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Listen. >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it up i see what their actions are. we'll see if they follow through on what they are suggesting. >> the white house today confirming to nbc news that it has seen some evidence that the russian troops are moving away from kyiv, but they point out that that may just show putin's plans are changing and he could change his mind at anytime. british intelligence is confirming that that resistance from ukraine is real, that they have had success taking back some territories. but those successes apparently don't extend to the south where an attack in m...

Think they don't think putin would dare to hit the center of this historic city. molly hunter, nbc news, odesa, ukraine. >> our thanks to molly for that reporting. stay with us because there's another busy hour ahead including that briefing from the pentagon, set to start at the top of the hour, just about five minutes from now. with the very latest out of ukraine. we're also watching supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson make the rounds, more of them on capitol hill. meeting in about 15 minutes with a republican senator who is still publicly undecided on which way he's going to vote. we...

Ukrainian naval officers on shore tells us the russian ships have been moving in and out, calling it psychological warfare. but he says the russians are out of options. so you don't think they can take odesa? "no chance," he says. "we will kill them as they approach." an estimated half the city has stayed behind to fight. nikolai vokanski heads a volunteer coordination center supporting the community here and sending vital supplies to the east. until recently it was a trendy food court. >> it was a bar with oysters and champagne. >> reporter: and the volunteers who work here are the same peopl...

Skeptical of what moscow puts out. >> dan de luce, thanks very much for that. it all happens as the southern port he city of odesa in ukraine is gearing up for a fight. you've got people piling up sandbags, planting mines, trying to protect cultural monuments. to save the city known as the jewel of the black sea. nbc's molly hunter was in odesa. she has more. >> reporter: hello from the center of the historic city of odesa. now, i can't show you any of the military points around here. i can't show you any of the military checkpoints. at almost every single intersection. what i can show you, th...

To create," he says. adding the building has a great history, it's the best theater in the world. but today this is as close as we can get. it's now under military protection. and since before the war started odesa has been preparing. the jewel of the black sea nestled in ukraine's southwest corner, the cultural center dear to so many ukrainian hearts and historically russian ones too. now a fortress with monuments shrouded in sandbags. the city's famous white sand beaches usually packed with tourists, now according to officials many lined with explosive mines. we've been hearing some activity...