>>> TONIGHT, RUSSIA'S NEW RETREAT AS UKRAINE

>>> TONIGHT, RUSSIA'S NEW RETREAT AS UKRAINE CLOSING IN ON A KEY

NEW RETREAT AS UKRAINE CLOSING IN ON A KEY CITY.

CLOSING IN ON A KEY CITY. RUSSIA SEEMS TO BE

CITY. RUSSIA SEEMS TO BE PULLING OUT FROM THE

RUSSIA SEEMS TO BE PULLING OUT FROM THE FIRST MAJOR CITY THEY

PULLING OUT FROM THE FIRST MAJOR CITY THEY SEIZED.

FIRST MAJOR CITY THEY SEIZED. UKRAINE ON THE VERGE

SEIZED. UKRAINE ON THE VERGE OF LIBERATING IT.

UKRAINE ON THE VERGE OF LIBERATING IT. >>> ACCUSATIONS THAT

OF LIBERATING IT. >>> ACCUSATIONS THAT RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE

>>> ACCUSATIONS THAT RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE LOOTING ON THEIR WAY

RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE LOOTING ON THEIR WAY OUT.

LOOTING ON THEIR WAY OUT. AND NEW REPORTS OF

OUT. AND NEW REPORTS OF PRISON-LIKE CONDITIONS

AND NEW REPORTS OF PRISON-LIKE CONDITIONS AT RUSSIAN TRAINING

PRISON-LIKE CONDITIONS AT RUSSIAN TRAINING CAMPS.

AT RUSSIAN TRAINING CAMPS. PLUS ONE OF THEIR

CAMPS. PLUS ONE OF THEIR FIGHTER JETS CRASHES

PLUS ONE OF THEIR FIGHTER JETS CRASHES INSIDE RUSSIA.

FIGHTER JETS CRASHES INSIDE RUSSIA. >>> DEADLY SHOOTING AT

INSIDE RUSSIA. >>> DEADLY SHOOTING AT A MATERNITY WARD.

>>> DEADLY SHOOTING AT A MATERNITY WARD. TWO NURSES KILLED.

A MATERNITY WARD. TWO NURSES KILLED. THE TERRIFYING MOMENT

TWO NURSES KILLED. THE TERRIFYING MOMENT THE GUNMAN OPENED

THE TERRIFYING MOMENT THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE.

THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE. >> IT WAS INSANE.

FIRE. >> IT WAS INSANE. IT WAS VERY

>> IT WAS INSANE. IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIZING.

IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIZING. >> NURSES HAVE WARNED

TRAUMATIZING. >> NURSES HAVE WARNED THERE WASN'T ENOUGH

>> NURSES HAVE WARNED THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SECURITY AT THE

THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SECURITY AT THE HOSPITAL.

SECURITY AT THE HOSPITAL. >>> SHOCKING VIDEO OF

HOSPITAL. >>> SHOCKING VIDEO OF A MAN PUSHED ON SUBWAY

>>> SHOCKING VIDEO OF A MAN PUSHED ON SUBWAY TRACKS IN NEW YORK.

A MAN PUSHED ON SUBWAY TRACKS IN NEW YORK. CRIME IS SURGING THERE

TRACKS IN NEW YORK. CRIME IS SURGING THERE UNDERGROUND.

CRIME IS SURGING THERE UNDERGROUND. >>> OUR NEW NBC NEWS

UNDERGROUND. >>> OUR NEW NBC NEWS POLL.

FIELD? >>> PLUS HISTORY ON ICE, THE 17-YEAR-OLD

>>> PLUS HISTORY ON ICE, THE 17-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN WHO LANDED

ICE, THE 17-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN WHO LANDED THE HARDEST JUMP EVER.

AMERICAN WHO LANDED THE HARDEST JUMP EVER. IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE

THE HARDEST JUMP EVER. IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. >> Announcer: THIS IS

BEFORE. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"

>> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH KATE SNOW.

"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH KATE SNOW. >>> GOOD EVENING.

WITH KATE SNOW. >>> GOOD EVENING. I'M JOSE DIAZ-BALART

>>> GOOD EVENING. I'M JOSE DIAZ-BALART IN FOR KATE.

I'M JOSE DIAZ-BALART IN FOR KATE. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR

IN FOR KATE. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO BE SEIZED BY

IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO BE SEIZED BY RUSSIA, AND TONIGHT

CITY TO BE SEIZED BY RUSSIA, AND TONIGHT UKRAINE IS ON THE

RUSSIA, AND TONIGHT UKRAINE IS ON THE VERGE OF LIBERATING

UKRAINE IS ON THE VERGE OF LIBERATING IT.

VERGE OF LIBERATING IT. BY MANY ACCOUNTING

IT. BY MANY ACCOUNTING UKRAINE IS ABANDONING

BY MANY ACCOUNTING UKRAINE IS ABANDONING THE FIGHT.

