capital. what is extraordinary about sochsome of this new footage is it s from ground level. we can see the danger up close. showing how ukrainian forces may be holding off the russians. including in the territory east in the capital kyiv. when this video begin, there s gunfire all around. a soldier seen crouching. seconds later an explosion and a cloud of smoke. the person taking the video runs toward it. man comes into view running toward the camera with a shoulder fired missile launcher. he appears to be handed a missile from the person taking the video as he runs past. this intense footage is of a fire fight 18 miles north of kyiv. published by a ukrainian politician. cnn has verified its a
local officials now estimate 600 people survived the attack, but 300 were killed in that single offensive. and we re getting a closer look now at the intense ground fighting being waged near ukraine s capital. cnn s brian todd has that report. reporter: new on the ground footage of the combat and carnage in ukraine, showing how ukrainian forces may be holding off the russians. including in the territory east of the capital, kyiv. [ sound of gunfire ] when this video begins, there s gunfire all around. a soldier seen crouching. seconds later, an explosion and a cloud of smoke. the person taking the video runs toward it. a man comes into view running toward the camera with a shoulder-fired missile launcher. he appears to be handed a missile from the person taking the video as he runs past. this intense footage is of a firefight at a train station in a village 18 miles northeast of
spring break travel. what to know before you fly. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening as our regular viewers know, we often caution before a particularly disturbing or graphic piece of video runs. tonight, let me warn you from the start, many of you will want to look away for our top story. it s about the unspeakable trail of horror retreating russian forces left behind in the kyiv suburb of bucha. bodies in the streets, evidence of summary executions, torture, mass graves filled with bodies, reports of rape. late tonight, ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, saying more than 300 people were killed and tortured in bucha. moscow claims it s all staged, calling the images a provocation earlier today, president zelenskyy toured the carnage in bucha for himself saying it will be recognized by the world as genocide.