we re talking about thousands of little villages that are right on the front line. people there have either gone or they re trying to stay inside as much as possible. because every day there, it s a question of life and death. richard, you are burn what needs to an important moment in history. we thank you for that. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in kramatorsk, ukraine. richard, stay safe, my friend. veteran putin has made his goal to weaken or destroy the nato military alliance. his actions and we continue to actually make nato stronger. some important lessons from history next on velshi. we re coming to you live from kyiv, ukraine. before we go, i want to talk about when ukraine who story of and following closely for the past year. as you know, i spent lot of time in ukraine in poland and hungary last year. speaking with ukrainians of all stripes from govern officials like ages 4 to 2 ordinary people who are fleeing russian aggression. one of the most memorable