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Escalated this week, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets. many have been killed, and thousands have been arrested. the unrest began after a huge spike in fuel prices. nbc news chief correspondent, richard engel, has more. >> facing mast protests sweeping the country. tonight, buckeyes extends -- escalated a deadly crackdown against protesters. giving security forces orders to shoot to kill. clashes began this weekend, after the government lifted fuel subsidies, and gas prices ...

Of trump has kicked in, as you mentioned, no one in the republican party wants to square off with trump. i see that all the time in american history. its where dictators or authoritarian figures do it all, if you crossed me once youre off my list. trump has done that quite effectively. so it puts the republican party, from a historical point of view, into a trenches with a nefarious figure like trump. its not going to look good in the long run of american history. because i believe will get thro...

Political rivals dont jump at him and that sees the moment. because when i have been told by numerous officials is that putin school, ultimately, is to collapse zelenskys government and put a more pint government in place. put a more pro-russian regime here, like he used to have, like he has and belarus, like he hugs in kazakhstan. and that zelensky is standing in the way of that. so one way to do that would be to collapse his government from within, by putting pressure, psychological pressure, ...

Crisis so that there is not an economic collapse here, so that there is not capital flight, and so that his political rivals dont jump at him and that sees the moment. because when i have been told by numerous officials is that putin school, ultimately, is to collapse zelenskys government and put a more pint government in place. put a more pro-russian regime here, like he used to have, like he has and belarus, like he hugs in kazakhstan. and that zelensky is standing in the way of that. so one w...

Spoke with president putin. no breakthroughs. russia says it wont invade, but in ukraine, some families are getting ready for war. training to handle and ak-47 is valentina constand stint of sky. a 79 year old retired accountant. and a great grandmother. >> you think you would actually be doing this? >> yes, if putin will come i should be able to shoot, she says. >> our thanks to nbcs richard angle for that report. also tonight, the select committee investigating january 6th is facing pushback f...

Sky. a 79 year old retired accountant. and a great grandmother. >> you think you would actually be doing this? >> yes, if putin will come i should be able to shoot, she says. >> our thanks to nbcs richard angle for that report. also tonight, the select committee investigating january 6th is facing pushback from a key player in the legal effort to overturn the 2020 election. the turning and trump ally john eastman is attempting to shield more than 10,000 pages of emails from the committee claimin...

And villages. not to mention the tens of thousands of ukrainians, military and civilians, >> can i that will be killed. these are high costs. ask you about these people ambassador? because they gather today gather -- and our richard angle was there, i want to play what one ukrainian told him about the current environment, lets take a listen. >> what did you think about whats the united states is doing right now? the u.s. says every day its coming its coming its coming. do you think they are over...

About 25 miles from where i am. and they might be coming soon. it is unclear if theyre going to get the kind of reception that vladimir putin seems to think he will get from the russian-speaking people here in the east of the country. >> you are in kharkiv, the second largest city in population in ukraine. you are at the northeastern part of ukraine. we just spoke to richard angle, who was at the southeastern part, also in an area that russia claims. he had similar words to what you have. has go...

The sun is fully up there. richard, you have been monitoring with the russians have been saying about this. we were talking to kyiv a few minutes ago. theyre actually describing it to russian news consumers as a full scale invasion. as andrea was saying, that is not quite what it is just yet. >> no it is not. and i think that there is a psychological component to all of this. if you read the russian news accounts, they talk about beach landings taking place in mariupol. and i can see the water f...

Here. and theres a population like that, especially in the areas of the east that are dominated by these russian-backed separatists. but for the majority of the people here, and we see this in poland, its not just anecdotal evidence. that is not the feeling. they look to the west, not to kyiv, not to moscow. they are not asking vladimir putin to her rescue them, they do not need salvation from russia. >> matt, we are going to stay in touch with you, thank you for this, matt bradley for us in kyi...