These two kids have set up their own military-style checkpoint to "defend their village" of Stoyanka, just west of Kyiv.

Andrei, 12, and his friend Valentin, 5, built a makeshift dugout after Russian troops were driven out of their home town.

The kids (Valentin pictured on the left) are seen talking about their experience of the war - an airstrike had landed in one of their yards: "It fell straight into the yard into a drain, and the car was all in fragments, the windows were broken."

The boys also mentioned how a dog that was in close proximity to the explosion survived thanks to the nearby car.

Both of their fathers are currently serving in the military so the kids are defending their village while they are gone.

Another clip beginning at 40 seconds shows the duo stopping passing cars and speaking to the drivers.

"Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes! Where are you going?"

"To Dmitrovka," the driver responds.

The boys also shared that some kind motorists hand them sweets and fruit. Andrei mentioned how a bomb was found in a car that had passed through their village.

"The car drove by, but we don’t check the trunks, we just say 'glory to Ukraine - glory to the heroes', where you are going, maybe a passport, rarely.

"Sometimes they show themselves, sometimes we ask ourselves. Once a red or black car drove past, I don’t remember, we didn’t check it, it drove through and after two or three villages it was caught there with a bomb."

The 12-year-old was then asked his opinion on Vladimir Putin: "He is a bad person, crazy. Doesn't understand anything. He attacked Ukraine unexpectedly, he thinks he will win. But he won't be able to do anything."

In the village of Stoyanka near Kyiv, two friends (Valentin, 5 and Andrei, 12) set up a checkpoint. They say they did it to defend their native village once after the Russian soldiers were driven out of there. From the first days of the invasion, Parking was at the epicenter of hostilities. In addition to this checkpoint, the children equipped a dugout, made a tank from planks, and dug trenches. Every day at the checkpoint, children wish the drivers a happy journey. Drivers treat children with sweets and fruits. Children don't take money.

FULL TRANSCRIPT

00;00- Dropped a nuclear bomb

00;03- Not a bomb, a rocket fell

00;05 - Yes, it fell straight into the yard into the drain, and the car was all in fragments, the windows were broken ...

00;20- And behind the dog was ... No, the car saved her. The dog survived, sat in the booth.

00;24- Ah… and the car, it…

00;28- ... bombed out completely. No glass at all...

00;30- and the house ... the windows are broken ...

00;36- yes, nearby, on the side of Selpo



00;45: Glory to Ukraine.

- Glory to heroes!

- Where are you going?

- To Dmitrovka.

- Have a good trip.



01;55Made a table, put it here. It's all mine, in short.

02;01 First I made the flag, then his sister.

We have a window there. I repainted the checkpoint,

02;08 Hedgehogs (anti-tank traps) were made by his dad.



02;11A bomb was carried through us once.

On the same day, the car drove by, but we don’t check the trunks,

02;20 we just say “Glory to Ukraine - Glory to the Heroes”, where you are going, maybe a passport, rarely. Sometimes they show themselves, sometimes we ask ourselves.

02;28 Once a red or black car drove past, I don’t remember,

02;32 we didn’t check it, it drove through and after two or three villages it was caught there with a bomb.



02;41 Putin- He is a bad person, crazy.

02;47 Doesn't understand anything.

02;48 He attacked Ukraine unexpectedly, something thinks he will win.

02;54 But he won't be able to do anything. He asks China - the third army of the world. And Russia has the second army of the world. He asks China to defeat our Ukraine, the 22nd army in the world.

ENDS