING
TO AID THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, IN
ANY WAY THEY CAN.
VOLUNTEERS CHECKED THE ENGINES,
RETROFIT THEM WITH ARMOR
PLATING, AND GIVE THEM A NEW
COAT OF GREEN PAINT, SO THEY
WON'T STAND OUT ON THE
BATTLEFIELD.
THE VEHICLE, STAN, ARE PILED UP,
AND DRIVEN SOUTH AS FAST AS
THEY CAN, THROUGH LITHUANIA,
AND POLAND, TO SECURE
CHECKPOINT ON THE UKRAINIAN
BORDER.
SO, IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHAT
THE TRUCKER CONVOY FOR FREEDOM
LOOKS LIKE, PLEASE, SHOW THEM
THIS PICTURE.
ONE REASON WE KNOW ABOUT THE
UKRAINIAN ARMOURED TRUCK
PIPELINE, IS THANKS TO
INCREDIBLE REPORTING BY THE
WASHINGTON POST STEVE HENDRIX,
REPORTING ON HOW CRITICAL
SUPPLIES MAKE THEIR WAY TO
UKRAINE FROM SUPPORTIVE,
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
IT'S NOT JUST CARS.
THESE CONVOYS CARRY ALL KINDS
OF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.
TWO UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS OUT ON
THE FRONT LINE, EVERYTHING FROM
GENERATORS, AND MOBILE KITCHEN
UNITS, TO SURVEILLANCE DRONES,
A NIGHT VISION GEAR.
THE MOST IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT
MAKING ITS WAY OVER THE BORDER,
BULLETPROOF VESTS, AND HELMETS,
TO PROTECT UKRAINIAN FIGHTERS
FROM RUSSIAN BULLETS.
NOW, ONCE THE SUPPLIES REACH
UKRAINE, THE MISSION SHIFT FROM
URGENT TO, PERILOUS.
TODAY, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER,
SERGEY LAVROV, DECLARED THAT
ANYTHING CARRYING MILITARY
SUPPLIES IN UKRAINE WILL BE
CONSIDERED LEGITIMATE TARGETS
FOR RUSSIAN STRIKES.
BUT, UKRAINIANS BE WILLING TO
TAKE THE RISK, TO GET THE
SUPPLIES THEY NEED.
AS WHEN UKRAINIAN TEN UNTIL THE
WASHINGTON POST, QUOTE, FROM
THE ARMY WE GET THE GUN, AND
MISSION, AND UNIFORM.
BUT UNDER THE UNIFORM, WHEN WE
EAT, WHAT KEEPS US SAFE, HOW WE
MOVE AROUND AND FIGHT, THAT
COMES FROM THE PEOPLE.
OUR PEOPLE, AND DIFFERENT
ARE BEGINNING TO FILL IN A
FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE WAY.
>> WHAT DO THE MAKE OF THE IDEA
THAT SERGEI LAVROV SAID TODAY,
BUT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SAID
MANY TIMES?
ANYBODY, BASICALLY, HELPING THE
CRANIUM MILITARY IS CONSIDERED
A LEGITIMATE TARGET?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY HAVE
MIXED FEELINGS.
ONE IS THAT THIS WAS NOT A
SECRET PROCESS.
THE LOCATION OF SOME OF THE
STEPS ALONG THE WAY, THEY WANT
TO KEEP THIS AS QUIET AS
POSSIBLE, AND ARE FULLY AWARE
THE RUSSIAN KNOWS WHAT'S GOING
ON IN MANY CASES.
BUT, THE PROCESS ITSELF, THESE
ARE PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS.
THEY NEED PUBLIC SUPPORT.
THEN, AND IN THE PROCESS FROM
BEGINNING TO END FOR THIS
PARTICULAR STORY.
THEY'RE TAKING A RISK, AND THEY
KNOW IT, BUT THE PERCEIVED RISK
IS NOT SO MUCH IN LITHUANIA,
ARE TRANSPORTING THROUGH POLAND,
OR EVEN AT THE POLISH BORDER
WHERE THE SUPPLIES ARE HANDED
OFF.
IT IS ONCE THE SOLDIERS BEGIN
TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THEIR
BATTLEFIELD POSITIONS, IN
UKRAINE.
WE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE,
THIS WEEK, FOR THE STORY, WHO
HAD DRIVEN 11, 12:15 AND 16
HOURS, TO PICK UP THE SUPPLIES
WERE GETTING TURNED AROUND,
AGAIN.
A COUPLE OF THE GUYS SUGGESTS
THEY ARE IN PRETTY CONSTANT
PERIL, ONLY WHEN THEY GET BACK.
>> THE GOVERNMENTS OF LITHUANIA,
AND POLAND, BY THE WAY, THE TWO
PLACES WITH WHICH THESE CONVOYS
COME, OUR, IN FACT, THE
STRONGEST NATO PARTNERS, IN
TERMS OF WANTING TO PUSH BACK
ON RUSSIA.
THESE ARE GOVERNMENTS, AND
PEOPLE, WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT
RUSSIAN EXPANSION.
WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING OUR
CIVILIAN EFFORTS, NOT
GOVERNMENTAL.
>> EXACTLY.
BUT THE IMPULSES THE SAME.
THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS OF
LITHUANIA, THAT I'VE TALKED TO,
FEEL LIKE UKRAINIAN FIGHTERS
FIGHTING FOR THAT.
>> THEY ARE MEMBERS OF NATO,
THAN OTHER PROTESTED BY ART OF
ARTICLE FIVE, BUT, ESPECIALLY,
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE
SOVIET ERA CAN ONLY IMAGINE A
RUSSIA, AND VLADIMIR PUTIN HAVE
BEEN MINE FOR AND THAT'S THE
WAY THE.
TINY, BALTIC COUNTRY, RIGHT IN
RUSSIA.
IN UKRAINE, THIS IS THEIR FIGHT
IN A VERY MOOD VERY IMPRESSED
BY THE DEPTH OF SUPPORT, AND
THE FLAGS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE,
THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE GIVING
MONEY GIVING PORTIONS OF THE
SUPPORT I HAVE HAPPENED TO BE
THERE DURING THE PENNANT STAY,
WITH PEYTON, AND SHIP AND THERE