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Concern. >> courtney just interrupt you, just to point out. if you go to the north of ukraine, just a left, that little red spot there that courtney is talking about. the countries that are around and there are poland and lithuania. there has been a long-standing concern, by both of those nations and by other nato allies, that ultimately russia will try to create land bridge. take some of the areas from poland and or lithuania down towards belarus. you see that dark green, dark green nation righ...

Russia. the two governments, ali, there really are in lockstep with vladimir putin right now, our belarus, and the acid regime in syria. as that rush on this shares the dubious distinction of being the head of a president with sanctions from the united states. most of all, what you described at the un security council last night, the fact that china would not vote against the staff resolution condemning russias invasion and going pass its via -- which left russia exposed. force the cast a veto o...

Unfortunately on both sides to come in the coming weeks, ali. >> russia would not have wanted to fight in the cities. the idea here, and u.s. intelligence on this has been pretty accurate, but they wouldve liked to be flying missiles, flying planes, -- taking out ukraines limited airports capability. theyve got more than 100 fighter jets but its nothing like russias capability. they would like this to be easier that way. and worn out the administration. if they had the president leave, other go-...

Kyiv for us. i want to go to white house correspondent in washington d.c.. obviously, the president fully informed about what is going on here, what is the latest? >> yeah ali, weve been getting periodic updates from white house officials throughout the night. my colleague peter alexander just shared a significant development. i think that president biden is on the phone right now with ukraines president volodymyr zelenskyy. obviously, an important consultation at this later. in washington from....

Ukraine. so house -- joining us now is the nbc correspondent ralph. good morning to you, it is morning and ross cow. and russia is facing a little bit more resistance in ukraine, then it thought it would, but it is also facing these little bits of crumbling supports in corners where there would have otherwise always been able to rely on. >> yeah ali, that is right. that amir putin is looking more isolated around the world on the world stage. the fact that kazakhstan, a close russian ally, would ...

Looking slightly lower so far today compared to the same time in the 2018 election. its hard to know exactly what that means. but it could be a problem for the opposition who are really hoping for a wave of anti-ban enthusiasm and hoping that their voters keep the faith and turn up at the polls. ali? >> raf, really important reporting youre doing from budapest. thank you for that. raf sanchez in budapest, hungary. up next, ill speak to retired major onspencer who spent 25 years in the u.s. arm...

The carom of urban warfare studies. he is no stranger to war, serving more than 25 years in the army including two combat tours in iraq. hes also the author of the book "connected soldiers." major, thank for being with us today. i want to get your take on whats been going on. you and i have been talking before the war started and you were talking about ways ukrainians can protect themselves, particularly in urban warfare. now overnight we have seen what has happened in the suburbs of kyiv. the r...

Mr. orban locks. he may have lost it somewhere in his contacts with moscow. >> that with volodymyr zelenskyy. joining me now live from hungarys capital of budapest is nbcs raf sanchez. raf, the polls close there in about three hours. if viktor oman gets reelected, vladimir putin has cemented another ally. what is your sense of how this election is playing out? what kind of chance does orbans main challenger have in this election? >> yeah ali, we are in a polling station in downtown budapest. thi...

All of the electoral districts. everything here is serving or bonds interest. he can always stay in power. >> now or bonds big argument is he is the big -- wont keep hungry out of the war in ukraine. he claims that the opposition are so rapidly rabidly pro nato and pro western that they will drag this country into war. that is an argument the opposition very firmly rejects. but its an argument that seems to be working in some quarters in this country. we met a young man whos voted consistently a...

Area. ukraine wants to take advantage of this opportunity. the russians are readjusting their positions under fire after having suffered losses. they want to make sure that they suffer similar losses in this part of the country as well. >> nbcs richard engel reporting from kharkiv in eastern ukraine. meanwhile, also falling whats happening in the southern ukrainian city of odessa. this, morning multiple explosions and black plumes of smoke filling the sky. for more on this, joined with gabe here...