UKRAINE IS ABANDONING THE FIGHT. THEY'RE EVACUATING

THE FIGHT. THEY'RE EVACUATING CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS,

THEY'RE EVACUATING CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS, AND EQUIPMENT.

CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS, AND EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE DOING SO IN AN

AND EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE DOING SO IN AN TIS PETITION OF A

THEY'RE DOING SO IN AN TIS PETITION OF A COMING UKRAINE

TIS PETITION OF A COMING UKRAINE OFFENSIVE AND AMID

COMING UKRAINE OFFENSIVE AND AMID REPORT OF FALLING

OFFENSIVE AND AMID REPORT OF FALLING MORALE WITHIN RUSSIAN

REPORT OF FALLING MORALE WITHIN RUSSIAN FORCES.

MORALE WITHIN RUSSIAN FORCES. RUSSIA ISSAL STILL

FORCES. RUSSIA ISSAL STILL DELIVERING PUNISHING

RUSSIA ISSAL STILL DELIVERING PUNISHING ATTACKS AGAINST

DELIVERING PUNISHING ATTACKS AGAINST UKRAINE, BUT THERE ARE

ATTACKS AGAINST UKRAINE, BUT THERE ARE MORE AND MORE REPORTS

UKRAINE, BUT THERE ARE MORE AND MORE REPORTS OF SOLDIERS FORCED

MORE AND MORE REPORTS OF SOLDIERS FORCED INTO THE MILITARY JUST

OF SOLDIERS FORCED INTO THE MILITARY JUST WEEKS AGO ALREADY ON

INTO THE MILITARY JUST WEEKS AGO ALREADY ON THE FRONT LINE

WEEKS AGO ALREADY ON THE FRONT LINE UNDERTRAINED AND

THE FRONT LINE UNDERTRAINED AND UNDERE EQUIPPED.

UNDERTRAINED AND UNDERE EQUIPPED. MATT BRADLEY IS

UNDERE EQUIPPED. MATT BRADLEY IS FOLLOWING IT FROM

MATT BRADLEY IS FOLLOWING IT FROM KYIV.

FOLLOWING IT FROM KYIV. >> Reporter: HIGH

KYIV. >> Reporter: HIGH CALIBERS AND EVEN

>> Reporter: HIGH CALIBERS AND EVEN HIGHER SPIRITS AS

CALIBERS AND EVEN HIGHER SPIRITS AS UKRAINE'S MILITARY

HIGHER SPIRITS AS UKRAINE'S MILITARY APPEARS READY TO

UKRAINE'S MILITARY APPEARS READY TO RETAKE KHERSON, THE

APPEARS READY TO RETAKE KHERSON, THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO

RETAKE KHERSON, THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO FALL TO RUSSIA IN THE

FIRST MAJOR CITY TO FALL TO RUSSIA IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR.

FALL TO RUSSIA IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR. THERE HASN'T BEEN A

EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR. THERE HASN'T BEEN A BATTLE HERE YET, BUT

THERE HASN'T BEEN A BATTLE HERE YET, BUT RUSSIA IS ALREADY

BATTLE HERE YET, BUT RUSSIA IS ALREADY RETREATING, PULLING

RUSSIA IS ALREADY RETREATING, PULLING OUT SOLDIERS,

RETREATING, PULLING OUT SOLDIERS, EQUIPMENT, AND MOVING

OUT SOLDIERS, EQUIPMENT, AND MOVING CITIZENS BY FERRY TO

EQUIPMENT, AND MOVING CITIZENS BY FERRY TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE

CITIZENS BY FERRY TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE DNIPRO RIVER.

THE EAST SIDE OF THE DNIPRO RIVER. ONE WOMAN IN KHERSON

DNIPRO RIVER. ONE WOMAN IN KHERSON REACHED VIA TEXT

ONE WOMAN IN KHERSON REACHED VIA TEXT MESSAGE DESCRIBED THE

REACHED VIA TEXT MESSAGE DESCRIBED THE CHAOS RUSSIAN EXODUS.

MESSAGE DESCRIBED THE CHAOS RUSSIAN EXODUS. THE RUSSIANS ARE

CHAOS RUSSIAN EXODUS. THE RUSSIANS ARE STEALING EVERYTHING,

THE RUSSIANS ARE STEALING EVERYTHING, SHE TOLD ME.

STEALING EVERYTHING, SHE TOLD ME. RUSSIANS ARE FLEEING

SHE TOLD ME. RUSSIANS ARE FLEEING FROM NEIGHBORING

RUSSIANS ARE FLEEING FROM NEIGHBORING REGIONS AND TOWNS TO

FROM NEIGHBORING REGIONS AND TOWNS TO KHERSON, THEY SAID.

