we continue to hear these harrowing stories of survival. i have been speaking to a senior ukrainian official who tells me he is concerned about the situation, especially about the kind of assistance that they are seeing from the united states. he says the united states have promised to provide everything that ukraine needs for victory. right now, they are seeing short of that. for example, the u.s. is providing 85 howitzers for this fight. he says that ukrainian officials have been asking for hundreds of howitzers. right now, what we are seeing, is an artillery war. this is a side of the biggest and most impressive weapons and winds. ukrainian officials say that they are outmanned and outgunned in the donbas, katie. thank you to erin maclachlan in bucha. coming up, the only way to stop a black eye with the gun s fewer doors? take crews swapping the usual
intercepted by air defense systems. and shot down over the region. nowhere near the capital city. but again, it s just more evidence that russia has not slowed down as far as their attacks are concerned here. when it gets to the emotions of this war, for the president, his wife, they set up for the first time together since the war began. my colleague, erin maclachlan, describes what the first lady said about how rough it s been. allana zelenska describing the moment she realized the country was at war. how she was woken in the middle of the night by the sounds of explosions. i asked him what was going on and he said, it has started, she says. i can t describe the emotions i felt. anxiety, stupor. he told me this and left after that we didn t see each other for a long time. another part of that interview, she said that the infected scene show the from more than two months. and had just been recently reunited. the host of that program
his offensive, despite the fact that it looks like the russian army may have lost about a third of its ground combat forces. erin maclachlan is in kyiv, ukraine. erin, this news about finland officially announcing its intent to join nato is significant. what is the next step for finland? hey, maria teresa. you re right, it is a big deal, especially considering that four years finland has exercise neutrality when it comes to being a member of the nato alliance. and, if it does join, it will effectively double the size of the alliances border with russia. now, today s announcement follows what s seems like a very tense conversation between russian president vladimir putin and his finish counterpart, yesterday. in which putin told the finished president that joining nato would be a, quote, mistake. the finnish president responding, saying that the fed led security situation has changed markedly, given russia s war in ukraine. which finland is firmly against
which is a ukrainian wrapped band. one with the song stefania which was first written for the lead singer s mother, but has since become a war anthem. following their performance, the band faking the audience for their support, as well as calling for more support for mariupol, the devastated port city that you are mentioning there in particular. president zelenskyy saying that the sound of victory soon will also be heard here in ukraine. he s vowing that next year, the eurovision song contest will be held here in ukraine, as is the custom. maria teresa? i actually caught that. the eurovision song, it was moving but also talks about how culture could change minds and hearts. so, nbc s erin maclachlan, thank you so much for joining us from kyiv, thank you. like other nations, the united states has considered reopening its embassy in kyiv, ukraine. a top diplomat from the embassy joins me, right after the break. r th break.
her visit, though. was shrouded in secrecy. she visited the capitol yesterday. we did not hear about it from ukrainians as well as u.s., until today. she is also been pushing for congress to pass that 33 billion dollars in aid that has been requested by president biden, really seen as critical to ukraine as the war continues to wage, not only in the south but also especially in the eastern portion of the country. aaron my friend, good to see you again. thank you for your reporting this morning. nbc s erin maclachlan, live from kyiv, ukraine,, on the side of that missile attack yesterday. the u.s. has used oil sanctions to cripple russia, but inside ukraine they are facing an oil crisis all of their own. details. ahead you are watching. guilty d you are watching guilty f cheese and the mirror from your van is halfway down the street well, you can say that wait, what?