As to Ukrainian resolve to fight off the Russian invasion, Fox News noted in a separate report:
With the Russian military at their doorstep, everyday Ukrainians from all walks of life are stepping up to fight for their freedom, their democracy and their land.
The government handed out tens of thousands of automatic rifles to civilians last week, asking men between ages 18 and 60 to stand and fight Vladimir Putin’s invading army. Even C-suite executives and lawmakers are getting their hands dirty in defense of their country.
“After seven days with a machine gun, I started to forget that I can also talk to people,” Volodymyr Omelyan, Ukraine’s former minister of infrastructure, told Fox News Digital.
The outlet added that so many Ukrainians attempted to enlist in the armed forces earlier this week that recruiting offices had difficulty signing them up:
In Kyiv, the country’s capital and Putin’s prime target, a group of defiant Ukrainians built up makeshift defenses, roadblocks and checkpoints. It includes soldiers, lawmakers, prominent business leaders and the president himself.
“They will never capture Kyiv,” Omelyan said. “We are ready to fight.”
He also predicted that the Russians would pay dearly for every inch of the capital they managed to capture.
“I believe that Russians still remember that it’s pretty difficult for tanks or transporters to enter a hostile city,” he said.