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also the uk foreign secretary, liz truss is here at raf brize norton.rney back from iran today has taken around 12 hours but the campaign to get naranin zaghari—ratcliffe freed and allowing her to return back to the united kingdom has taken almost six years. there has been a huge amount of diplomacy, stepped up in the past six months or so and then, really, well when 2a hours when the family were suddenly told that there was a possibility that there was a possibility that naranin zaghari—ratcliffe could be returning home and could be returning home and could be returning home and could be returning home very quickly. it is something that they feared may never happen and even once the news emerged yesterday possible return to the united kingdom, they almost did not dare believe it. but now this has fully happened. she is now back in the uk and the reunion is certainly going to be an emotional one. we have heard from richard ratcliffe who says that he just cannot wait to begin what he is describing as a new chap to in the life of the family. but it is cer

so, raf, bring us up to speed to what's happening in moscow. how are russians dealing with the impact of the west sweeping sanctions? are they already being felt? >> they are being felt. i'll give you a couple of examples. moscow has this beautiful world famous subway system. and folks here often use their phones to pay the turnstile. but people are finding that google pay, apple pay, they are not working. because banks have been sanctioned by the west. and those apps are no longer functional. i was in my hotel room in moscow the other day, i got a call from the front desk and they asked me to come downstairs and paid the bill early. because they are not sure if credit cards are going to continue working in this country. now, so far, we haven't seen major runs on bank. but i will tell you, people here in moscow are terrified. because they are watching the value of the ruble, the russian currency, basically collapsed in front of their eyes. one ruble is now worth less than a scent for the first time. and middle class, ordinary russians who have

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boarded a flight out of the country to the relief of her husband and daughter, and is due to arrive at rafze norton in the next couple of hours. homecoming is a journey, not arrival. i don't think it willjust be today, it will be a whole process and hopefully we will look back in years to come and be a normal family and, you know, this will be a chapter in our lives, but there are many more chapters to come. another british iranian, anoosheh ashoori, detained for more than four years, is also heading back to the uk. also tonight, here in ukraine, russia goes on attacking key cities even as peace talks continue. ukrainian officials say a theatre in mariupol that was being used as shelter for civilians has been destroyed. russia denies attacking it. russia counts its dead in the war, as vladimir putin insists the invasion is going to plan. and borisjohnson in saudi arabia wants fresh oil and gas supplies to reduce the west's reliance on russia. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel... we'll have all the reaction as liverpool lock horns with arsenal looking to cut manchester cit

. >>> we want to go from ukraine to moscow where raf sanchez is standing by for us. talk about the potential reaction we may hear from moscow after the announcement from the president during his state of the union that he will be closing american air space to all russian flights. >> reporter: midday here in moscow we are expecting to hear sometime soon from dmitry peskov vladimir putin's long time spokesman. yasmin, his normal position is sort of studied indifference to whatever it is that's been announced in washington, in the european capitals, but the russian government is not indifferent to these sanctions that you are really starting to feel on the grounds here in moscow now. food prices are shooting up, people are going to the supermarket today and they are finding the cost of every day household goods in some cases have doubled. apple has announced it's going to stop selling its goods here. so apple doesn't have official stores in russia but its authorized retailer, they're closed all around the moscow. right now it's not clear that you can buy an iphone here.

i want to get to nbc's raf sanchez for some reaction from moscow. raf, we know the information to the people in russia, are they aware of what has happened tonight at this power plant? >> stephanie, no official response from the kremlin yet. it is a little after 8:30 in the morning here. we normally get the daily briefing from vladimir putin's long time spokesperson about midday but people know here because of what they're seeing in russian state media which in some ways throughout the entire war has been our best window to try to figure out what it is the russian people want the people to hear and the state media has been consistently playing down the fact that there is a fire burning outside the largest nuclear power plant in europe. they have not been making much of a connection between the fighting and the fire. they're certainly not acknowledging that it looks like it was russian fire that caused this. at one point, they actually quoted jennifer granholm, the u.s. energy secretary, saying we're not seeing any alarming levels of radiation, that

