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Wise words from a girl who just turned eight. today, alyssa was drawing with her chalk outside. >> that was nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel reporting from kharkiv. just one month into the war. russia's new offensive is focused on an area about three hours south of there. richard brings us the latest from the front lines. >> reporter: after a year of fighting -- [sound of artillery] russia has failed to capture a nation a fraction of its size. the most intense battles are now on the front line in the east, where ukrainian soldiers, like this lieutenant, our defending against ...

Wise words from a girl who just turned eight. today, alyssa was drawing with her chalk outside. >> that was nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel reporting from kharkiv. just one month into the war. russia's new offensive is focused on an area about three hours south of there. richard brings us the latest from the front lines. >> reporter: after a year of fighting -- [sound of artillery] russia has failed to capture a nation a fraction of its size. the most intense battles are now on the front line in the east, where ukrainian soldiers, like this lieutenant, our defending against ...

Nearly all of his 150 soldiers were killed or injured over the past year. and now the soldiers say russian troops are 800 yards away. >> just up there? >> yeah. >> and do they have similar trenches to this? >> reporter: but now there's a problem, a russian drone is overhead. >> incoming small arms fire right here. >> yes, yes, he says. the soldier's fire a rocket propelled grenade. lieutenant bogdon tells us it's like this every day or worse. >> why does this war matter to americans, do you think? >> because it's a war for democracy. ukraine and russian war is war of democracy versus russia di...

>> why does this war matter to americans do you think? >> because it's a war for democracy. ukrainian russian war is a war of democracy versus russia dictatorship. so, it's important. >> a fight, ukrainians say, they will take to the end. the head of ukrainian intelligence tonight said russia's new offensive -- such low quality that some frontline commanders barely even know what's happening. but he won things could get worse as russia is redoubling its efforts to produce ammunition. richard engel, nbc news, dnipro, ukraine. >> back with us tonight, michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to ru...

Have to release it and if he doesn't i think it's going to come out one way or another. ainsley: he says it's benign and ukraine says it's benign. if he releases it it's not like a war matter it's a conversation that they h if it is something that wouldn't put our national security in jeopardy why wouldn't he release it? >> i don't know the answer to that do i know a lot of people have inpersonal termly scrutinized, including the whistleblower. so i assume we are going to find out a lot more about it. brian: no precedent to do something like this. the president is not and you the auspices of c...