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this is "nightline." >> tonight -- the frontline fighters going into the war zone, training ukrainians. >> make sure you lean into the shot and you're ready. >> americans putting their lives on the line to help strangers. >> this is probably the most defined line between good and evil and right and wrong. >> so why do these men keep traveling to some of the most dangerous places on earth? and the super bowl of hollywood returns. after four years of a hostless show the oscars looking to make a splashy return with this history-making trio. >> so ladies, are you ready to host the oscars? >> and how the streamers are
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we begin with the grinding war in ukraine. earlier today president biden traveling to poland for a briefing on this ongoing humanitarian crisis i go nooipted by the month-long russian invasion. tonight russian forces shifting their strategy, now focusing on eastern ukraine. abc's james longman joins us now from lviv. james? >> reporter: yeah. hi, juju. a major change here in ukraine tonight. russia now signaling they're focusing their attentions now on the east of ukraine, the donbas region, the part of this country which was the reason this war started in the first place. now, the russians will say that was their plan all along, they wanted to divert the attention of ukrainian forces. most of the rest of the world will see just the mess that russian forces are in, the defensive positions they've been forced into by ukrainian forces. this doesn't, though, mean that the war is over by any stretch. the donbas region, 2/3 of it is contested. so it's unlikely that ukraine, who've been heavily armed and resourced by the west, are going to give up this fight anytime
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soon. juju. >> james, thank you. we turn now to the americans voluntarily heading into the war zone. they've traveled to ukraine to train civilians fighting for their freedom. why they're willing to risk everything. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this is the sound of war. the sound of defiance. this is what it sounds like to fight for your life. >> this is probably the most defined line between good and evil and right and wrong. >> reporter: ukraine is a country under siege. its military and ordinary citizens alike battling back russian forces for more than a month now. >> i want people around the world to have the ability to control their own destiny. >> thank you. >> reporter: tonight the americans risking their lives in this fight for freedom. >> they want to be free. they need to be free. and we need to give them the tools to help them be free.
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>> reporter: why these men are traveling into danger thousands of miles from home. >> what this piece does on the front of your gun -- >> reporter: and putting everything on the line. to help strangers. >> i think everybody understood when we signed up for this that this is a fight that might kill us and that we all need to be prepared to die. i work as a chemist for a major pharmaceutical company. i think i probably am in a pretty small group of the people at my pharmaceutical company who will be using all of their leave time to fight in the ukraine. i want to be on the right side of history. and what they are doing is a fight worth fighting. >> reporter: damian bostien knows what it means to swear allegiance to a cause. it's in his blood. >> my father was in the army in the late '60s, early '70s.
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my grandfather was in world war ii. i was in the air force. >> so this is tika 3 tactical, bolt action rifle 308. this is something that -- >> shooting for me was something that came oddly naturally. i was really into marksmanship. >> reporter: this month instead of using his vacation time to relax on a beach -- >> i'm going to the airport. >> reporter: he's headed for the battle zone in ukraine. >> i have a sleeping bag rated to zero degrees fahrenheit or above. bringing two sets of body armor in case anybody else needs it. this has the incorporation of side sappies so that way if you get shot in the side you actually keep your ribcage intact. k bar because war. i have my rat's tourniquet. this is designed so you can tourniquet yourself so you don't bleed out alone. i'm hoping to be able to clown car all of this together because all of this weight is, you know, like -- it just adding to every footstep i take.