that's a real source of concern in ukraine. >> raf, take me into russia. what is the kremlin saying about this? and maybe more to the point, do the russian people have any idea how close this all came to catastrophe last night? >> reporter: chris, the narrative being put out by the russian ministry of defense is as russian forces closed in on this power plant, the ukrainians started shooting at them from a training building on the complex and then the ukrainians set fireplace to that building. that obviously does not match up with the reality we are seeing on the ground, which is that fire was started by russian firepower. but this is an example of a kremlin that is absolutely determined to stomp out any their tich that contradicts the official government line. this morning the russian parliament rushed through a new law that means you can be imprisoned for 15 years in this country if you spread quote, unquote fake news about what is happening in ukraine. now, you asked about do the russian people know about this nuclear near miss last night. it is not bei

. >> raf, how much do russians know about what's going on? we have heard reports of phone calls home saying a soldier telling their parents i didn't even know that we were going to go in, i didn't know that we were going to be part of an invasion. but there's this huge disinformation campaign, that old playbook, right? tamp down dissent, start the disinformation. how well is that working? and is 2022 just because of technological advances very different that more russians know more than vladimir putin might like to believe? >> reporter: you said it, chris. everything we're hearing from people on the ground in moscow indicates this misinformation campaign is not working. we are not detecting any really popular support for this war at all. instead, we're hearing from people who can see with their own eyes that their country's economy is crumbling. they can see they can't get on a plane anywhere. you can't buy an iphone in russia now because apple has stopped selling its products. and we're hearing from people that they see this war as a tremend

matt, raf, stay safe where you are. if you have anything, come back to the cameras, we will certainly want those updates. but for now, let's bring in our experts. msnbc contributor for pbs news hour. retired army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the former director for european affairs for the u.s. national security council with an expertise in ukraine. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon, and william taylor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, and the united states institute of peace of vice president for russia. colonel vindman, have to start with you. you are born in ukraine, you know this country, and you know putin. ukraine has been much stronger than putin has months waited. he's facing global blowback. his own people are protesting, and his stars are athletes are rejecting him. he's getting humiliated. what is this next move? >> double down. he's gonna respond more aggressively. the fact is that he's experienced a couple of decades of power where all he needed to do was ratchet up t

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raf sanchez, live for us in moscow. thank you so much. we're gonna check back through you out this. me now is david, wrote he's an msnbc contributor and editor for the new yorker.com. thank you so much for joining us. i'm fascinated to get your thoughts on putin's state of mind. putin's invasion has received widespread condemnation from around the globe. but more importantly, what is happening inside russia. you have many russian citizens now defying the risk they face speaking out against it a great personal risk to themselves. do you think he has been caught off guard by both the domestic and international response? >> i think he has. i think the international response of the effectiveness and the breath of the sanctions have surprised him. but i covered conflicts before and spend sides on both sides of conflict and i have found that it's very difficult to change the mind of a leader who has become delusional. and i think putin has sort of bought into his self fulfilling narrative that he somehow liberating ukraine from nazis. what will hurt him are the people that are being shown

>> raf, thank you so much, this russian attack on the nuclear plant, the fire may be extinguished, but history is a lot of concerns. let's bring in our experts joining us now, frank, former fbi director. the author of the book, the fbi way, and the host of the podcast, the bureau, joe reuben. from deputies assistant secretary of state. frank, the danger of the attack has passed, at least in the short term. but what's your take away from tonight when you think about putin's recklessness? >> >> no question stephanie, very reckless. very anxiety producing. you need only look across social media tonight to see americans reactions. in fact, global reactions to this. but i can also see this, stephanie, as a teachable moment. when i look at the video we have gotten our hands on. i saw this through the lens of my experience and training, domestically here in the hole and with regard to defending and protecting against attacks to existing nuclear power facilities in the united states. what i saw on my screen was not would look like if you are trying to penetrate, to try to do catastrophic damag

