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The army does not surrender, the people do not surrender. the whole of ukraine is fighting heroically. >> let's get more on the latest developments. salma abdelaziz joins me from ukraine with the latest. salma, we have been seeing yet again russian forces getting ever so closer to kyiv. though still on the outskirts. what can you tell us about their advance in the last 24 hours or so? >> reporter: well, isa, we do understand according to western intelligence agencies that russian tanks are just about 15 miles from the outskirts of kyiv. what's been of particular concern is that there were imag...

>> translator: we will also defend. ukraine doesn't surrender, the army doesn't surrender, people don't surrender. all of ukraine is fighting heroically. >> new satellite images show that civilians in mariupol are being targeted by missile strikes. and a pro-russian opposition politician has declared herself mayor in melitopol following the kidnapping of the mayor there. joining us, nbc's matt bradley is in ukraine. kelly cobiella joins us from poland and leigh ann caldwell is in washington. welcome to all three of you. nbc's matt bradley in northwestern ukraine, matt, i know we're seeing some...

Dnipro river. that runs the length of the country. this was a place seen as a safe haven and changing the calculus and outlook of the government in kyiv. as always, as for president volodymyr zelenskyy, defiant remaining in the capital. just today seen, took videos of himself walking around the city. visiting wounded soldiers at a hospital and rewarding them for their sacrifice. here's what he had to say. >> translator: russia lost 74 planes, 86 helicopters and thousands and thousands of equipment. we know that they have more but we will continue to defend. ukraine doesn't surrender. the milit...

More of these capabilities. that's their message to the west. that's their message to our country. yes they're fighting heroically and they're talking about that but they also need more weapons to keep fighting. >> ambassador, we also saw from zelenskyy today that he's fired two top generals he called traitors there. talk about the significance of that or the message something like that sends. >> well, it's interesting. i mean, remember, ukraine for a long time, you know, actually the soviet union but even in the last several years has been infiltrated by intelligence services from the russian...