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>> general jonathan bragga, a veteran special ops commander that was in charge of the american base in eastern syria. i was the first reporter to gain access here. >> we saw vehicle movements, reversals, and the like. something we had not seen before. >> what did you do when you saw this force gathering? >> i called my contact,? >> we deconflict with russians, to make sure that there is no miscalculations and de-escalate anything that might be happening. >> what response did you get? >> those are not our forces. about two hours later we started receiving artillery rounds, followed by tanks, an...

>> absolutely, that led to immediate phone conversation with russia. >> so you called to stop this? >> yes we did. >> but as fire kept coming in, general bragga had enough. >> we felt threatened, we have certain measures that we take to escalate. >> within minutes american airstrikes began pummeling wagner and the syrians fighting with them. it went on for three devastating hours. these recordings authenticated by senior u.s. military officials are of the mercenaries. [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> 2 to 300 of the russian force was killed. is that accur...

Them before they get too close. >> they led it and they paid for it in blood. >> general jonathan bragga led a unit of u.s. forces. >> why start in kobani? >> it was the first place we noticed someone's fighting back, and it was the people of kobani. >> what kind of partners did you find them to be? >> committed. dedicated. formidable. >> what started in kobani quickly expanded. the first batch of 50 american advisers sent in to help the kurds soon grew to 2,000. the u.s. military trusted their allies so completely that the kurds were soon calling in american air strikes. the kurds not only di...