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Mercenaries from private military groups and foreign countries to ukraine. president putin acknowledged as much over the weekend when he authorized the recruitment of additional forces from the middle east and elsewhere, another indication that his war effort is not going as he hoped it would. they're also likely to systematically kidnap local officials and replace them with puppets. again, this has already begun. the mayor of melitopol was grabbed off the street yesterday, released in a prisoner exchange. the mayor of another city in southern ukraine was also kidnapped. he hasn't yet been let...

Life for his friends the white house dismissing the eve as a misinformation and propagandaly kristen welker, nbc nethe white ho the defiance we've seen in ukraine is leading to growing concern that the russians may use a new tactic to keep control of cities they capture. they might kidnap mayors here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, as russian air attacks ravage more cities, ukrainian and u.s. officials say putin's playbook will likely increasingly include the systematic kidnap of local leaders. >> this is a terror tactic grab local officials, depose local governments, put proxies in th...

Terror tactic. up next, i talk to a former adviser of president zelenskyy about that threat. and also about this powerful message from arnold schwarzenegger to the russian people, and whether it will actually get through. and plus, this morning, new numbers on how many people have fled the violence there, the polish border guards says there are around 2 million refugees in poland alone. we'll go live to the border and talk to the head of a refugee resettlement agency here in the u.s. about how we can all help. u.s. about how we can all help age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try bo...

This is a deliberate terror tactic by putin. this is not accident. this is deliberate and it is a war crime by international definition. so i'm glad the united states is calling it out, jake. >> susan, vladimir putin also taking harsh actions against the russian people, specifically those who speak out against the war. he's called them national traitors. russian military and police have arrested more than 14,000 anti-war protesters in russia since the start of the invasion. again, that number more than 14,000. i assume it's only going to get worse from there. >> yeah. i think putin has been ve...

Ravage for cities, officials say putin's playbook will likely include the systematic kidnapping of local leaders. >> this is a terror tactic, grab local officials, depose local governments, put proxies in their place. >> at least four mayors have already been captured. one has been released, they say, as part of a prisoner swap. the mayor of melitopol. his subsequent release and use of an expletive during a celebratory phone call made president zelenskyy crack a smile. >> but fear is spreading. today, this refugee told us the mayor of her city in southern ukraine was in hiding. in another town...