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Fascinating today, that secret location, meeting with reporters, president zelenskyy. you asked, how long does he believe how long he can hold out against the russians, does he plan to stay in ukraine, and i'm just so curious of what your sense of president zelenskyy is. what does he sense he truly faces in the days ahead here? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, he's strong, he's defiant, but he's clearly exhausted. the man is surviving on just a few hours sleep a night. but he is defiant. he knows he, his country, and this city are facing an existential moment and he's risen to the occasion. in terms...

Lucy kavanaugh. lucy, what more are your hearing about that offensive? >> reporter: hey, ali, windy day here in erbil, but iraqi soldiers are continuing their push into mosul. the city is surrounded to the north, south, and east. shiite officials now focusing on the west to try to cut off the road from mosul to tal afar, that's been a critical supply route for the islamic state fighters. as for the battle itself, we've been talking about how it's been slowing down because of those civilians trapped within the city. nbc news this morning spoke to the joint operations command spokesman who confi...

Conclusion that you really deserve to have made it through. it's not easy. there's nothing more difficult than being in combat and some people say that one of the hardest things is to survive. >> captain, the president noted this as well, what makes this even more extraordinary is that we actually have video of some of the battle itself, the minutes following it, as captain swenson attempted to save the life of sergeant first class kenneth westbrook who died soon after the attack, he was shot. but his wife was quoted by the president, charlene, saying, that with will, you don't have to ask for...

Fire and defense secretary gates expected the pace of the attacks to slow as targets are reduced and many of the fixed anti-aircraft systems already have been knocked out. back to you. >>neil: steve, is it your sense that it will be harder than originally thought, to find qaddafi? >>guest: they would say the goal is not to find qaddafi but it is a battle itself, as it is closer to tripoli it will be tremendously hard to tell who is who. and to do this from the air ... without civilian casualties which will be a black mark and hurt public support for the operation, that is going to be a tremend...

>> atia, a couple of questions come to mind. first of all, i've seen some quotes from military officials describing the resistance to this point as being light to little. how would you describe the resistance that you've encountered? >> reporter: tony, it's easy to say resistance is light and little when it's coming from safe areas. when you're within the battle itself, when you're witnessing it with your own eyes, they may be sporadic. it may not be constant. but it's strong. it's there. there are small arms fire as well as rpgs, rocket attacks. it's going on. it's easy to say coming from whe...