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Streets, there have been signs of protest on their state media newscasts. i understand that even access through telegram to news from the outside world is starting to contract in that country. but also, you know, youre there. you tell me. i mean, what i have come to understand in the last three weeks about the ukrainian people is that this could have the opposite effect. the emotional targets will deepen the emotional commitment to making sure that russia loses this war. >> reporter: yeah, there...

I guess what is coming through here is this combination of defiance in the unthinkable human horrors that are mariupol and something that is very much to type that some of these peace talks that wed heard about yesterday may, in the view of the ukrainians, be a fakeout from the russians. >> reporter: yes. and you have, beyond just the targeting of civilians now, you have the russians clearly trying to target specific things like food security and medical help using those as weapons of war. wheth...

One recent report focused on low morale and soldiers parking the vehicles and walking off into the woods. joining us now is ali arouzi from ukraine. your reporting brings us back to the reality that this beleaguered and uninspired russian military is capable of doing catastrophic damage to the people. tell me about the day you witnessed there. >> reporter: thats exactly right. places like mariupol that you just mentioned the situation there is growing increasingly desperate. the russians are bru...

Watch this. have you operated in a war zone before? >> we vice president. we have in haiti and venezuela but of course this is a totally different environment. there is also the human factor of this tragedy that is very difficult both for our teams, partners. they are living through this. right? they are -- they are actively suffering right now. >> whats it been? like i said your attitude is so positive. but what has it been like to see your country go through this? >> its difficult. difficult p...

When our enemy will see our smile i think its also good for our power, too. >> wow. >> reporter: thats yulia, a ukrainian partner of world kitchen. she said the fork and a knife are the weapons against the russians. we have the air raid sirens every day. the last this morning and one of the things i woke up thinking about today is will those facilities be targeted? whether it is here or other cities in this country and richards reporting proves that fact that they are here in ukraine. >> im thin...

>> feeding them all. we have to. >> thats nbc newss jacob soboroff earlier. 1.8 million ukrainians internally displaced within ukraine since the war started. u.n. is warning for potential of emergency levels of hunger and malnutrition. lets bring in jacob soboroff. i saw the reports from this morning and some of the only happy people who had just been fed who felt like the shelters were providing something more than the food in their stomach but a sense of security which is clear is growing incr...

Think about. >> it is just amazing and 22 days ago im sure where are i going to eat next is not the question but what and which restaurant and who will i invite? stunning. so important. jacob soboroff, im so glad to get to share your reporting. stay safe. >> reporter: i appreciate it. how the images and the reporting from ukraine are impacting those making that brave sacrifice to tell us these stories. we turn to that next.

Direction of your house or other districts and a lot of dust. when the rain started we were really happy and we collected the rainwater in every possible containers and filtered it and made soup, tea, porridge. >> how did you get out of mariupol and who went with you? >> translator: all my family left with me. my parents, sister, her husband and niece and three dogs. took everyone to the car and said we have to leave now. i understood that the next bomb is going to be dropped on our house and it...

Going to face when he came into a country that is pillaging to conquer. thats the point about the hospitals and schools and targeting the bread lines. this is about conquering a foreign land to him. >> cal, this number thats out today, confirmed by nato and u.s. intelligence, of 7,000 dead russian soldiers is in line with the estimate -- i think the ukrainians gave us the figure 6,000 to 8,000 a couple days ago. i wonder, with it stipulated that its difficult to get the truth into russia, im jus...