it is absolutely unacceptable it will be a blatant violation of international law, and it will have severe consequences nato s jens stoltenberg tonight. in 60 seconds, an american missionary whose family says he was abducted in ukraine. the urgent effort to find him. and orphans of war we re with some of the most vulnerable children are driven from their country
different types of weapons. the idea of a peacekeeping force has been rejected by this body for fear of igniting a war between nato and russia. and this is a difficult question for me to ask, but is there a point in which war becomes necessary, that it s worth to take the risk because of the level of the atrocities nato has one core responsibility, and that is to protect and defend 1 billion people living in 30 allied countries we do that by sending a very clear message to moscow that an attack on one ally will trigger a response from the whole alliance but of course, our responsibility is to both support ukraine and at the same time prevent an escalation of this conflict to become a full-fledged war between nato and russia. you and president biden have expressed concern about the use of chemical weapons by the russians do you rule out a military response if there is a use of chemical weapons as president biden has stated several times, any use of chemical weapons will have sev
reality and just keep on going reporter: the u.s. state department says it s aware of the reported abduction but can t comment because of privacy concerns. lester gabe gutierrez, thank you. unicef says more than half of all ukrainian children have been displaced by the war, with 1.8 million crossing into neighboring countries. our dasha burns now on some of the most vulnerable the orphans. reporter: song time is a highlight of the day for these kids they re orphans who fled to poland with their caretakers among them 15-year-old leah we re withholding her last name. this is the second time leah has fled conflict in ukraine. in 2014, she escaped violence in the east now eight years later retreating west again. many ukrainian orphans like leah are deemed social orphans they have living parents unable to care for them my mom in mariupol.
to state department data it s where american wendy farrell found her daughter she then started a non-profit to support this orphanage and flew here when the war broke out. what s it been like to watch these kids go through all of this? our kids are very resilient, but it is traumatic. reporter: she is working to bring them to the u.s. i don t want them to be lost in the shuffle. reporter: but the u.s. consulate is backlogged, and ukraine has expressed concern about moving children out of europe for leah, america would be a dream come true, but her heart is with ukraine leah says she feels pain whenever she plays her favorite song it s called pray for ukraine. she hopes the world will dasha burns, nbc news, poland just no end to the heartbreak is there next, the crush of high gas prices some states trying to ease the pain will it work
i am ukrainian. i was born in ukraine. reporter: as russia bombarded the port city they spent weeks in hiding. destroying the city the method of burned ground reporter: scorched earth? yes. scorched earth method. reporter: he and his parents escaped in this car leaving their apartment like this. now in lviv he still can t warm up after weeks underground and below-freezing temperatures today according to ukrainian officials nearly 3,000 people were able to make it out of mariupol aliv most to zaporizhzhia even the war has some rules you cannot use some weapons. you cannot harm civilians. you cannot damage hospital. reporter: but one month in russia has done all of that if you have seen photos of aleppo, this is the same. this is aleppo there is a variety of war crimes here indiscriminate attacks, disproportionate attacks, and even attacks directed at civilians.