<Anchor>



This time, let's go one step further into Ukraine from the border area.

Ukraine is tense to the point where there is no front and back, but the will of the citizens is not broken.

Let's connect the correspondent who was the first to report on the spot among the Korean media.



You met Kwak Sang-eun, a correspondent, a current Ukrainian military official?



<Reporter>



Yes, it is.



I met an incumbent executive here where I am currently broadcasting.



I could hear explanations as to why we couldn't relax the tension even though we weren't in a fighting area.



Chernivtsi is said to be relatively safe as it has not yet been attacked by a missile.



However, an official of the Regional Defense Forces said that the sabotage of the Russian army preparing for an airstrike, that is, a secret sabotage operation, is 'currently in progress'.



[Olexandr Sasha / Chernivuchi Regional Defense Forces Officer: We also arrested three sabotage forces recently.

He was caught filming an important military facility in Chernivtsi using a drone.]



The military explained that it is controlling information on Russian military activities so that citizens do not feel undue anxiety.



[Olexandr Sasha/Cherniucci Regional Guard Officer: Military intelligence maintains a high level of security.]



Mr. Sasha, who also participated in the Donbas region battle eight years ago, said that each regional defense force was sufficiently prepared for a fighting situation.



[Olexandr Sasha / Chernivuchi Regional Guard Officer: I can't reveal all the strategies, but when a street battle begins, it will be advantageous to the friendly forces who know the terrain here.



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[Olexandr Sasha/Cherniucci Regional Defense Force Officer: The will to protect the country comes from the heart.]



We repeatedly requested the international community's continued interest and support.



[Olexandr Sasha/Cherniucci Regional Guard Officer: If the Ukrainian army is defeated, Putin will not stop there.

The whole world should know that.]



<Anchor>



Citizens' will to fight is great?



<Reporter>



Yes, it is.

Even if you are not directly involved in battle, you can easily meet people who will do their best to help their country.



Let's talk about Mr. Hort together.



Mr. Hort, a welder who made iron sculptures and decorations.



But he doesn't make any more of these things after the 24th of last month.



[Andrii Hort: It was made before the war, but now the work has been stopped.]



Instead, we are making iron barriers to block Russian vehicles and tanks.



When the quantity produced is accumulated to a certain extent, it is transported directly to the unit by its own car.



[Andrii Hort: I am not doing this for money.

For the sake of our military, I do this because my heart compels me to do it.]



<Anchor>



How is the air defense shelter in the downtown area right now?



<Reporter>



Yes, most of these facilities were built in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and have been neglected for a long time.



Set in the basement of an urban apartment complex, the shelter is 136 square meters in size.



There is a hole in the wall, there is an emergency door, but the inside is filled with old garbage.



Ventilation facilities for chemical weapons have long ceased to function properly.



[Roman Rikiporuk / Chernivtsi City Official: After the war for the past 30 years, I never thought that our citizens would use this space again.]



The Ukrainian people who will defend the country against the Russian army and protect their own people I could see the heat of enthusiasm.



(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)