of freedom, it s a stronghol of all democracy stronghold of all democracy in the world, nbc s gabe gutierrez reporting tonigh from ukraine today, the french government announced that there is stil appear to be no cease fire going in place that could halt the fighting in ukraine. russia ratcheted up tensio today, saying the countr refuses to rule out the use of nuclear weapons. as long as it is facing but it is vaguely defining, as an existential threat. the u.s. national security advise warned today that, the war would not end easily or rapidl which is becoming more and mor apparent every day, as we clos out day 27 of this brutal war. joining us now live from lvi is nbc correspondents al arouzi ali, thank you for being up at this hour with us, it seem like ukrainian troops ar pushing back against russian forces in certain areas of the country, even though russi continues to bomb by the citie and cause heavy damage, what are you hearing about wher