yesterday s anniversary. translator: if we all do our homework, which will be inevitable, i am certain there will be victory. i don t think, i want it this year. in parts of ukraine today, there has been no let-up in the fighting. a russian military spokesman said up to 60 ukrainian soldiers were killed fighting on the eastern front. cnn s melissa bill is in kyiv, priscilla alvarez at the white house. are there any signs of the major russian offensive that ukraine has been warning about? reporter: there has been this intensification, fredricka, but very much confined to the east of the country. all along that line and at several lines along it, and according both to ukrainian sources and to russian state media, what we have been seeing is an increase in the violence along that front line, and specifically along areas around bakhmut. what we ve been hearing this evening, now that all the ceremonies for the first year anniversary have passed, is that the result of the
and the ukrainians inspiring america through the power of dance. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we have our eyes tonight on five tropical weather systems churning in the atlantic, including hurricane fiona still a strong storm at category 3 racing towards the canadian coastline earlier today, sideswiping the island nation of bermuda sparing it the full brunt of its fury but still knocking out power for a time and at sea the hurricane churning up 50-foot waves like these captured in video on a sail drone. right now canada s atlantic coast bracing for what would be a rare major hurricane landfall in those parts. but here in the united states our attention now focusing on a tropical depression that early computer models suggest may strike the florida peninsula as a strong hurricane by the middle of next week. florida s governor tonight declaring a state of emergency for two dozen counties as he urgesloridians to prepare. let s go right
with the hashtag find the ketchup boat guy on its instagram page for any credible leads. so if you can help. the war in ukraine has not only displaced ukrainian families, but also has russian families on the run. nearly 22,000 have tried to enter the u.s. since vladimir putin s war draft was first announced. up next, we ll bring you one family s complex journey. ey to know about her ancestors and how important it is to know w who you are and to know where you came f from. doesn t that look lilike your papa? that s your great grandfather. it s like opening a whole nother worldld that we did not know existed. you finally have a face to a name. we re discovering together. it s been an amazing gift. i was born here, i m from here, and i m never leaving here. i m a new york hotel. yeah, i m tall - 563 .
now, of course, over the course of the week, president biden made clear that the u.s. is standing with ukraine, that their support is not wavering, and that they will continue to provide assistance. but for now those f-16s not on the table, fredricka. okay. and then, priscilla, china is now offering a peace proposal to end the conflict. does the white house believe this is sincere? reporter: there s quite a bit of scrutiny as to whether or not this is sincere, fredricka. this was a 12-point plan put out by china that put out, for example, things like respecting sovereignty or resuming peace talks. but it had no concrete proposals as to how to do that. president biden weighed in on what he thinks of this. putin is applauding it, so how can it be any good? i m not being facetious. i m being earnest. i ve seen nothing in the plan that would indicate that it would be beneficial to anyone
in fact, the number of russians encountered at the u.s. southern border has nearly tripled since putin imposed the draft, from about 1,600 russianness august of 2022, the month before the draft, to more than 4,500 in january 2023. this is russia, this is the bus station. reporter: fearing michael could be drafted at any moment, they separated. it was just temporary. reporter: michael left russia first to kazakhstan by bus. a week later, nellie and the boys joined him. my favorite moment. i was so happy. crying. reporter: she traveled by train to uzbekistan where they slept on the floor of an apartment they shared with friends for more than a month. but they were nervous bus uzbekistan is a post-soviet country that can be friendly to