calm. leyland is in easten ukraine. the president today announced a deal is reached to deescalate prorussian groups pulling back. what did you find when you got there? deescalation? >> reporter: not at all, megyn. clearly thanks memo either hasn't gotten to the commanders in the field or president putin from russia isn't sending it to his loyalest here inside of ukraine. as we went around, this is still a city, a region very much on the verge of war. this is one of the main government buildings in the eastern part of the ukraine that the separatest have taken over. there is russian patriotic music playing and barricades to prevent any kind of entry by the ukrainian military. a lot of guys walking with baseball bats, faces covered and obviously, people with a lot of heavy anti-american sentiment. america kills the southeast up