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Casualties with between 7,000 and 15,000 russian troops killed. there were 15,000 russian troops killed in one war in afghanistan, this is one month. ukraine and russia have conducted the first prisoner exchange. joining me now live from lviv, ukraine is ali ruzzi. good afternoon to you, my friend. what can you tell us about this shift in strategy by russia? the idea that really all they want is donbas and the rest of it has been a distraction? >> reporter: good morning, ali. there seems to be a shift in emphasis from the russians, but it's probably far too early to tell. we haven't heard from...

Ever seen it, kendis, especially for such a prolonged period of time. look, there's always been a tremendous amount of tension between the united states and iran over the last four decades, but this is a whole new ball game. analysts i speak to here don't see this ending well, because tensions are so high. we'll speak to one of those analysts right now. ali, thank you for your time. joined by msnbc diplomacy expert, ambassador christopher hill, a former u.s. am bass do are to iraq. picking up where he left off, do you get a sense we're on some brink of conflict or war? >> not necessarily. cl...

Political forces in britain want to escalate existing tensions. iran's foreign minister is blaming john bolton, saying that he had instigated this by getting the british to take that iranian super tanker, which instigated this retaliation, and tensions are set to escalate even further, as the uk is considering its next steps, which could involve sanctions over this tanker. something the uk has tried to avoid since president trump pulled out of the nuclear deal, because they still wanted to salvage this. this leaves the uk in a position where they want to send a robust message to iran, that the...

We're back with new dramatic audio of the tense moments the radio orb hank exchanges revealing. now, while iran claims that the ship was violating international regulations, britain is calling the seizures a hostile act. nbc's ali ruzzi joins us. what did you glean from that audio there?

And ali ruzzi joins us from iran. we saw these new pictures that were released. tell us about it. >>. >> reporter: the speed boats has always been a concern for the u.s. helicopters are flying above. they're propelling on to the deck of the ship, it's provocative. that's exactly what iran wanted everyone to see. it's a clear message from tehran that if their assets, their interests in the persian gulf, in the backyard are put under danger, if they can't sell their oil, they're going to make life very difficult and very