matt bradley is in ukraine tonight. reporter: tonight, russia gaining more ground in ukraine as the country s defense ministry claims to have taken the ukrainian city of lysychansk, giving them control of an entire eastern province president zelenskyy making this promise. we will return, he said ukraine does not give anything up. ukraine is once again bringing the fight to russia itself. moscow says ukrainian missiles killed three people in belgorod, a russian city near the border vianlions both sides are bearing a huge part of the war s lethal burden. with american volunteers also caught in the crosshairs. alexander drueke is one of two captured after they traveled on their own to help ukraine. she just had her second phone call with him. he sounds tired and a little tense. reporter: alex told her his captors seem ready to negotiate for his release. are you worried? as a mother, of
kid, or i went to the door. or if he was a human shield. he was gonna stop the bullets, right? it is scary. todd was holding aerial, don was holding alex. and todd came up, he looked just a wreck. tom confirmed, rachel and i aren t divorce yet, and i would appreciate if you stayed away from her. and? nope. he said no? i said nope. there was a pause, if something was going to help in, this was the moment. and then it turns to me and he says, hi caitlin. i was like, get off this property! and suddenly it was over. todd, and don, and the kids got back into the land cruiser in drove off. what was the feeling like? as this was going out. the feeling for me was, god i hope this clears the air. he s asking to stay away. so maybe he will stay away, and maybe they can figure out what to do. was it a civilized conversation? yes. did they yell at each?
todd s here! so is don! he said all right, let s get this over with. and i grabbed the m for. caitlin is talking about the gun she had ready. the nine millimeter pistol, and an m4 rifle. and james? he had a pistol holstered in the day back, as he walked out to meet don. i had a on me. and i know how to use it extremely well. here is james s memory of a confrontation so tense, it sounds almost surreal. as the two men approached the house, he said. they hid, behind todd and rachel s children. he had aerial in his arms, using her as a human shield. and don, had alex in his arms on the other side of the car. afraid that you are gonna shoot them? perhaps. i can t remember whether todd went to the door with the
that s a little scary. yeah, it is scary. todd was holding ariel, and don was holding alex. and todd came up, he looks just a wreck. todd confronted me, he said, rachel and i aren t divorced yet, and i would appreciate it if you would stay away from her. and? nope. you said no? i said no. there was a pause. if something was going to happen, this would be the moment. and then he turns to me and he goes, hi katelynn. i was like, get off this property. and suddenly, it was over. todd and don and the kids got back into the land cruiser and drove off. what was the feeling like as this was going on? the feeling for me was, god, i hope that this clears the air. i think you know, he he s asked him to stay away so maybe he ll stay away and maybe they can figure out what to do. was it a civilized conversation? yes. yes, very. they didn t yell at each other? no. didn t stare daggers no. there was zippo.
and i grabbed the nine or i didn t grab the nine, i grabbed the m4. katelynn is talking about the guns she had at the ready, a nine millimeter pistol and an m-4 rifle. and james? he had a pistol holstered in the small of his back as he walked out to greet todd and don. i had a nine millimeter on me, and i know how to use it extremely well. here is james memory of a confrontation so tense it sounds almost surreal. as the two men approached the house, he said, they hid behind todd and rachel s children. he had ariel in his arms, using her as a human shield. and don had alex in his arms, hiding on the other side of the car. they were afraid that you were gonna shoot them. perhaps. and i can t remember whether or not todd actually went to the door with the kid or i went to the door or whatever. but he was a human shield. he was going to stop the bullets, right?