FRONT LINES AS THE WAR REACHES A GRIM MILESTONE.
>> Reporter: AFTER
NEARLY TWO YEARS OF
WAR IN UKRAINE, THE
TIDE IS SHIFTING AS
CONGRESS HOLDS UP
BILLIONS IN AID
ALLOWING RUSSIAN
TROOPS LAST WEEK TO
MAKE THEIR BIGGEST
ADVANCE IN NEARLY A
YEAR.
TODAY A GROUP OF FIVE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
MET WITH UKRAINE’S
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY.
>> WE HAVE HEARD FROM
SO MANY THAT IF YOU
DON’T GET THE AID, YOU
WILL LOSE THE WAR, BUT
IF YOU GET THE AID,
YOU WILL WIN THE WAR.
>> CROSS FINGERS THAT
WE’RE STILL TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT
PUTIN IS COUNTING ON
DIVISIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES TO GIVE
HIM VICTORY IN
UKRAINE.
WE TRAVELED TO THE FAR
EAST OF UKRAINE TO THE
FRONT LINE TO SEE WHAT
EFFECT THE STALLED
AMERICAN AID IS
HAVING.
RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE
CLOSING IN AND ARE NOW
LESS THAN A MILE AWAY,
AND THIS IS THE TOWN
HALL DESTROYED BY
RUSSIAN STRIKES, AND
ON THE WALL, UKRAINIAN
TROOPS HAVE LEFT A
MESSAGE, THE SAME
MESSAGE THAT WE’RE
HEARING TIME AND TIME
AGAIN EVERYWHERE IN
UKRAINE NOW.
IT SAYS, WE ARE NOT
ASKING TOO MUCH.
WE JUST NEED ARTILLERY
SHELLS AND AVIATION.
THE REST WE DO
OURSELVES.
I WENT DOWN INTO A
BUNKER TO A SECRET
ARTILLERY CONTROL
POSITION.
THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS
BEING FOUGHT FROM
UNDERGROUND ROOMS LIKE
THIS.
>> SO, THEY’RE ABOUT
TO FIRE ANOTHER
ARTILLERY ROUND AT
RUSSIAN TROOPS JUST ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE
TOWN.
AND THERE, IT JUST
LANDED.
NO CONFIRMED HIT THIS
TIME, AND THAT’S BAD
NEWS.
THEY’RE NOW RATIONING
AMMO.
>> WHAT DOES THE LACK
OF WEAPONS AND
AMMUNITION MEAN FOR
TROOPS HERE IN
UKRAINE?
"WHEN WE HAD ENOUGH
AMMUNITION, WE COULD
GO ON THE OFFENSIVE.
NOW WE CAN ONLY
DEFEND," THE COMMANDER
SAYS.
BACK OUTSIDE, THE
ACTING MAYOR IS MORE
BLUNT.
"WE DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHY
SUDDENLY NO ONE
UNDERSTANDS US
ANYMORE.
THE WAR IS NOT OVER.
IT’S GETTING TOUGHER,"
HE SAYS, AND A SENIOR
NATO OFFICIAL TELLS
NBC NEWS TONIGHT THAT
RUSSIA IS LIKELY TO
CARRY OUT A SERIES OF
ATTACKS INCLUDING AIR