>> so, raf, nbc reports that vladimir putin may escalate the violence. double down as he's increasingly backed into a corner. what do we know about his current mental state? >> not a lot. russian analysts who have followed putin for decades say that they have never seen him like this. they say that he's erratic in a way that he hasn't been before. that he is prepared to take risk. in a way that he hasn't been before. joe, we've all seen those pictures of putin sitting at these kind of comically large tables. him and one and, russian officials on the other. they're funny, they made a lot of memes. but it's kind of a physical manifestation of a leader who is very cut off right now. and, the great fear is what putin's frustration is i'm going to mean for people in ukraine. because with the russian military has done so far in ukraine has been devastating. but they are capable of much. worse i have covered the war in syria where the russian air force helped to level the city. a second city in support of bashar rahm assad. we have not seen the support tactics

i want to go to nbc's raf brand says. we know information vacuum people in russia are in.t's happening tonight at this bar plant? >> so, stephanie, no response from the kremlin yet. it's a little after a 30 in the morning. we normally get a daily briefing from dimitri bass golf, vladimir putin's longtime spokesman. out about midday, but people here in all because of what they're seeing in russian state media, which in some ways in this entire war has been our best window to figure out with the kremlin once. and state media has been consistently playing down the facts that there isn't a fire burning outside the largest nuclear power plant in europe. they have not been making much of a connection between the fighting and the fire. they are certainly not acknowledging that it looks like it was russian fire that caused this. at one point, they actually quoted jennifer granholm, the u.s. energy secretary saying, we're not seeing any alarming levels of radiation. that is not something russian state media normally does, quoting american officials of sources of authority. but in t

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it was just after 1am that the plane touched down at raf brize norton.ees looking relaxed and relieved to be back on british soil. the foreign secretary one of the first to greet them. i've met the families, they are safe and well. people are in very, very good spirits. i think it's been a really difficult 48 hours. the expectation that they would be released, but we weren't sure right until the last minute, so it has been very emotional, but also a really happy moment the families. the journey back from iran to brize norton has taken around 12 hours, but nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's family have been campaigning for almost six years for her release. now they are set to begin what they are calling a new chapter in their lives. it's a new life, a normal life. and there will be bumps, no doubt, and all the normal squabbles we had before, but, yes, really looking forward to seeing her. nazanin was arrested in 2016 after visiting her parents in iran. she was accused of spying, then of plotting to overthrow the government in what was seen as a trumped up charge

it with a missile be nooses raf sanchez in moscow.us that we're telling msnbc news, quote, lashed up in anchors at underlings since his campaign began. how is the relative lack of success, or perhaps the lack of information about the lack of success being felt in russia right now? >> aymen, we are week into this war. now i think it's pretty clear that putin has made to miscalculations. one, i think he underestimated the resistance that he was going to need from the ukrainian military from the ukrainian government. and from the ukrainian people, frankly, who are out there making molotov cocktail. and to, i think he underestimated just how severe these sanctions imposed by the u.s. and the european allies are going to be. i don't think that he expected russian banks to be kicked off the swiss system. i don't think he expected russia's central bank to be targeted. so i am sure that it's an unpleasant moment right now if you're a senior aide at the kremlin, and the boss is unhappy. but the real question is the one you raised. what does vl

matt bradley, raf sanchez, thank you for your reports today. >>> still ahead, a major move by the select committee investigating last year's attack on the capitol. lawmakers lay out the most direct line yet between the former president and allies in the 2020 election. >>> and russian oligarchs on the run. where some of them are hiding. after president biden vowed to go after them in his state of the union address. those stories, a check on the weather, and so much more when we come right back. when we come right back (vo) right now, the big switch is happening across the country. small businesses are fed up with big bills and 5g maps that are mostly gaps— they're switching to t-mobile for business and getting more 5g bars in more places. save over $1,000 when you switch to our ultimate business plan... ...for the lowest price ever. plus, choose from the latest 5g smartphones— like a free samsung galaxy s22. so switch to the network that helps your business do more for less—join the big switch to t-mobile for business today. trelegy for copd. [coughing] ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i

well, you know, even in mainland ukraine there are many depots calibrated in raf and i think that evenm there from mainland ukraine, uh, these ammunition orders. ammunition sooner or later will end, of course. and i also have one question for you. i asked you last time. but i'm interested in following this trend. still, is there any, uh, history with the fact that, well, the fighting is tough, they realize they're already surrounded for the most part anyway. still, more of them began to surrender or are still captured. they give up little and rarely. created by those who surrender. uh, let's say the story is quite interesting because uh, well.