REGIONS AND TOWNS TO KHERSON, THEY SAID. THEY LOOK BAD LIKE

KHERSON, THEY SAID. THEY LOOK BAD LIKE THEY'RE SICK.

THEY LOOK BAD LIKE THEY'RE SICK. THEY TRY TO SCARE THE

THEY'RE SICK. THEY TRY TO SCARE THE LOCALS, SAYING

THEY TRY TO SCARE THE LOCALS, SAYING UKRAINIANS WILL SHELL

LOCALS, SAYING UKRAINIANS WILL SHELL THE CITY, SHE WROTE.

UKRAINIANS WILL SHELL THE CITY, SHE WROTE. NOBODY BELIEVES THEM

THE CITY, SHE WROTE. NOBODY BELIEVES THEM EXCEPT A FEW

NOBODY BELIEVES THEM EXCEPT A FEW COLLABORATORS.

EXCEPT A FEW COLLABORATORS. BUT SOME ARE FAR FROM

COLLABORATORS. BUT SOME ARE FAR FROM THE FRONTLINES.

BUT SOME ARE FAR FROM THE FRONTLINES. DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA, A

THE FRONTLINES. DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA, A FIGHTER JET

DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA, A FIGHTER JET ACCIDENTALLY SLAMMED

FIGHTER JET ACCIDENTALLY SLAMMED INTO A RESIDENTIAL

ACCIDENTALLY SLAMMED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA KILLING BOTH

INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA KILLING BOTH PILOTS.

AREA KILLING BOTH PILOTS. IT WAS THE SECOND SUCH

PILOTS. IT WAS THE SECOND SUCH CRASH IN JUST A WEEK.

IT WAS THE SECOND SUCH CRASH IN JUST A WEEK. FAMILIES LINE UP TO

CRASH IN JUST A WEEK. FAMILIES LINE UP TO FEED NEW RUSSIAN

FAMILIES LINE UP TO FEED NEW RUSSIAN RECRUITS.

FEED NEW RUSSIAN RECRUITS. ONE WOMAN COMPARES

RECRUITS. ONE WOMAN COMPARES THEIR CONDITIONS TO

ONE WOMAN COMPARES THEIR CONDITIONS TO PRISON.

THEIR CONDITIONS TO PRISON. AS FRESH RUSSIAN

PRISON. AS FRESH RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HEAD TO THE

AS FRESH RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HEAD TO THE BATTLEFIELD, MORE ARE

SOLDIERS HEAD TO THE BATTLEFIELD, MORE ARE RETURNING IN BODY

BATTLEFIELD, MORE ARE RETURNING IN BODY BAGS.

RETURNING IN BODY BAGS. THIS FAMILY BURYING

BAGS. THIS FAMILY BURYING THEIR SON.

THIS FAMILY BURYING THEIR SON. HE WAS DEPLOYED TO

THEIR SON. HE WAS DEPLOYED TO UKRAINE AFTER ONLY

HE WAS DEPLOYED TO UKRAINE AFTER ONLY FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING.

UKRAINE AFTER ONLY FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING. GLIMPSES OF HOW

FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING. GLIMPSES OF HOW RUSSIA'S WAR IS

GLIMPSES OF HOW RUSSIA'S WAR IS WEARING ON ITS PEOPLE.

RUSSIA'S WAR IS WEARING ON ITS PEOPLE. >> AND MATT JOINS US

WEARING ON ITS PEOPLE. >> AND MATT JOINS US NOW FROM KYIV.

>> AND MATT JOINS US NOW FROM KYIV. MATT, RUSSIA IS SAYING

NOW FROM KYIV. MATT, RUSSIA IS SAYING THE UKRAINIANS ARE

MATT, RUSSIA IS SAYING THE UKRAINIANS ARE PREPARING TO USE A

THE UKRAINIANS ARE PREPARING TO USE A DIRTY BOMB ON ITS OWN

PREPARING TO USE A DIRTY BOMB ON ITS OWN TERRITORY.

DIRTY BOMB ON ITS OWN TERRITORY. WHAT IS THE WHITE

TERRITORY. WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ABOUT

WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ABOUT THAT?

HOUSE SAYING ABOUT THAT? >> Reporter: THAT'S

THAT? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, JOSE.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, JOSE. THE WHITE HOUSE IS

RIGHT, JOSE. THE WHITE HOUSE IS DENYING THOSE CLAIMS

THE WHITE HOUSE IS DENYING THOSE CLAIMS AND ACCUSING THE

DENYING THOSE CLAIMS AND ACCUSING THE KREMLIN OF DRUMMING UP

AND ACCUSING THE KREMLIN OF DRUMMING UP THAT STORY.

KREMLIN OF DRUMMING UP THAT STORY. >>> WE ARE LEARNING

THAT STORY. >>> WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT

>>> WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT THE TERRIFYING