forward. we expect to hear all of these themes moving forward. but again, when he returns, to return to your earlier question, this is a president who will face pressure back here as well to keep that alliance together from afar as long as this does go on and then to be in a position to respond to whatever it is that putin does next, because at this point, again, we don t know what that will be. i want you to talk about that pressure to keep the alliance together from afar. i also want to layer on to that, in recent days, we have been seeing these reports about mass kidnappings, forced deportations, ukrainians brought into russian territory. those claims are largely, of course, impossible to fully verify. but is that something the united nations will take into account as they are evaluating whether or not putin is committing war crimes? i have to i don t mean to smirk, but i have no hope, unfortunately, with the united nations and any effort that we would see from them in coming
government. they don t believe me. they say it s your fault, you re to blame. it s you, you, you. russian state tv describe russian troops as liberators in ukraine. these are the first images from inside a theater in mariupol russia attacked nine days ago where hundreds of ukrainian civilians were sheltering. covered in dust, they seem dazed. many are women, children, and the elderly. a narrator on the video says the missile hit the center of the theater, and people are evacuating the site. mariupol city officials citing witnesses claimed 300 people were killed in the attack. nbc news cannot verify that claim. the theater is in the center of mariupol, and it had been clearly marked with signs, in russian, saying children to indicate children were inside. russia denied it carried out the attack. ukraine is holding back the russian assault for now, but it faces an army eight times its
up magnificently. very much a function of the support they get from across the border, from nato, scoring hits. the number in my head is 10,000, 12,000 russian dead. maybe 15,000 killed in action. twice as the u.s. lost in wars in iraq and afghanistan. can i just stop you there? with that sense of perspective, admiral, boggles the mind. help us understand from the military sense what that says about the ukrainians who were not supposed to be still fighting at this point. i would encourage anybody to put it in perspective, think about how we feel in the united states about our forever wars. how much they hit the national psyche. i assure you as a military officer they hit the military. this will be a generational impact, particularly on the
and that will continue to be the guiding principle. i do think we have seen a surprise among some people. i recall early in the invasion, talking to some european officials who we would ask about this seemed to be a stalled advance on the russian side, and they would say, do not underestimate the power of the russian war machine. and in recent days, they have said, you know, perhaps putin himself overestimated the power of his own war machine. but just because it s not going as well as putin expected that it might, does not mean that it is over, by a long stretch. and the devastation, the destruction, the displacement we have all been talking about that has been wrought on ukraine, that doesn t go away in an instant either, and a shadow of that will stay over the area for a while. and then harry, you layer on top of that the economic pressure on russia, this from the new york times. the united states announced a deal with european leaders on friday to increase shipments of natural
size. joining us now, nbc news correspondents dashas burns live from poland and cal perry is live in lviv, ukraine. cal, you re there in lviv on the opposite side of the country in kherson today. a pentagon official revealed that russia has lost full control of that city. ukrainians have been fighting back against what we all understand is a far superior, far larger force. you have been in that country for a month now, cal. can you give us a sense of morale among the ukrainians you re speaking with in? reporter: well, look, i think ukrainians on the ground would take issue partly with the question. i think they would say they are fighting a larger force, but is it a superior force? in the past 48 hours, it seems like a to two-front war has developed. gains made by ukrainian soldiers on the ground, particularly in kyiv. in the western part of the city, they have pushed back the russian lines, in some places broken through those lines. the city of kherson, that was