the amounts 4-8 inch raf thwint 12 inches of snow. great news for the ski resorts, picking up 4-8 inches. all 8 lifts open. getting more snow tomorrow morning, the complicated part is getting there. u.s. 50 or i-80. tricky travel conditions in the first half of the day tomorrow at least. a few drops on the camera lens. the latest shower moves through. the temperatures are mostly in the middle to upper 40s. down to 39 degrees in santa rosa. the temperatures inland are going to drop all of the way down to middle to upper 30s down to 40 degrees by early tomorrow morning, lowtory middle 40s around the bay and then try to warm up. we had a lot of star wars themed dogs in the forecast. we will continue that trend with boba fett. now, other than a couple stray showers it looks like the forecast is going to dry out. go ahead with the dog walk on side. temperatures going to be 3-8 degrees below average. most of us upper 50s to 60s. the warming trend, kicking in. noticeable by monday, tuesday, wednesday. lowtory middle 60s around the bay. not f

nbc's aly raf is on the capitol hill for us this morning.here in the potential fallout. >> yeah, cory, there's a lot to unpack here. here's what we know so far. over the span of two months, after the 2020 election, we know that justice clarence thomas's wife ginni thomas, who is a fixture in conservative activism, texted then white house chief of staff mark meadows urging him to continue to fight the results of the 2020 election. pushing conspiracy theories that have been debunked about the 2020 election. she sent him a total of 29 text messages, here are a few of those. she said do not concede. it takes time for the army who is gathering for his back. speaking of then president trump. another says help this great presidents'day and firm, mark, you are the leader with him who is standing for america's constitutional governance at the precipice. the majority knows biden in the left is attempting the greatest heist of our here history. sources familiar at this tech say they're part of a trove of a document of records that meadows voluntarily g

performing on stage, the crowd because my university, a very vocal crowd, they were just enjoying the raf so much at the time and they were like, so somebody in the crowd just started talking them. and i remember, you know, boss him out picking on the guy like hey, you don't, you can't just drop me because he was with the mike and he just, i just walk in this guy. and then from that point, everyone just i laughing like everybody stay laughing and it just, it just stopped the music community just to pretty much stop to performance that he was now. it's donald committee thing and he just started having this guy on the one guy would, you know, throw something out and then he would look at the other guy. yeah, the guy, i was too funny. even a guy that we mean trust off with laughing on rolling all over the place when i saw that performance. i was like, dude, you know this, this is where you should be like just stop and everybody on the campus or after the night after, you just became a star in the campus. everybody just recognizing, you know, i said pushing to perform a events. they get paid

ukrainian officials say a theatre in mariupol a welcome party watched her land and this is the seen line at raf. this is the scene, live. ukrainian officials say a theatre in mariupol being used as shelter for civilians has been destroyed. russia denies attacking it. president biden brands vladimir putin a war criminal — as the us pledges a further $800 million of military support for ukraine. russia counts its dead in the war, but vladimir putin insists the invasion is going to plan.

they arrived at raf brize norton in 0xfordshire in the early hours, in good spirits, as theirfamiliesat mummy? is that mummy, gabriella asks. mummy! that's mummy. yes, it was. there with the families was the foreign secretary, whose diplomats and money had helped secure their release. i think it's been a really difficult 48 hours, the expectation that they would be released, but we weren't sure right until the last minute. so it's been very emotional, but also a really happy moment for the family. and for gabriella, a moment that was shockingly unfamiliar, when she could finally be together with both her parents, the first time in almost six years. her last birthday party, mummy rang up and she was showing friends, saying, i do have a mummy, this is mummy. i think bringing mummy home and show her off will validate gabriella's insecurities that she was right and she has had two parents who love her. for the family, advice about coming to terms with their new life from one who walked a similar path. everybody in the country who has followed this will be deeply interested and want to see

