mcth nicholas maymar, his story unfolded in the final days in bakhmut before wagner and russia claim to have taken the entire town. of course, ukraine still disputes that russia has control of the entire town, but take a look at how that unfolded and what it tells us about this battle. under cover of darkness a russian military blogger fills wagner's chief heading into what he calls the left. the russian nickname for a group of what were once high-rise residential buildings on the western edge of bakhmut, one of the last areas to fall under russian control. he's taken to see a body, we're not showing it as it's graphic, an american citizen identified by these documents, and a friend as nicholas maymar, a retired u.s. army special forces soldier. >> 14th, 15th, nick was in the bakhmut area, he was with some other fellow territorial defense soldiers and they came under attack and unfortunately the area that nick was in, that particular building took a direct hit from an artillery round. the area that he was at in that building collapsed in on him, and he was unable to make it out. >> r