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>> reporter: bostien is teaming up with his friend matthew van dyke. they've done this before, driving back isis in iraq and arming civilians in the philippines. >> so matthew van dyke is a very interesting individual. he's a hyperintelligent person. >> reporter: van dyke runs a non-profit called sons of liberty international, providing advice, supplies, and training for people living in conflict zones. >> he's got some room in his. >> matt does not have a military background but he has worked with the militaries of many nations. he's definitely a force. >> our mission is to help people liberate themselves. when people are invested in their own fight and they bleed for it and they suffer for it, the outcome's better and what they do with the outcome is better. >> reporter: van dyke is a documentary filmmaker. but in 2011 he joined the fight in libya against dictator moammar gadhafi. at one point he was wounded,
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captured and spent nearly six months in prison. >> cell 3. this is my cell. >> it certainly changed the course of my life. it in a way radicalized me for the cause of liberty. >> reporter: bostien and van dyke believe the people of ukraine have shown they have what it takes to fight. they just need the skills. >> we want them to be as deadly as they can so maybe, maybe the russian people will blink first. >> i like to say that ukrainian willpower will defeat russian firepower. >> reporter: last month we caught up with a group of foreign fighters including some americans helping train civilians in the outskirts of kyiv, just days before russia invaded. the key word here, resistance. >> right now we're teaching just basic tactics, how to hold a rifle correctly. there's mothers, fathers, sons and daughters here. there's no reason for them to die or be displaced because of russian aggression. so anything that i can do in
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order to help these people defend themselves or defend their families i want to do it. >> so one of the most significant contributions these individual volunteers can make is if they bring niche expertise or experience, especially technical expertise, to the ukrainian military. these are the sorts of things that the ukrainians can use. >> reporter: ukraine receives crucial support from western allies including supplies and weapons, filling a major gap for the country's military. but the u.s. says it will not send any troops to directly fight in ukraine. >> a lot of people are fleeing ukraine. one thing that's encouraging from that perspective is how many are staying or coming back to resist and to fight. >> reporter: in poland bosti echlbostien, van dyke and other members of their team are greeted by their first sight of the war's impact. the growing refugee crisis.
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heading toward the violence these families are escaping. >> this is absolutely a critical moment in history. such a distinct demarcation between, you know, the sides of good and evil and just democracy versus tyranny. the end of this will change the world. >> took about a full day to get to this. and then should be about four days to the crossings. >> reporter: the team spent hours on board a bus prepping and planning. >> we've arranged contacts ahead of time we'll meet with that will connect us with groups we're training p. >> i think when everybody signed up we had to take a long look in the mirror and say this is a fight that might kill us and wea all tneo die. >> reporter: once inside ukraine the team decides to head to the much-targeted capital. >> kyiv.
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>> this is it. >> you guys ready to do this? >> let'sis. >> reporter: thicity, so much th ukraine's defiance, where president zelenskyy walks the streets, where residents hunker down in shelte shelters, where they've managed to not just hold off the russians but actually drive them back. >> kyiv is clearly a city under siege. most businesses are closed. a lot of of people have left. parts of it are like a ghost town. parts of it have more people. a lot of checkpoints. [ gunfire ] my team and i brought tactical equipment. we also have a drone with some special capabilities. we don't travel with weapons. we always acquire weapons in country. >> this is a new rifle for him. and it's not so simple the rifle. >> we focus on mainly the tactics and marksmanship training for their soldiers to increase the lethality of their snipers and of their fighter teams. >> one, two, three.
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got you. good. all right. good work. >> thank you. >> here bostien and van dyke met with the territorial defense forces, a sort of military reserve, which has expanded to include civilian volunteers. >> one very skilled marksman can make a pretty substantial impact on the battlefield. you might be ablest to make it disjointed that they won't be fighting as one cohesive force. >> good. really good. >> thank you. >> yeah. thank you. >> thank you. >> i have no doubt that ukraine can win this conflict. they should persist. they shouldn't try to accept anything less than every russian soldier out of ukraine. and i think the tide of the war is turning in favor of the ukrainian forces and will continue to. >> reporter: after a few days in the capital the group heads back west to lviv. the whole point is to repeat this training over and over, getting them comfortable handling their government-issued
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weapons. >> you want this into this part of your shoulder. you don't want it too far out or you're going to dislocate your shoulder. >> today we're at the range. we're going over with the ukrainian territorial defense teams and some of the other militia groups in the area. >> just make sure you're stable. stand like you could take a punch. >> well, that's a new gun for me. so i shoot it first time today. >> here a young man who called himself yuri showed up for training. >> my father also joining territory defense. he says that's what men should do when somebody invades their country. >> reporter: this training will be bostien's last one. at least for now. he has to head home. ainhe direct bullseye. >> if the need should arise, if the tide of war should change, if i'm invited back, it is something i will do. >> reporter: van dyke will stay here in the region for as long as it takes. >> they want to be free. they need to be free.
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>> reporter: both men hope that freedom overcomes tyranny. >> any contribution i can give, even if this is just one city that gets to be free a week longer, as long as we can have an impact and we can change some of the lives there, then it's worth it. >> and up next, we turn to the glamour, the gowns, and the gals of a renewed oscars. hollywood's buzziest night looks to rei go nooipt the excitement of years past. hello, how can i?
