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The bombing are just terrible. but its also even worse, some of these people cant get out. theyre trying to get out of the country. theyre under attack, and so, this is really one of the largest, i think, humanitarian catastrophes that we are going to see. i mean, as bad as it looks right now, its only going to get worse. and so, a refugee expert here say that this is gonna be one of the biggest refugee crisis since maybe, the end of world war ii. and that is really scary. and then you have to t...

Military, have you been surprised by that? >> i have been. what a remarkable study in courage president zelenskyy has been and theres no doubt in my mind and i dont think theres any doubt in the minds of people who study this stuff that his courage, his leadership, has made all of the difference here. you wouldnt draw too close an analogy with afghanistan because theyre two radically different countries, but here, a leader was right out the door and zelenskyy is demonstrating what leadership can...

Fighting in ukraine, and some 500,000 of them are children who have been forced to witness the horror of war as russia steps up its bombing campaign. but one hotel in poland is trying to ease their plight. the ossa hotel southwest of warsaw has been largely repurposed, housing hundreds of ukrainian refugees, and many of those are children from ukrainian orphanages close to the fighting. the hotel says they have taken in around 700 children from these orphanages, and they will be allowed to stay ...

Say that travelling with her is a fellow detainee to two, and that is anousheh ashouri, he is 68 years old, he had been held in iran for four years himself. his family, are, his... some members of his family and they had spoken, his daughter in particular had spoken after he went on hunger strike injanuary of this year, to say that he was doing that because he hoped the protest would bring global attention to the plight of those unfairly help by iran. he is a retired civil engineer and had been ...

Life which is now in the past. claim that they are _ life which is now in the past. claim that they are still— life which is now in the past. claim that they are still turning - life which is now in the past. claim that they are still turning to - life which is now in the past. claim that they are still turning to those rituals and rhythms even though some of them are elusive. before i let you go i want to ask you about a story away from ukraine but a story you have helped us on so many times,...

If the be able to come back and what kind of country will come back to. and the lithuanian capital, she is recording a special edition of questions and the invasion in ukraine. yes, you find me here and i have been very struck by the fact that people, one of the three republics are showing a great deal of solidarity for the plight of the people of ukraine. shop windows with the colours of the ukrainian flags, use the symbols of the heart and ukraine written off of it and ukrainian flag flying al...

1.2 million have already fled to other countries. nearly 650,000 people seeking refuge in poland alone. many have fled to polish border towns where theyve been reunited with family and friends. now, the plight of the refugees also mobilizing volunteers around the world to help. ukrainian and italian volunteers in rome joining forces to send humanitarian aid to war-torn ukraine. badly needed items including food, blankets, warm clothes, and medicine are on the way. >> translator: we hope this war...

Ukraine at the moment, western countries, including britain and including the united states, see it as a no-go because would it bring nato pilots into direct confrontation with russia which could be a real matter for escalation. nevertheless, you know, again, another very successful speech in the sense that it underlined and sort of bolstered this degree of sympathy that there is in many western countries for ukraines plight. >> in the city of sumy last night, an official said a russian air stri...

That is playing that part of the country, ayman. >> all right, nbcs cal perry in lviv, ukraine for us. kyle, thank you so much for starting off this evening. for my saturn at fallon to discuss this. professor to american university school of international service. bobby gauche, editor and communist for bloomberg opinion. and ben collins, nbc news senior reporter. before we get to the media blackout in russia, i just wanna get your reaction, elise, to the reporting weve been hearing from our coll...

Telephone with president putin and our viewers, the last telephone call between president putin and president macron, president macron came out and said that after an hour and half of speaking to him his conclusion was as going to get worse and so it has.— conclusion was as going to get worse and so it has. how is that affectin: worse and so it has. how is that affecting the — worse and so it has. how is that affecting the mood _ worse and so it has. how is that affecting the mood in _ worse...