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>> translator: yes, we get asked this question a lot. right now, we cant go back to bucha, because its completely destroyed, theres a problem with everything there, theres no water, no power, no gas, and also theres a lot of rubble, theyre still finding dead bodies, theyre still digging peoples bolds out of the rubble. and also, its totally booby-trapped. i get pictures that i get sent myself personally and there are mines, there are booby-traps found in the washing machines, in cup boards, and ...

Everything to be such humanitarian carnage question of the russians violating every level of human decency from war crimes or crimes against humanity with this barbaric, destruction of your country? >> no. is very hard for me too realize after those pictures from bucha i am a doctor cannot understand how human beings can do the same thing to other human beings as horrible things as atrocities. so no definitely we understood they would try to kill us. but not in such a horrific way. technically w...

And if its even happening? >> well, ali, we expect to see pictures that some, point maybe the next few minutes, maybe the next few hours, of secretary of state blinken and secretary of state defense austin in the first face to face meeting with american officials that president zelenskyy has had since russia invaded his country. but, as you alluded, to this trip has been organized in utmost secrecy. the pentagon, the state department giving very few details. we are not clear when and where this ...

Nbc news despite what is your hearing on the ground there, but its important that were not getting confirmation of any of that type of reporting. what does the lewinsky mean when he says foreign leaders should not come with empty hands, what specific weapons? >> hes being very pragmatic, there is a lot of demand for western leaders to come to kyiv at the moment to visit places like bucha and -- to take those pictures and to showcase to their citizens that you know, theyve been there, theyve seen...

That unit is accused by ukraines defense ministry of committed cold blooded murders, civilians summarily executed, found on the streets of bucha after the russians withdrew. mass graves full of murdered civilians, observed by cnn teams which visited the area. >> it is very outrageous, most of the world sees the butchers of bucha being awarded by the president of russia who thinks this kind of conduct is what he wants is normal, hes normalizing it, it is completely contrairy to international huma...

Where ukrainian officials say eight people were killed, including a three month old baby. joining me now from lviv is nbc correspondent raf sanchez. right, any signs that secretary blinken and austin will be or have been in kyiv? >> jonathan, this was a trip planned under a veil of secrecy, and its 6 pm local time, here it remains under a veil of secrecy. we have not yet seen any sign of secretary of state blinken, secretary of defense austin, president zelenskyy says they were scheduled to meet...

Strategy, in terms of the focus on the east and the impending intensity? >> it is a significant factor, and it may not meet the courses victory day when the russian celebrate the success of russia over germany in the second world war. it is immensely important day in the sense that it normally comes with a big military parades in moscow, putin clearly was desperately hoping to hold those parades in kyiv. that plan failed, and failed miserably. i think he has a backup plan, which is to crush the ...

French who would have felt very uncomfortable with that, particularly seeing what has happened with the war crimes in bucha and other towns across ukraine, that her proximity to putin might have counted against her, but saying that, it was not a particularly big electoral issue as far as campaigning was going, and it wasnt something it came up. her views, expressed, but it wasnt something that the voters seemed to particularly engage in as an important election issue. >> nic robertson, thank you...

Around on the street. its almost like can this really be happening? is this real? thats what the images, your images and the images were seeing out of ukraine do. it helps people open their eyes. right? sadly. so your photographs from vietnam won a pulitzer prize. one of your photos is eerily similar to what we saw from bucha taken by carol guzi which is very graphic. its hard to look at. showing someone in a body bag. talk to us about the power of the photographs and the parallels. >> well, its...

After moscows investigators close avayevs case. nic robertson, cnn, brussels. >> thank you. they are called the butchers of bucha. this week russian president vladimir putin honored the group that ukrainian officials say is behind some of the most horrific images we have seen since the war in ukraine began. >> yeah, cnns brian todd has a look at how putin is normalizing these atrocities. and, listen, i want to give you a heads up here, some of the images in this story are really hard to digest...