>> NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE
WHERE THE DISCOVERY OF
HUNDREDS OF BODIES IN THE
REGION SURROUNDING THE
CAPITAL. KIEV. IT'S SPARKING
GLOBAL OUTRAGE. UKRAINIAN.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE BODIES OF
MORE THAN 400 CIVILIANS HAVE
BEEN FOUND IN TOWNS RECENTLY
RECAPTURED FROM RUSSIAN
FORCES.
>> AFTER THEY WITHDREW FROM
THE AREA AND THE TOWN OF
IMAGES EMERGED OF SOME PEOPLE
WITH THEIR HANDS TIED WILL
REPORT SAY OTHERS APPEARED TO
HAVE BEEN SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE
SPEAKING ON FACE THE NATION
YESTERDAY, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY ACCUSE RUSSIA OF
COMMITTING ATROCITIES.
>> 8. THIS GENOCIDE WAS NOT
SHUN.
>> TO JIM THOSE I SHE THE
SHOULD THE WE'RE GOING TO
LIMIT NATION OF THE WHOLE
NATION CONDITION AND THAT HE
MIND, WE HAVE THE CITIZENS OF
YOU KNOW, MORE THAN
NATIONALITIES. THIS IS ABOUT
DESTRUCTION THAT EXTERMINATION
LEVEL, KIDS.
>> NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT
MOLLY HUNTER JOINS US NOW FROM
LVIV. MOLLY, THESE ARE JUST
SHOCKING IMAGES COMING OUT OF
AND OTHER TOWNS OVER THE
WEEKEND. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THESE DISCOVERIES AND
WHAT IS RUSSIA SAYING ABOUT
ALL THIS.
>> YEAH. JOE AND OTHER TOWNS.
I THINK THE OPERATIVE WORDS
THERE. THIS IS NOT JUST GOING
TO HAPPEN. THIS IS JUST WHERE
WE ARE SEEING IT FIRST. SO WE
HAVE BEEN REPORTING FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL DAYS THAT RUSSIAN
SHIPS HAVE HAD TO RETREAT.
HAVE WITHDRAWN HAVE HAD TO
FALL BACK AS UKRAINIAN TROOPS
ARE PUSHING OUT AROUND THE
CAPITAL. BOUCHER IS ONE OF
THOSE COMMUTER TOWNS. IT'S
RIGHT NEAR EUROPEAN. IT'S ONE
OF THOSE SUBURBS ON AT THE
BELT AROUND KEITH. SO THIS IS
WHAT WE'RE SEEING. WE'RE
SEEING PICTURES AND
JOURNALISTS HAVE NOW BANNED
INSIDE INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST
HAVE NOW BEEN INSIDE. THIS IS
NOT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE
GETTING FROM THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE SEEN
PICTURES OF BODIES ON THE
STREET. WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES
OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS
TIED CIVILIANS WHO HAVE BEEN
SHOT CIVILIAN CARS WHICH HAVE
COMPLETELY BLOWN UP AND SHOT
OUT AND ACTUALLY JOHNSON I
LITERALLY JUST FINISHED AN
INTERVIEW WITH 2 PEOPLE WHO
CAME OUT OF BOUCHER SAID THEY
HAD SEEN THIS WITH THEIR OWN
EYES. THEY SAW PEOPLE ON
BICYCLES WHO HAD BEEN SHOT
CIVILIANS WHO WERE JUST LAYING
ON THE GROUND. THEY SAID WHEN
THEY ESCAPED, TRIED TO KEEP
THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD. WE
LITERALLY JUST FINISH THIS
INTERVIEW. THEY WERE TRYING TO
KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD,
TRYING TO KEEP THEIR KIDS
FOCUSED IN THE CAR STAYED IN
LOOK OUTSIDE AT ALL THE
BODIES. BUT YOU HEARD
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY THERE. HE
CAUSE IT GENOCIDE. WE KNOW
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH IS INSIDE
FOOD CHECK TODAY. THEY ARE
STARTING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS THIS IS A
CRIME SCENE. SO NOW
INVESTIGATORS NEED TO GO NO
ONE CAN TAMPER WITH THE BODIES
AND WE CAN TAMPER WITH THE
EVIDENCE IS THAT THE ONLY WAY
THAT THAT INVESTIGATORS CAN
START TO PROSECUTE POSSIBLE
WAR CRIMES, TO MENTION AN
INVESTIGATION. I THINK THAT
LEADS TO JUST THE QUESTION.