this is where they are due to land in the next a0 minutes or so, at raf bryce norton.long with a retired engineer, anoosheh ashoori, who was also convicted for alleged spying. mr ashoori's family said they did not allow themselves to feel joy until the plane left iran. he'll be landing in about a0 minutes. we'll bring you all the latest. hello there. there's going to be a different look to the weather on thursday and a change of fortune for much of the country as well. with the rain having cleared away, we had the sunnier skies across more western parts of scotland. there was almost an inch of rain in wiltshire and, for a while, we actually had some quite heavy rain here in lincolnshire as well. with that wetter weather clearing away out into the north sea and these showers yet to arrive from the northwest, we're going to have some clearer skies developing. so, by the time we get to early thursday morning, it could be quite cold and frosty in a few places. temperatures will be close to freezing, maybe down to —a or so in the northeast of scotland. we'll find those show

pierre let's begin with nbc news foreign correspondent, raf sanchez, who is in moscow this morning. so nbc saying that putin is growing frustrated. we are seeing that now in kharkiv. how are the russians reacting now? >> we saw vladamir putin yesterday at an emergency meeting with his economic advisors as they try to grapple with a way to deal with these crippling sanctions. he referred to the west as an empire of lies during that meeting. it is clear, we are a week into the war now that putin has miscalculated on at least two fronts. the russian military is meeting far stronger resisting on the ground. i think putin underestimated quite how severe the sanctions the u.s. and western allies were going to impose. i don't think they anticipated a consensus of kicking russian banks after of the s.w.i.f.t. system and targeting the russian central bank. we'll hear from the long-time kremlin spokesman. the real fear here, that as vladamir putin becomes more frustrated that they'll turn to the kind of scorched earth tactics we've seen them employ in syria and chechynia at the turn of the ce

on stage raf and i mean the day when all iranian women can sing any, in fact, all the women in the world can sing is the day i can be happy ha, going over 4 hours before. and i think this is my biggest wish. the amount of hours it come on top was horrible. oh gosh, stay that iran but away from the stage for over 2 decades. then in the year 2000, she went to bold and embarked on a world tour. never since she's been performing for fans and all of the globe, just not her husband, her, my phone and the you know, any of her. anyway, i'm in iranian singer here on many people. i sing for iranians, and for me, the iranian slang, meaning inside iran, her daddy premier, we are few outside iran hurricane and we are all scattered around the world. and, but the origin is an iran 1st at the moment. i wish that one day this would happen there is unit to profit being allowed to sing and live freely in their home. that's a right brave iranian singer like to go from far about for the a flight in 4 with very young, smart, and right about living between cultures. 3 women authors bringing a breath of fresh a

earlier i asked mikey kay, retired raf officer and former advisor to the uk's ministry of defence whetherrussian military was deliberately targeting hospitals. this isn't the first time this tactic has been used in contemporary history. putin has been using this type of tactic at length and very frequently in syria over the last seven years since 2015 since putin entered syria. and putin will say and i know this from experience because this is what him and his spokespeople always say, is that the target will have been inhabited by ukrainian forces and therefore made it a legitimate target, and under the law of armed conflict, and i have worked in the targeting chain in baghdad in a previous life when i was in a previous life when i was in the military but under the law of armed conflict, when a building has a protective status such as a hospital or a school, if the building houses the enemy, then under the law of armed conflict it loses that protection, so that is the guys under which putin will be using this tactic and the tragedy is that there is no way from the ukrainian side to prove

chaos as western sanctions intended to cripple the country's economy are already wreaking havoc nbc's raf sanchez on the ground in moskow. so what's it like there? >> reporter: we are seeing economic life for ordinary people in this country turned upside-down by these sanctions as the value of the ruble, the russian currency collapses prices are just skyrocketing, and that's on everything from car parts to toys to just groceries in the super market. they're looking to get out of the country, but that is not ams international airport, you look at the departures board, you are seeing just a sea of cancellations because north american and european airspace are both closed to russian aircraft right now we are expecting a second round of these peace talks to go ahead in belarus today i'll tell you the ukrainians are not optimistic that this will lead to a break through given that russian forces are besieging multiple cities as negotiators sit down at the table. but president zelenskyy has said he has no other choice but to at least try to enter into talks with the russian side. here in russia

