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Too early to claim that russia is losing. >> at least seven russian generals has been killed so far in just a month. commanders, colonels, its extraordinary how the russia military leadership is dying in part because ukrainian fighters are targeting them but also because the senior officers are being forced to come down to the front line to make sure troops are actually carrying out orders. despite this situation, many military analysts say it is simply to early to say russia is losing this war....

In hard hit kharkiv, people were supposed to be able to get out today but russia sent more missiles. richard engel was there. >> reporter: its a toll that russian president putin may not know about or want to know about, but u.s. and british officials say commanders are too afraid to tell putin. on the outskirts of kharkiv we followed ukrainian troops the see what u.s. and british intelligence say russian generals are too afraid to show their president, that the russian military is losing ground...

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To mislead. >> not so much the military commanders, i am referring to the differences between the comments made by the negotiators and the leaders, those further up the line in moscow rather than the military. >> how could there be a disconnect on that? wouldnt they go with clear orders from the kremlin? >> reporter: you would expect so. look, it could simply be a slight difference in time. the indications that i have gotten over the course of today is that there was some differences between the...

Far side of the moon, invisible to satellites. >> if we dont start accelerating our abilities, they will exceed us. >> reporter: commanders worried about there could be military -- between the moon and earth, an area caused cis lunar. >> we dont want all of humanity to continue to use all the benefits of space for all of our good, but if others choose to start a war there, well be ready. >> reporter: you believe the threat is growing exponentially? >> absolutely. we have seen the public testing ...

Much special military knowledge you have, but the facts are these, that, you know, more than 190,000 russian forces have been deployed. your losses amount, according to the ukrainian side, to something like 17,000 troops killed. the us intelligence sources suggest at least 10,000 russians have been killed, and you havent taken a single major ukrainian city. and indeed, in certain areas around kyiv and chernihiv, your own commanders are saying that youre going to dramatically reduce military oper...

Moscows invasion and inflicted heavy russian losses. 7,000 to 15,000 russian troops have been killed in just over a month, according to a nato official. in comparison, in 20 years of war in afghanistan, the u.s. lost fewer than 2,500. secretary lieutenant tatiana chornovol is a former politician and mother of two who is now serving on the front line tasked with taking out russian tanks. she told us this was one of her hits. "the russians are fighting stupidly," she told us. "they dont have a str...

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But the danger is they are not a homogenous organization. that note by no means filters down to the commanders on the ground, and its a long-term deal according to analysts and it does still seem quite difficult. >> julie: benjamin hall, thank you so much. there was something about the recent presidential debate that is highlighting a major concern about the entire nominating process as a whole. we will explain coming up next. wow!

President biden spoke to president zelenskyy for nearly an hour today. biden pledged to send another $500 million in aid to ukraine. joining us now is nbc news correspondent, ali iras e in lviv. ali, whats the situation there tonight? >> good evening, lawrence. president zelenskyy confirmed what u.s. officials have been saying and what is on you mentally commanders have been saying, there has not been a dramatic withdrawal of russian troops. the russians said they will scale back their operation...