>> WHAT'S NEXT. AND YOU WERE
HEARING WORLD LEADERS
CONDEMNING RUSSIA. SOME ARE
CALLING FOR SOMETHING LIKE
FURTHER SANCTIONS. WHAT COULD
THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT MORE CAN
BE DONE HERE AND WHAT IS THAT
INVESTIGATION POTENTIALLY LEAD
TO.
>> YEAH, IT'S ADVANTAGE. I
JUST DIDN'T ANSWER FULL YOUR
QUESTION. RUSSIA IS DENYING
THIS. THEY'RE SAYING THAT
WHOLE SCENE IS STAGED, WHICH
WE KNOW IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE
AS FAR AS WHAT'S NEXT. WE KNOW
HERE IN EUROPE THAT THE EU IS
URGENTLY I DISCUSSING
SANCTIONS SAY WE'VE HEARD FROM
FRENCH PRESIDENT MATT COM. IT
SAYS THEY NEED TO TARGET
RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS MUCH
STRONGER. I THINK THEY'LL BE A
LOT OF DISCUSSION AS WE SAW IN
THE FIRST COUPLE ROUNDS OF
SANCTIONS. HOW FAR WILL
GERMANY GUY? THAT'S GOING TO
BE A BIG QUESTION. BUT THAT'S
WHEN THE INVESTIGATION THAT
GETS GOING AND THIS MAY BE A
TURNING POINT FOR THE WEST,
FOR EUROPE, FOR THE U.S. JUST
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING
ABOUT OVER THE WEEKEND. GUYS.
>> AND AFTER IMAGES LIKE THIS
HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO THE WORLD.
DOES THIS CHANGE THE
CALCULATION FOR THE U.S. FOR
NATO MILITARY INTERVENTION AS
FAR AS THE WAR CRIMES
INVESTIGATION. THAT'S A LONG
PROCESS IN EVIDENCE NEEDS TO
BE GATHERED. NOTHING. I GUESS
THAT THAT WE WON'T SEE THE
RESULTS OF THAT ANYTIME
IMMEDIATELY MOLLY, ALL WE HAVE
YOU. I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU
RECENTLY VISITED THE IMPORTANT
PORT CITY OF ODESSA TO SEE HOW
PREPARATIONS ARE GOING FOR A
POSSIBLE RUSSIAN ATTACK THERE
OVER THE WEEKEND.
>> WE SAW A RUSSIAN MISCHEL
MISSILE STRIKE A FUEL DEPOT
THERE. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THAT. AND ARE WE
SEEING THE START OF EVEN A
WIDER OFFENSIVE IN THAT CITY
IN THAT AREA.
>> VANCE IS THE LAST QUESTION
IS I DON'T THINK SO. WHEN YOU
TALK TO MILITARY AND YOU TALK
TO OUR UN CONTRIBUTORS WHO ARE
WATCHING TREATMENTS VARY
CAREFULLY RIGHT NOW IN ORDER
DEFICIT TO REALLY GET INTO THE
CROSS HAIRS OF A MAIN RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE RIGHT NOW. RUSSIANS
HAVE TO FREE UP TROOPS FROM
MARIUPOL. IS FREE OF RUSSIAN
WARSHIPS WHICH ARE IN THE SEA
THAT HAVE TO MAKE IT ALL THE
WAY BACK TO THE BLACK SEA,
WHICH IS DE SAYS SO I THINK
THESE ARE STRATEGIC AS SMALLER
STRIKES ON FUEL DEPOTS. IT'S
NOT THE FIRST STRIKES THAT
WE'VE SEEN ON CERTAINLY THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT THAT I'M LOOK
WILL BE WATCHING. WE'LL BE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT CITY
THIS WEEK. THAT IS THE CITY
YOU GUYS. IT IS FROM PREPARING
SINCE DAY ONE OF THE WAR. IT
LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
THEN LVIV THEY ARE HAVE
MILITARY CHECKPOINTS AT EVERY
INTERSECTION. THERE ARE
SANDBAGS AT EVERY BUILDING
PAST THIS CITY HAS FLED. THE
OTHER HALF IS DIGGING IN TO
FIGHT THE NAVY TELLS US THEY
HAVE MINED THE FAMOUS WHITE
SAND BEACHES. SO THEY ARE
READY FOR AN ATTACK, WHETHER
IT COMES IN THE AIR OR WHETHER
IT COMES FROM THE SEA. BUT I
THINK WE'LL STILL HAVE TO WAIT
A LITTLE WHILE LONGER BECAUSE
RUSSIA SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE THE
MANPOWER YET TO MOVE THAT FAR
WEST. ALL RIGHT. MOLLY HUNTER,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. POWER FOR
REPORTING ON SOMETHING.
BREAKING THIS MORNING.