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joining me now is mikey kay, who is a retired raf officer and former advisor to the uk's ministry of. he served in afghanistan. hello, lewis. let's start with this attack — hello, lewis. let's start with this attack on _ hello, lewis. let's start with this attack on this _ hello, lewis. let's start with this attack on this hospital, i this attack on this hospital, this attack on this hospital, this children's maternity hospital. why would anyone bomb that? , ., , , that? lewis, that is the number one question- — that? lewis, that is the number one question. this _ that? lewis, that is the number one question. this is _ that? lewis, that is the number one question. this is not - that? lewis, that is the number one question. this is not the i one question. this is not the first time this tactic has been used in contemporary history. putin has been using this kind of tactic at length and very frequently in syria over the last seven years, since 2015, since putin entered syria. putin will say, and i know this from experience, this is what him and his spokespeople always say, the kremlin

he played a friendly match against tennis champion raf and a dow that made headlines around the world a double overdue center. it was outstanding to meet him. no one could have imagined that so soon after that would be warfare said what has happened now is simply horrible to world. to do everything it can to stop the war. people on both sides should not be dying while others are standard lien. it has survived one world war. he worked as an engineer building war planes to fight the nazis. his daughter is in poland, but he says it's too difficult for him to get there. so he'll stay in ca, keith, and wait for the fighting to stop. oh, what do you, bill? nicholas daniel? domo sure. i never thought that i would have to live to another frightening war where people on both sides are dying. mothers are losing their children, wives are losing their husbands. it needs to be stopped before the russian invasion, leon had dreamed of playing against tennis doll, roger federer, but now he only has one wish to survive victoria gate and be al jazeera ah.

raf is our private property.t gazprom buy this gas pipeline, or let it take away money for everyone who connects, it seems that disputes arise, dozens of settlements across the country can be gasified physically, but not legally, because the issue with private gas pipelines until regulated. every time it will be, it will be a trial, uh, which may even have to go through the courts. can they slow down the pace of implementation of gasification projects, yes, they certainly can. despite all the difficulties at the beginning of the program, before gasification , more than 100,000 households received access to blue fuel and these rates. wernick can be accelerated if the accumulated problems are solved high-tech treasure hunters now walk the streets of pompeii nicknamed spot and her task is to examine the tunnels that the hunters managed to dig. actually for antique values. well, the spot will look around the dungeon to collect and record data on them so that scientists can determine where it is safe. and where not, b

after the war, they were kept apart by cyril's national service in the raf.l, i'd like to come back again with you, would you mind?" i said, i'll meet you tonight! i'd already got a date with one of the girls at haringey. and when she phoned me, i knew straightaway, that's it. no good mucking about with other young girls, and there it went. so, other young girls missed out, and seven decades later, their love is stronger than ever. typified by their nightly routine. before we get into bed, she comes up and says, and we hold hands, and she gives me a little kiss and we then go to our sides of the bed. we both say, good night, good night. and we just hold hands like that. just one of the secrets of their success and 70 years of love and marriage. john maguire, bbc news, suffolk. congratulations to cyril and muriel from all of us. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. it's feeling very springlike out there now, plenty of sunshine around, notjust for today, for the rest of the week, all thanks to high pressure. most places will be dry, s

debt to iran of nearly £400 million dating back to the 1970s. 0ur correspondent, simonjones, was at rafrton when nazanin landed. we know that this journey back from iran today has taken around 12 hours but the campaign to get nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe freed and allowing her to return back to the united kingdom has taken almost six years. there has been a huge amount of diplomacy, stepped up in the past six months or so and then, really, a whirl—wind 2a hours when the family were suddenly told that there was a possibility that nazanin could be returning home and could be returning home very quickly. it's something that they feared may never happen and even once the news emerged yesterday about a possible return to the united kingdom, they almost did not dare believe it. but now this has fully happened. she is now back in the uk and the reunion is certainly going to be an emotional one. we have heard from richard ratcliffe who says that he just can't wait to begin what he's describing as a new chapter in the life of the family. but it's certainly going to be a challenging chapter, given w

