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Feel natural. as they learned to become soldiers, it was eye—opening even for those with experience. in the british army i have never come under tank fire, it is not something that happens in the british army. we have the tanks, we have the helicopters, we have the fast air and things like that. here, it is all against you. it was not long before they were involved in intense fighting. once you get the first flyover, you watch videos of fire fights then when you are there, and the rounds do go out, my training kicked in. the first time ever i experienced combat i was in a school. we got hit ...

Ground on the russian front lines. nbc news senior national correspondent jay gray has more on the territory reclaimed over the weekend. >> reporter: ukrainian fighters advancing, pushing through lyman, taking back land occupied by russian troops for months. russian flags tossed to the ground and trampled. ukrainian soldiers celebrating their latest victory. ukrainian officials won't share specifics but do say their troops are right now freeing villages in the east and some areas delivering desperately needed food and water. and to the south, inches closer to kherson, a russian stronghold and ...

Worst fire fights and then once we were there and delivered the supplies, the no empty trucks part there were all these people who needed to be rescued and brought to safety in poland. so together along with our collection of people we brought dozens if not hundreds of people out. i have to tell you, that is some of the most rewarding work i have ever done in my life including my time in uniform. >> really? tell us more about that. you're rescuing these people. what are they saying to you? tell us more about why it is so rewarding. >> my ukrainian is poor, admittedly. you don't need -- >> some...

Conduct these missions. we will have to find out during the day what we can about exactly what happened. there were many reports overnight of fire fights, of significant use of women's. the pentagon not addressing any of that just yet at this early hour. >> barbara, do we usually hear about these kinds of operations? >> reporter: yes. the trend over the past many years has been when these are significant and they kill e target, the human that they want to kill. they will say, because they want to advertise that, if you will, they want to make that fact public to terrorist groups. and of course...

In the form of heavier sanctions against putin. russians and ukraine say they are willing to go to the negotiating table. what it looks like is quite different depending who you ask. the air campaign is still taking place as ground forces push into the ukrainian capital. >> bill: trey yengst in kyiv. thank you. >> dana: want to get to the pentagon now. jennifer griffin is live with this update. >> overnight when i left last night russian forces had moved within 20 miles of the capital kyiv. fire fights on the outskirts of the capital city indicate that these forces are now moving in. u.s. inte...