sportsmanship. reporter: this 9-year-old s mom played basketball in college and remembers when title ix passed she says today is a new turning point. women have really taken the stage in a powerful way, and it s because of the history of everyone who has gotten us to this place. reporter: for soccer superstar abby wambach, this is a beginning. for little girls out there, looking, wondering what they can be in their life, not just soccer players. you can be an executive. you can be an owner. reporter: a history-making debut for a team built by women, already inspiring the next generation gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. and don t miss the 2022 inspiration list this saturday on nbc, msnbc, and cnbc, and sunday on telemundo and across streaming platforms. that s nightly news. thank you for watching, everyone take care of yourself and each other good night
leave can. ukraine s president zelenskyy tonight says he warned the u.n. the agreement with russia is that these people can come to ukrainian-controlled territory. let s hope so, he says meanwhile, russian forces say they hit nearly 800 targets in ukraine in 24 hours, including shipments of western military aid the shelling in kharkiv relentless, valentina, a medic in the city, told me. we haven t safety you don t have safety yeah. you may die at next minute it s our life now. reporter: though tonight a senior u.s. military official describes the russian progress in the eastern donbas region as minimal and tonight russia is facing outrage from israel the country demanding an apology after the russian foreign minister appeared on italian television saying hitler was part jewish the israeli foreign minister calling the comments unforgivable,