well, you know, even in mainland ukraine there are many depots calibrated in raf, and i think that even from there in mainland ukraine, uh, these ammunition orders. ammunition will run out sooner or later, of course. and i also have one question for you. i asked you last time. but i'm interested in following this trend. still, is there any, but the story with the fact that, well, the fights are tough, they understand that they are already all the same mostly surrounded. still, more of them began to surrender or are still captured. they give up little and rarely. created by those who surrender . eh, let's say the story is very interesting because. um, well, the largest number was in the first days of the operation, then the number decreased. we also asked ourselves. why is this happening? and this happens only for one e reason, that the ukrainian military leaders made the appropriate conclusions. they have there are so -called zagratoriada. and in case units even turned out to be a tactical environment, then they simply cover them with friendly fire, that is, they level their own positio

but now finally they are on that plane and on their way home and we understand they will land at rafn start to try to rebuild their lives. ., ., ., , ., ,, , ., caroline hawley, thank you. let's get the very latest on the situation in ukraine and russia's invasion. reeta is live in the western city of lviv for us now. reeta. here in ukraine, attacks by russian forces have continued three weeks into the war even as both sides talk of possible compromise. in the capital, kyiv, the emergency services said russia had shelled a residential building. the city is currently observing a 35—hour curfew. although russian troops have pushed forward towards the outskirts of the capital, their progress in the north has been slower than in the south. they've faced serious logistical problems with many vehicles reportedly running out of fuel, as well as strong ukrainian resistance. our first report this evening is from jeremy bowen in kyiv. awarning, it a warning, it contains some flashing images. a warning, it contains some flashing images. just after dawn another attack at a residential area in ky

. >> raf sanchez and erin mclaughlin, joining us now, peter, he has relocated his family but stayed behindank you for being with us. russia is in control of the largest european nuclear power plant, how does it change things for you in the last 24 hours? >> it is extremely tense the last 24 hours. i was an 11-year soviet schoolboy in 1986 during chernobyl. this as mentioned in the previous segment would have been a few times of the order of chernobyl disaster. this is also by the way coming on the heels of the russians take over of the actual chernobyl site. it seems in line of vladimir putin's strategy of blackmailing not only ukraine but the entire west and the entire world with nuclear plants. it will be a tactical strike on ukrainian city. he's hinted that already and considering he's kind of bogged down in ukraine and maybe desperate to contemplate doing so and also some kind of a blackmail through holding these topic spacious that you referred to. >> i know you are separated from your family, how are they doing and how are you doing? >> they're doing fine, they're in the west of ukra

boarded a flight out of the country to the relief of her husband and daughter, and is due to arrive at rafand, you know, this will be a chapter in our lives, but there are many more chapters to come. another british iranian, anoosheh ashoori, detained for more than four years, is also heading back to the uk. also tonight, here in ukraine, russia goes on attacking key cities even as peace talks continue. ukrainian officials say a theatre in mariupol that was being used

raf, it's always great to see you. talk to me about what the russian government is telling the people? you have, as we are hearing reports, we've talked about it on numerous occasions, increasingly isolated -- as matt bradley just laid out for us, advancing on the capital city, not yet being able to breakthrough troops without emission, troops without supplies, trouble assange's of food and fuel. a mission that the russian president thought would be over and done with by now, and his, obviously, not. >> yasmin, i think the russian people are being key to no information vacuum. they don't know how many russian troops have been killed in vladimir putin's war in ukraine, they're not getting detailed reports from the battlefield, about how much progress they're making. when russian officials go on tv, and they talk about with the entire world can see, a multi-pronged attack on ukraine. multiple cities, multiple fronts, all at once. they refer to it as an operation to protect russian speakers in eastern ukraine, which is ju

joining us now, raf sanchez. nbc news correspondent who is in moscow this morning. thank you so much for being with us. big news tonight for western media! that fire at a ukrainian power plants that was started as a fight between russia and ukrainian forces. how is that in the russian media? so, no official response from the kremlin yet. we're gonna hear from dimitri peskov, putin's longtime so it's gonna cover all of ours. peskov himself is now been sanctioned by the united states. but the russian state media, as you said, is our best window into trying to understand what the kremlin wants, but the the russian people to know. and they have been float plane down the fact that there has been a fire at the largest nuclear power plant in europe. some of the state media here, not even making any connection between the fighting and the fire, just sort of talking about this as if a building at the power plant kind of spontaneously combusted. they are trying to keep anxiety levels low, and i think they are trying to stick to this official russia narrative, which is that th

