THE UNION ADDRESS THIS WEEK CAME
AS RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.
STILL, THE PRESIDENT WASTED NO
TIME PROMOTING HIS DOMESTIC
AGENDA WITH A TOUR THAT STARTED
IN SUPERIOR WEDNESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO HIGHLIGHTING
FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE,
BIDEN SPOKE TO THE STRENGTH OF
UKRAINE.
>> PUTIN IS NOW ISOLATED FROM
THE WORLD MORE THAN EVER, AND
WE'LL CONTINUE TO AID THE
UKRANIAN PEOPLE AS THEY DEFEND
THEIR COUNTRY AND HELP EASE
THEIR SUFFERING IN THE PROCESS.
WHEN HISTORY OF THIS ERA IS
WRITTEN, UKRAINE WILL HAVE LEFT
RUSSIA WEAKER AND THE REST OF
THE WORLD STRONGER.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SHA'S UNPROVOKED
ATTACK BRINGS FOR PEOPLE INSIDE
UKRAINE AND THEIR FRIENDS
OUTSIDE ITS BORDERS IS FEAR AND
AANGUISH AND RESOLVE.
>> THE REST OF ATTACK WE CAN
HEAR, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
>> VITALY DEMYANCHUK DESCRIBES
THE SOUND OF BOMBS SURROUNDING
HIS CITY WHILE HE CONTINUES WORK
AT THE KYIV HEART INSTITUTE.
>> HOUR BY HOUR, WE CAN HEAR
BOMBING ATTACK, BOMBING ALERTS,
BOMBING ALERT, GO TO BASEMENT,
GO TO BASEMENT, GO TO BASEMENT.
>> VITALY, A HEART SURGEON AND
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR, VIDEO
CHATS WITH HIS DAUGHTER, POLINA,
LIVING IN SACRAMENTO, AND HIS
CLOSE FRIEND AND MADISON
RESIDENT, GARY SWAROVSKI.
>> TO BE A GOOD DOCTOR MEANS TO
SERVE, TREAT PEOPLE IN ANY
CONDITIONS.
>> DO YOU HAVE WEAPONS AND
AMMUNITION?
>> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
OUR HOSPITAL IS ABSOLUTELY
DEMILITARIZATION ZONE.
>> THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL
IS GUARDED BY UKRANIAN SOLDIERS.
INSIDE, AROUND 300 PEOPLE,
PATIENTS, STAFF AND THEIR
FAMILIES, TAKE REFUGE IN THE
BASEMENT.
>> OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.
>> THE INNOVATION, HE SAYS, TOOK
THEM BY SURPRISE.
>> WE THOUGHT THAT PROBABLY IT'S
JUST THE POLITICAL GAMES.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
>> VITALY'S WIFE AND OTHER
DAUGHTER FLED KYIV JUST HOURS
BEFORE WE SPOKE, TO EVACUATE
UKRAINE AS THE BOMBINGS KEPT
GETTING WORSE.
>> AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL.
AND CATASTROPHIC.
IT'S CATASTROPHIC WAR, BECOMES
MORE AND MORE UNPREDICTABLE AND
MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS.
>> BUT I HA VITALY HAS NO PLANSO
LEAVE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M A DOCTOR, A
DOCTOR, SECONDLY, I'M AN
ADMINISTRATOR.
THE CAPTAIN SHOULD LEAVE HIS
SHIP LAST.
>> THE POLITICS OF THE PAST HAS
PREPARED MANY UKRANIANS TO STAY
AND FIGHT.
>> PLEASE REMEMBER, 2004, 2014,
SO WE ARE WELL PREPARED.
WE ARE WELL TRAINED.
THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE WHEN
RUSSIA HAD A LOT OF MISSILES,
BALLISTIC MISSILES, SO WE CAN'T
CONSIDER ANY PLACE THAT'S IN
EUROPE SAFE.
>> SORRY, I'M AT LOSS OF WORDS,
HONESTLY.
>> POLINA ATTENDED MADISON WEST
HIGH SCHOOL AND IS NOW AN
UNDERGRAD AT SACRAMENTO STATE SE
UNIVERSITY.
HALF A WORLD AWAY, SHE'S WORRIED
ABOUT HER FAMILY.
>> JUST, YOU KNOW, REASSURE THEM
THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN EVEN SAY
THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
I ONLY HAVE HOPE AND I THINK
HOPE HAS TO DIE LAST, YOU KNOW?
I ALWAYS THOUGHT MY DAD WAS A
HERO, YOU KNOW?
IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
>> TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
I KNOW.
UKRAINE IS STRONG AND THEY'RE
VERY -- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY
UNITED RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP
EASILY, YOU KNOW?
>> I THINK WE'RE ALL ENCOURAGED
BY THE FACT THAT THE WORLD IS
UNITED WITH UKRAINE AND STANDING
BEHIND UKRAINE.
>>
[SPEAKING UKRANIAN]
>> MY DAD IS SAYING THAT HE
THINKS THAT ALL OF THIS,
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN
UKRAINE, WHAT UKRANIANS ARE
DOING, IT'S MUCH BIG BIGGER THN
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.
>> THE UKRANIANS UNDERSTOOD WELL
THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.