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vying for a comeback with all the trappings of star power. and stylish red carpet looks. here's abc's ashan singh. >> reporter: it's hollywood's biggest night. now back with as much glitz and glamour as ever. tinseltown is hoping for a show to remember. two years since the pandemic fundamentally changed the film industry and how we watch movies. >> ladies, are you ready to host the oscars? >> yeah. >> we're going to crush this. >> we just have to do better than last year's. >> for the first time in four years the oscars will have hosts. amy schumer, wanda sykes, and regina hall. >> i don't remember last year's hosts. >> god, they must have sucked. >> i bet the guy canceled. >> trash. >> oh, wait. there wasn't a host last year. >> reporter: sykes and hall sat down with lara spencer on "good morning america." >> we shot the promos. it was the first time we all got together. and amy comes in, okay, all right, this is what we're going to do -- it was like when a squirrel gets in your house and
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you just like -- where'd it go? you know, and it's like running up and down your leg. that was the energy that amy has. she is so excited about -- >> she really is. >> reporter: sykes, hall and schumer are making history as the first all-female trio to host the oscars. >> what's been the best advice from past oscar hosts? >> reporter: whoopi told me to just -- she said y'all go out there and have fun. she said the more fun you all have the more fun the audience has. >> reporter: why do you think the oscars decided to go with a few different hosts this year? >> i think people really missed having that person to serve as the emcee and really guide the show along. >> reporter: the ceremony is also back at the lavish dolby theater in hollywood. >> and i'm looking forward to interacting with the audience. so i think there's not -- you know, i'm going to lock eyes with the whole crowd if i can. >> reporter: and the crowd will be there. unlike last year, when the'll oscars were scaled down,
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socially distant ceremony. elizabeth, tell me what the mood is like in hollywood on the eve of the oscars right now. >> everybody is really anticipating this big return back to the oscars as we know it. >> reporr: while the show ceremony on sunday might look familiar, the nature of it is different. so many of us watch many of the nominated films on our couches. this year streaming movies make picture nominees.ademy's best - >> we want to thank apple tv plus. >> "the power of the dog." >> will smith. >> troy kotsur for "coda." >> netflix again leads the pack with a whopping 27 oscar nominations overall. >> well, i think there's just a lot of art out there for this new generation of storytellers. there's such a chance to find your way to tell your story. >> reporter: some of hollywood's most bankable box office stars like sandra bullock are embracing streaming. she recently touted the transition to "variety." >> you know what? the perk of netflix is that they
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let me work and they let me choose material that never would have made it into the theaters. >> reporter: when movie theaters closed during the pandemic, audiences turned to streaming and haven't looked back. worldwide ticket sales in 2019 hit 42.3 billion. but in 2020 it dropped to 11.8 billion. and in 2021 just 21.3 billion. studios have been forced to adapt. >> warner brothers shakes up hollywood, streaming on hbo max on the same day they debut in theaters. >> reporter: the tension between the streamers and the hollywood establishment initially had the industry divided. steven spielberg famously came out swinging against streaming in an interview with itv in 2018. >> once you commit to a television format, you're a tv movie. you certainly -- if it's a good show deserve an emmy. but not an oscar. >> reporter: but now the streaming revolution seems unstoppable. >> today amazon said it will acquire legendary film studio
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metro goldwyn mayer, known as mgm. >> reporter: amazon acquiring mgm for $8.5 billion. and in 2021 even spielberg closed a deal with netflix. is there a place for movie theaters in this new world of streaming? >> i think there always will be a place for movie theaters. but that is what everyone in the industry is trying to figure out. how do the theaters stay alive and how can you simultaneously at the same time keep these streaming services going? >> reporter: this sunday night the best movies of the year will take center stage. no matter where you watch them. >> and up next, the ballads that battled it out for oscar nods. and why we still don't talk about bruno. ♪ we don't talk about bruno, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ we don't talk about bruno ♪ and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill,
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the best original song category. but the film's "dos oruguitas" did make the cut. ♪ and another bond theme song made this year's oscar ballot with "no time to die." ♪ too much to bear ♪ it might be time for a three-peat for this franchise, following oscar wins for adel's "skyfall" and sam smith's "writing's on the wall." tune in on sunday to "on the red carpet live" countdown to the oscars at 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. and of couse stay for the main event right here on abc. that's "nightline" for tonight. you can watch all of our full episodes on
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