DISOBEY HIM SO WHAT HAS RUSSIA
TAKEN AND WHAT ARE THEY I NEXT?
HERE WITH ME NOW, AMERICA’S
NEWSROOM ANCHOR, BILL HAMMER AND
THE BILLBOARD.
TELL ME WHAT’S GOING ON IN
UKRAINE.
>> WE -- SAW ME ANYTIME,
WHATEVER RUSSIANS YOU HAVE, WILL
SORT OUT WHAT WE THINK IN THE
RUSSIAN MILITARY THE PAST 24
HOURS.
LOOKING THROUGH STOP A BIT, DATA POINTS AND DIFFERENT REPORTS TO
POINTS AND DIFFERENT REPORTS TO
PUT A STORY TOGETHER HERE.
WELL, WHAT I WOULD BEGIN WITH
HIS CRIMEA.
THIS IS AN AREA THEY TOOK IN
2014, THEY’VE ESTABLISHED
MILITARY BASE, IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY HAD LITTLE RESISTANCE OUT
OF CRIMEA EIGHT DAYS AGO, WHERE
DID THEY GO?
POLL WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE
TARGET.
WHY IS THAT?
A CITY OF ABOUT 100,000 RUSSIANS
SPEAKING.
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAD THIS ON HIS
BULL’S-EYE FOR EIGHT YEARS, WHY?
IT’S BECAUSE THE UKRAINIANS
ALONG TO THIS DURING THE WAR OF
CRIMEA AND EASTERN UKRAINE EIGHT
YEARS AGO.
THIS HAS BEEN SHELVED FOR ABOUT
THREE DAYS NOW.
FIRST THE WATER AND PLANT AS
WELL AND THE IMAGES OUT OF THE,
YOU WILL SEE SOME STUFF SIMILAR
TO WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IN THE
NORTH SHALL ABOUT BUILDINGS AND
TREES INCINERATED ON THE SIDES
OF THE ROAD, THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENED.
ONCE THE OBJECTIVE?
I’LL TAKE YOU UP AT HER -- I THINK THIS IS THE STORY OF THE
THINK THIS IS THE STORY OF THE
DAY, SEVEN UKRAINE, I EXPLAINED
CRIMEA, ALL HERE, APPARENTLY A
PUSH TO THE WEST AS WELL, THIS
ACCOUNT HERE IS ABOUT 300,000,
MOSTLY RUSSIAN SPEAKING,
UKRAINIANS AS WELL.
THIS COMES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE DNIEPER RIVER AT THE MOUTH
OF THE RIVER, IF YOU CAN CHOKE
OFF THIS RIVER AVENUE HERE AND
TAKE CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE BLACK
SEA, YOU CREATED YOURSELF AN
ENTIRELY NEW ENTRY INTO THIS WAR
FOR THE RUSSIAN MILITARY.
WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OVER THAT
WERE AFTER THAT?
ABOUT ONE MANY PEOPLE, WE ARE
TOLD THAT IS THE NEXT TARGET,
DIFFICULT TO CONFIRM RIGHT NOW
BUT WHAT MAKES SENSE IF YOU WANT
TO OCCUPY THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTRY.
TAKE YOU UP TO THE NORTH, THIS
IS WHAT WE ARE PICKING UP RIGHT
NOW WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING,
ACCORDING TO SENIOR DEFENSE
OFFICIALS AND MOVEMENT ON THE
GROUND, THEY BELIEVE IN LARGE
PART THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
INSTALLED IN THE NORTH AND RISE
THAT?
THEY ARE MAKING SUCH ADVANCES UP
UNTIL ABOUT SATURDAY OR SUNDAY
YOU COULD ARGUE AND REPORTS
ABOUT FINGERPRINTING MILITARY
FIGHTING BACK IS TO BE THE LINE
HELD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
WHETHER THIS CHANGES TOMORROW OR
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE CAN’T SAY
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE AS FAR AS
I’VE GOTTEN TOWARD THE CITY OF
KYIV.
COME FORWARD HERE, HERE IS THE
CITY AND AIRBASE AND YOU HEAR
ABOUT THIS CONVOY, THE CONVOY
HAS NOT MOVED IN FAIR TEN
DIFFERENT THEORIES OF WHY, NOT
ONE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THIS RUNS
UP A ROAD HERE, ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTH AND WEST A LITTLE BIT,
IT’S SITTING THERE, STACKED TWO
AND THREE ACROSS.
IF THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A MOVE
ON KYIV, THE CAPITOL CITY, FOR
THINKING THAT THEY WOULD
SURROUND THE TOWN AND ALL
LIKELIHOOD, IT WOULD POUND THE
LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF WHAT’S
LEFT OF THE 3 MILLION PEOPLE WHO
OCCUPIED THE CITY SO WE WILL
WATCH THAT AND SEE WHAT COMES OF
IT.
HERE IS CAR KEY FROM A
1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHEAST --.
KENNEDY: THE SECOND BIGGEST CITY
AND STILL IN UKRAINE ENHANCED.
>> YES AND ABOUT 20 MILES ACROSS
FROM RUSSIA, FOR LACK OF A
BETTER PHRASE, SEEMS LIKE A EASY
TARGET FOR RUSSIAN MILITARY
BECAUSE I SET UP MILITARY CAMPS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER
PREPARED TO GO IN.
IF YOU LOOK AT CAR KEYS ON
GOOGLE MAPS, THE THINK THAT THEY
WILL RING THE CITY, NOT EXACTLY
A CIRCLE BUT CLOSE TO IT AND
THAT’S WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
FOR THE CITY HAS NOT FALLEN YET.
THE ONLY CITY WE BELIEVE THE
RUSSIAN MILITARY HAS TAKEN --
HERE YOU ARE, HERE IN THIS HOUSE
KENNEDY: WE HEARD BACK TODAY
FROM ODESSA IS THE BIG ONE
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHOKE
UKRAINE OFF FROM IMPORTS FROM
THE BLACK SEEK SO THAT’S WHERE
THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS, WHERE
THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IS DONE
AND HOW THE COUNTRY IS SURVIVED
AND THRIVED SO RUSSIA WANTS TO
CUT THEM OFF THEIR PRODUCT HER
TO KNOW WHO’S PROPAGANDA TO
BELIEVE BECAUSE RUSSIA LAYS OUT
FROM A THEY’VE GOT ADVANCES,
VICTORIES, DEMORALIZING UKRAINE
AND IF YOU LISTEN TO ZELENSKYY,
HE’S TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY
ALSO TOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT
SMALLER ACTS OF BRAVERY AND
HEROISM THAT MIGHT BE RUSSIAN
ARMY.
>> AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO
HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE
MIDDLE OF ALL OF US, ALL THE
WESTERN REPORTERS TAKEN INTO THE
ROOM AND HE CHOSE TO SPEAK IN
UKRAINIAN TO MAKE SURE HIS OWN
PEOPLE WERE HEARING HIM.
THE REFUGEE CRISIS HERE AS OF
TODAY, IT’S OVER 1 MILLION
PEOPLE AND THAT WILL ONLY GO
HIGHER AND PERHAPS UNFORTUNATE
PERHAPS MUCH HIGHER SPEED TO PUT
DOESN’T CARE BUT LUCKILY
HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, THEY DO CARE
AND THEY THINK RUSSIA IS A BUNCH
OF BIG DUMB JERKS IF THEY ARE
GOING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN HELP