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Welcome back. this morning russias ministry of defense is assessing what happened after what they claim was a ukrainian strike on its forces. the russian defense ministry says ukraine used the u.s. provided rocket system to strike one of the bases. russia says that strike resulted in the death of 63 of its servicemen. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for that attack. todays announcement follows a weekend of russian strikes across ukraine as the ukrainian people begin another year at war. j...

Economy where businesses need workers. >> reporter: workers like annadee, who calls this country their home. >> personally, ive gotten all of the support, because i was a new one here, so i have gotten all of the support from all of the communities that are here. >> julia ainsley, nbc news, toronto. were following a burst of deadly violence in ukraine on new years eve. russias defense ministry said today that ukrainian forces killed 63 russian service members at a provisional base in russian-o...

What a busy and big few days for brazil. julia vargas, thank you so much. time for quick hits. two soldiers killed in an israeli airstrike at the damascus airport. two others are injured and the airport is, quote, out of service. north korean leader kim jong-un calling for an exponential release from his arsenal. pyongyang tested a large nuclear capable rocket system over the weekend. more than 900 passengers have been stuck fo cruise ship barred from docking in australia, get this, becaus...

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Less than an hour ago, the dramatic landing as nasas orion spacecraft return from opening the moon. and its pretty exciting. we have lindsey and -- lindsey reiser, back in the big board of this. we were so enjoying this one is going down about an hour ago. how did it go overall? were there any hiccups to the -- walk us through the big return to earth. >> i like, there is going to be post event press conference later today. so maybe well find out if there were any hiccups. as of right now, they a...

The latest package of u.s. defense eight, is ukrainian forces strike a housing complex progression shoulders and i soldiers and russian attacks leave millions of ukrainians, without power and deployed reports from ukraines capitol of khiv. reporter: no potable russian soldiers were killed overnight in longbridge ukrainian artillery strikes in the southeastern city of millet so full, was a pretty big right now, is how many russians were killed, authorities say that the number is to put dozens mor...

Man. >> understood. i understand the aspiration and the ambition here and i myself as a consumer of space news am fascinated by it but there has been criticism of the cost of this program. a single launch of this rocket system costs $4.1 billion, eight times greater than what the agency estimated in 2013. does the program, does what we learn, justify that cost? >> well, does exploration justify the cost? for example, the james webb space telescope, it was well over cost and way behind time, and ...

Alex marquardt my colleague is reporting as a way to overcome u.s. resistance to supplying a certain longer range rocket system, ukraine is offering the u.s. full visibility into their list of russian targets giving the u.s. veto power and what do we need to know about this missile system, the army tactical missile systems that ukraine is asking for? >> well as far as putin is concerned, were directly involved. so were playing a game with our own population here. but it is world war iii against ...

The prison that held them, russia claiming ukraine used a u.s.-supplied rocket system to hit the facility, killing at least 40 soldiers, while ukraine vehemently denies responsibility instead accusing moscow of shelling the prison to cover up its own war crimes. nbc news has not been able to independently verify the claim from either side. want to bring in nbcs josh lederman from kyiv. what more do we know about this, josh? >> reporter: the russian military came out almost immediately after this...

Eastern africa and much of the middle east. theres some grain getting out in alternative paths, and perhaps some will go through the path, through this negotiated deal. but it will be a far more limited basis. you know, this is putin channeling his inner stalin, using food as a weapon against the rest of the world. >> since the arrival of himars, this u.s. nato supplied rocket system, the ukrainians have been hitting key russian targets with greater accuracy and frequency. command posts, ammunit...