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for marshall avocation. on assignment: ukraines secret resistance begins now. kraines secre resistance begins now. >> hey there, im stephanie ruhle, and no, your clock is not wrong, it is 10 pm, and one hour from now, weve got an amazing live 11th hour coming your way. we are talking abortion rights, our toxic politics, and we are shaking things up with our friday night cap. you do not want to miss it at 11 pm, right here, on msnbc. before than, i want you to pay attention to this incr...

failed to topple ukraines capital, kyiv. they still launch attacks on the city, from a distance. kyiv remains free. it endorse, that isnt true everywhere. im heading for hundred miles south from kyiv to the city of kherson. kherson was the first city russian troops captured and occupied when they invaded ukraine. >> the journey will take all night. i met a soldier named daniel on his way to kherson. he tells me the russians are finally starting to lose their grip on the city. >> they a...

Looking at the war in Ukraine one year in.

Looking at the war in Ukraine one year in.

Worse. there was one place no one wanted to end up, an old police station which russian troops turned into an interrogation and torture center. >> [speaking non-english] >> these are those feared dungeons where women were raped, and where sasha was broken. he was only 17 when he was arrested and interrogated. he was desperate to be released to go back to his teenage life, writing music and playing video games with friends. >> [speaking non-english] >> translator: i give the russians descriptions...

[speaking non-english] >> what happened to the other members of the cell who you gave information about, under duress? >> [speaking non-english] >> when sasha was no longer useful to the russians, they let him go, but in a final act of cruelty, they made sure everyone in his neighborhood saw his release. >> translator: i couldnt believe i was being released. they pulled a hood over my head, they drove me home, threw me

>> [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> but freedom ways very different for sasha. he left kherson, likely for good, to start a new life in kyiv, where people dont know him or what he has done. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english]

[speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> what happened to the other members of the cell who you gave information about, under duress? >> [speaking non-english] >> when sasha was no longer useful to the russians, they let him go, but in a final act of cruelty, they made sure everyone in his neighborhood saw his release. >> translator: i couldnt

>> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> but freedom was very different for sasha. he left harrison, likely for good. to start a new life in kyiv, where people do not know him or what he has done. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english]

Ukrainians in kherson who were collaborating with the russian occupiers. he didnt know the people he was working with before he started. we are hiding his identity for his safety. we are calling him sasha. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> translator: my neighbor introduced me to a guy, he asked to stay at my apartment, and we started working together. i had an open window where we could watch people and track our targets. the guy was working with a larger group, i didnt know t...