stephanie, it has to be unnerving even though the russian people will likely not see that video, it must be unnerving for military officials and vladimir putin to see that video. this is a russian army that thought they could take the capital that i am in, and it s now flowing back across its own side of the border, stephanie. they certainly couldn t take the capital, and here they are, the u.s. embassy reopening in ukraine, how significant is that? certainly symbolically it is huge. a couple of other western nations raising that flag, showing the support here to president zelenskyy everybody in ukraine, it will offer full services, stephanie, they say full counselor services for american citizens, the hour might differ because as a city at war, this is a city that still comes of dirrell raid sirens. it s a huge support from the ukrainian government. cal perry, always good to see you, thank you and stay safe. i want to continue our conversation with lieutenant general ben hodges, h
huge. a couple of other western nations raising that flag, showing the support here to president zelenskyy everybody in ukraine, it will offer full services, stephanie, they say full counselor services for american citizens, the hour might differ because as a city at war, this is a city that still comes of dirrell raid sirens. it s a huge support from the ukrainian government. cal perry, always good to see you, thank you and stay safe. i want to continue our conversation with lieutenant general ben hodges, he was a commanding general for the united states army here, he was also a persian stare in strategic studies. thank you for joining us tonight, moscow says that the soldiers who surrendered in mariupol, have been sent to a russian prison colony, what is in store for them? can you imagine what they ve already been through? well, stephanie, i have zero confidence that the russians will show any restraint. they certainly have not shown any restraint over the last three months. i m co
nbc s cal perry is live for us tonight in kyiv, cal was that trip all about. was it a ceremonial show of force, where did it mean something more for them to be there? i think part of it was the ceremonial show of force, that being here on the ground, showing the russians that these two senior members of the u.s. government are willing to travel here. a city at war, a city going through air raid sirens, to physically show their support. we ve seen it from european union leaders, now we ve seen it from american leaders. the second was to deliver weapons and to deliver the news of weapons that are coming right now. and part of the mission was to say what they said to the international world when they were back in poland. and that is, that it weaker russia is what america is after. and that the tide of this war has changed. that the ukrainians now have the russians. help us to understand, you ve been in the region two months. even into kyiv specifically, how has this country changed an
ceremonial show of force, that being here on the ground, showing the russians that these two senior members of the u.s. government are willing to travel here. a city at war, a city going through air raid sirens, to physically show their support. we ve seen it from european union leaders, now we ve seen it from american leaders. the second was to deliver weapons and to deliver the news of weapons that are coming right now. and part of the mission was to say what they said to the international world when they were back in poland. and that is, that it weaker russia is what america is after. and that the tide of this war has changed. that the ukrainians now have the russians. help us to understand, you ve been in the region two months. even into kyiv specifically, how has this country changed and what is it like there right now? when i was here on my first trip, i took a brief 2 to 3-week break out. there was a lot of talk and discussion about how the ukrainians were slowing the russia
was arriving in odesa when those rockets hit, at least eight people killed, 18 others wounded, including a 3-month-old baby. this baby will now be unable to spend easter tomorrow here with its family. it is worth noting this is a city at war, not that this city needed the reminder, but we had air raid sirens here about 30 minutes ago. this is something that we ve been told to expect by the government. orthodox easter here tomorrow. they want people to be prepared, they say, for an increase in air strikes across the country, yasmin. cal, i know when you were last in ukraine, obviously, you were in the western part of ukraine in lviv. you re now in kyiv. can you just kind of talk to me a little bit about the differences that you re seeing, is now being in kyiv, as the russian forces have pulled out of that area and they re back to the eastern and southern parts of ukraine, what is the city like? how are things operating there? reporter: so, the first thing that you notice is the mass