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Progress that ukraine was making to integrate itself to europe for starters, to become more democratic, and to take on this corruption fight. because that endangered so many of his and his cronies ill-gotten gains. so what youve seen since 2014 is the strengthening of a whole series of anti-corruption in ukraine. are they panaceas, absolutely not. but youve seen u.s. aid and other u.s. government actors throw their weight behind the support for independent media, including once this war broke ou...

Putting on goggles and swim caps and plastic ponchos. it is really striking. >> well start there. this was, you know, a photographer saying this was one of the harder stories that we had to shoot here. we had to shoot very difficult ones including mass graves and killings. but this one was particularly difficult because for anybody who has kids as you laid out, theyre using stuff from home as biological, chemical, nuclear weapon suits. much so its the swim caps, swim goggles, what they have fora...

Ministry -- ukraines defense ministry shows a mercenary desperately asking why there is mow body armor for them. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: there are no more flack jackets, no more helmets either. >> reporter: of the estimated 5,000 wagner mercenaries sent to ukraine, 1,500 have been killed, according to intelligence sources in kyiv. in russia, thats meant recruitment drives. from front pages to billboards, the w orchestra is waiting for you, says this one, with a number to call and...

>> translator: theyre dissatisfied with the overall organization of the fighting, the inability to make competent zilgss to organize battles and of course this means losses. >> reporter: this video shared with cnn but ukraine defense ministry shows a mercenary asking where there is no body armor for them? >> there are no more flack jackets, no more helmets either. >> reporter: of the estimated 5,000 sent to ukraine, 1500 have been killed according to intelligence sources in kyiv. in russia, that...

Thats what its done. when i got to the scene, there were 30 to 40 officers on scene. you see them runs around with flack jackets on and different things. that is video that is shown on the outside. we want to talk about no presence of them in the hallway? i know one time there were 14 of them in the hallway. if they stayed there or not, i cant tell you. i havent seen the video. lik like i said, if this is a failure, its a failure on everybody everybody -- >> well, it is a failure. >> your issue ...

War whether in africa or the middle east or really all around the world. is there anything that can be done to offset the loss of these crops? >> well, first of all whats amazing is that ukrainian farmers are out there actually trying to plant for the next season and trying to harvest, and theyre doing so in some cases in flack-jackets with the miners by their side. were making sure we support those farmers and make sure they have the inputs and seeds to plant to look ahead. youre absolutely rig...

And they take fire. i want you to listen to the exchange. >> stop! [gunfire] >> two of those reporters were hit. they were wearing flack jackets, but two of them took rounds. they were sitting about it engine block 30 miles outside kyiv. tiktok is the hottest thing around. what happened here? >> what you are seeing is a ticktocker showing the damage to her home. the commentary is fascinating. i never thought my hometown would look like world war ii. and it does. empathy has become a vehicle thro...

Well, the war here in ukraine has touched the lives of nearly everyone in the country. even retired seamstresses. ivan watson met a family thats making body armor for those putting their lives on the line to protect their land. >> reporter: a melody in a time of deep uncertainty. a family hard at work, turning their living room into a makeshift workshop. producing locally made armor for the ukrainian military. this is heavy. this is a flack jacket. >> these flack jackets are the work of this gra...

>> again, as secretary esper said, we would say that the number is now over 100. we do not know where they are. >> so there you have it. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in northern syria. richard, you and i spoke quite a bit today after the presidents remarks. and frankly, you put it in as stark of terms as anybody did and he congratulated himself for ending a war he started. >> he says that everybody says wow. hes getting lots of calls from people saying what a great outco...