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First line of russian defences and part of the south. Now mine fields have been blocking the troops for weeks. That means when they are blocked, of course they are vulnerable to russian shelly. Its been dangerous, but careful my Clearing Operation has been making it where they can advance. Ukraine says gains have been made in the south and have expanded their units towards the town of tokmak, Logistics Centre for russian forces. In the last hour or two we have these pictures into the newsroom of zelensky there visiting with troops on the front line. This is it donetsk. I spoke to drjenny mathe...

Hoist at least 50 people to safety, saved at least another 50 people who were trapped and hurt on the ground there. nbc's gadi schwartz has made his way to montecito, california. what are conditions like on the ground right now? >> reporter: search and rescue still out here right now. in fact, you can see those firefighters are checking debris. those mountains back there, that's where all this mud came from. that's the burn scar from that huge thomas fire. basically what happened, this road was almost a river of mud. let me show you how destructive it was. this car right here, you could tell, ...

Mixed with charrds of wood and metal. that heavy machinery out there working to pick up the big pieces of debris like roofs of homes, entire trees, clearing the way for the hand crews to go in and do their detail work. pain staking and dangerous. but little miracles like this 23-week-old baby have emerged. baby duke is still hospitalized but improving after suffering critical injuries. he and his mother were resdprud the muddy debris by a stranger determined to help shortly after the landslide hit. >> there's a ripped up roof on the mud there. laid the baby on that. ripped off my jacket i had ...

On the mud there. we laid the baby on that. i ripped off my jacket i had on and wrapped him up in that. the baby and his mother are survivors. 150 rescue workers, countless volunteers and heavy machinery are up against mother nature. tons of toppled trees and scraps of scattered homes. dozens are still missing and the death toll expected to rise. >> we were cutting pieces off of cars and removing steering wheels. she was sitting right in her driver's seat. we -- we got her out enough and then i wrapped my arms around her. >> reporter: closure for stephen neal's family as well. he was identifie...