where the raf to shoot down a russian jet in the skies above ukraine then that would essentially triggerponse from nato? hopefully, it doesn't get to that stage but i think the time is coming when that question is can have to be answered. will coming when that question is can have to be answered.— have to be answered. will it be a bit more substantial _ have to be answered. will it be a bit more substantial president i have to be answered. will it be a - bit more substantial president obama is redline during syria? would you make of the front line of the telegraph? i make of the front line of the telegraph?— make of the front line of the teleu-rah? ~ , , make of the front line of the teleu-rah? ~' , , ., telegraph? i think it deserves to embolden its _ telegraph? i think it deserves to embolden its putin, _ telegraph? i think it deserves to embolden its putin, really. - telegraph? i think it deserves to l embolden its putin, really. we've heard this a lot from president biden, our own prime minister, other nato leaders that they keep saying they will defend nato territory. which it seems

. >> so, raf, i 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you given that lack of information, what's social slow here. facebook has been slowed down. and, russian state media regulators have made a very clear that they are going to stomp out anything on social media that contradicts the official narrative coming out of the kremlin. v k as the big russian social media network, it's that given to facebook, and that is being censored. and you cannot talk about war, or invasion, or attack on ukraine. they're going around and making sure people are using that official narrative of special military operation in the east of the country. >> ralph sanchez, nbc news foreign correspondent, nice to get more time with you, thanks for being with us this morning. according to the gun, over 1 million people have now fled ukraine as the russian bombardment on civilian cities intensifies. the latest shelling by russian forces of europe's largest nuclear power, only adds the uncertainty already filed by ukrainians as russian forces advance on major cities. train stations inside ukraine are overflowing with pa

background, some of the ways in which some of this protection could be guaranteed to ukraine, not least the rafment to. afterfive weeks of do if there is an agreement to. after five weeks of conflicts, people are eager for any hopes of peace —— prepared to do. it raises the prospect, certainly come up, the discussions have been far apart, you are right, what it says is interesting about a no—fly zone. how you define neutrality is up for debate, i suppose, but that could well form the basis for an agreement to end the conflict, but i think people are well advised to be wary about moscow's intentions, and is thisjust about moscow's intentions, and is this just a ruse to try a fresh advance further down the line? i think we have to wait and see, but at the moment, we have to taken at face value and hope this leads to some of breakthrough. it is interesting _ some of breakthrough. it is interesting as _ some of breakthrough. it is interesting as well, - some of breakthrough. it is interesting as well, isn't it, that the uk, united states, sorry, forgive me, western countries, which may be would not

bill clinton in his state of the union said the ear raf big government is over, i heard you to the votersthat and the voters, if you don't, the voters will scream louder at the polls in the midterms. >> some progressive with woo disagree with brad and said he pivoted at the expense of progressive issues. >> what is he pivoting from? if you look at the elements of build back better, if you look at the infrastructure plan, all the things he's done -- the infrastructure plan is a big deal -- all the things he's done are popular. he's being stopped by the process of washington and a broken senate. this idea he needs to sort of dramatically pivot -- >> you don't accept the -- >> of course i don't that he's got to pivot. i do think he's got to tell his story and better which is why him and the vice president will be traveling all over the country. >> the importance, look, you know how -- what messaging seems to be effective. there was a part of his state of the union last night that felt like he was answering some of the most common critiques he gets. he said the word, i want to secure the bord

performing on stage, the crowd because my university of a vocal crowd, they were just enjoying the raf so much at the time. and they were like, somebody in the crowd just started talking them. and i remember, you know, basketball picking on the guy like hey, you don't, you can't just drop me because he was with the mike and he just, i just walk in this guy. and then from that point, everyone just i laughing like everybody stay laughing and it just, it just stop the music music just to pretty much stop performance that he was now. it's time of committee thing. and he just started having this guy and someone a guy would, you know, throw something out and then he would look at the other guy. yeah, the guy, i was too funny. even a guy that we mean trashed off with laughing, rolling all over the place when i saw out performance, i was like, dude, you know this, this is where you should be like just stop and everybody on the campus or after the night after you just became a star and the campus, everybody, just recognizing i said, pushing to perform a events fe, paid you peanuts or just doing