left behind also revealing a trail of horror and destruction with whole towns, cities raised to the ground. meanwhile, the last u.s. president continues to chum it up with the man responsible, donald trump has praised vladimir putin as smart. in recent days, even appealing to putin to release damaging information about president biden s family. once again, revealing the fight against autocracy isn t just happening abroad. joining me now from the city of lviv, nbc news correspondent ali arouzi. these hoff ific images in the ukrainian town of bucha, what more can you tell us? reporter: good evening, alicia. the ukrainians have been fighting fiercely over the last few weeks to retake kyiv and the surrounding areas. they finally made the russians retreat. but what the russians left behind is a scene of utter devastation and carnage.