ONCE AGAIN, UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ARE IN THE CENTER OF KHERSON
CITY AFTER RUSSIAN TROOPS RETREATED.
UKRAINIAN FORCES APPARENTLY ENCOUNTERED LITTLE TO NO
RESISTANCE. THAT IS ACCORDING TO SOCIAL
MEDIA IMAGES AND RESIDENTS OF CARSON CITY.
THEY HAVE TURNED OUT IN DROVES WELCOMING THEIR TROOPS AND
WRAPPING THEMSELVES IN UKRAINIAN FLAGS AS YOU CAN SEE.
THE DEFENSE MINISTER SEES ITS FORCES AND EQUIPMENT HAVE
WITHDRAWN FROM THE WEST BANK OF THE NEW PRO RIVER AND A CURSE
ON REGION. THAT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE
BIGGEST SETBACKS IN MOSCOW SINCE THE START OF IT'S ILLEGAL
WAR IN UKRAINE. MORE CONTEXT NOW, MARK IS HERE,
FORMER COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY AND 7TH ARMY.
GENERAL, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE AT THIS MOMENT, HOW PIVOTAL IS THIS FOR UKRAINE
AND OF COURSE FOR RUSSIA TO? >> WELL, IF I MAY, YOU
MENTIONED HOW IT WAS AN EASY FIGHT.
IT WAS AN EASY FIGHT YESTERDAY. BUT THE UKRAINIAN ARMY HAS BEEN
UNBELIEVABLY HEARTENED BY THIS FIGHT WHICH THEY STARTED IN THE
COURSE ON REGION, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 6-8 WEEKS AGO.
THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ON 2 FRONTS WHICH HAVE COMPLEMENTED
EACH OTHER, BOTH IN PEIRSON BUT ALSO IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTRY.
NEAR THE DONETSK REGION. THEY HAVE BEEN BRILLIANT IN
TERMS OF THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN AND THEIR CONDUCT OF THE EVENTS
THAT HAVE LED UP TO THIS PUSHING RUSSIAN FORCES TO THE
EASTERN BANK OF THE DNIEPER RIVER.
IT WAS CERTAINLY A VICTORIOUS DAY YESTERDAY AS THEY WENT INTO
THE CITY OF COURSE ON. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THAT
WERE CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE A RUSE OR A TRAP BY THE RUSSIAN
FORCES. IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT.
NOW THEY EVERY OCCUPIED THE ENTIRE AREA OF KURSON, WHICH
MEANS THERE IS A BETTER CONTROL OVER CLIMATE THAT WILL HARM THE
RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO FIGHT IN MIKEL OF AND SEVERAL OF THE
PLACES. IT IS ALSO JUST A DAMNING
DEFEAT FOR THE RUSSIAN ARMY. IT IS NOT OVER YET.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST
CONCERN AT THIS MOMENT, THE RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ARE SAYING WE
HAVE TAKEN ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT. ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS HAVE LEFT,
THERE IS CONCERN FROM THE UKRAINIAN SIDE THAT THERE COULD
BEAT MILITARY FORCES BUT SIMPLY WEARING PLAIN CLOTHES SO
THEY'RE NOT RECOGNIZABLE. THERE'S STILL THE THREAT OF
MISSILE FIRE INTO THE REGION. WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST CONCERN
FOR UKRAINIANS, FOR CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS?
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY RUSSIAN
FORCES LEFT ON THE WESTERN BANK OF THE D BRO.
THEY MAY BE CAMOUFLAGING THEMSELVES IN CIVILIAN UNIFORM.
THERE IS ALREADY BEEN SEVERAL HUNDREDS CAPTURED THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT IN CIVILIAN UNIFORM, SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE IS
A COMPLETION OF THE OFFENSIVE OPERATION BY UKRAINE.
THEY'RE RAPIDLY GOING TO GO ON THE DEFENSE, ON THAT WESTERN
BANK. THERE WILL BE SOME RUSSIANS
THAT WOULD BE TAKEN PRISONER. TRUTHFULLY, I THINK IT'S GONNA
BE IN THE THOUSANDS RATHER THAN THE HUNDREDS THAT RUSSIANS LEFT
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DNIEPER RIVER.
UKRAINE WILL PROVE THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF THEIR HUMANITARIAN
TREATMENT OF THESE RUSSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR.
BUT THEN, UKRAINIAN FORCES WILL BE FACING, HOW DO THEY GET
ACROSS THE DNIEPER IVAR AND CONTINUE THEIR ASSAULT ON
RUSSIAN FORCES. THAT RIVER LOOKS LIKE A VERY
NARROW RIVER ON ANY MAP THAT YOU'VE SEEN.
BUT THERE ARE PLACES IN THAT RIVER OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL
CITY OF COURSE ON WHERE THAT IS OVER A MILE WIDE.
IT ALMOST BECOMES AN OBVIOUS ASSAULT.
THINK D-DAY OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN FACT THE
RUSSIANS BLEW BRIDGES BEHIND THEM.
THE QUEEN'S BLUE BRIDGES TO PREVENT THE RUSSIANS FROM
ESCAPING, SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GREAT WAYS TO GET
ACROSS THAT RIVER FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES.
IN SOME CASES, IT IS OVER A MILE WIDE.
>> THERE HE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS.
THAT IS JUST A FEW OF THEM, GENERAL, WE ALSO HEARD, I
SHOULD PUT ULTRA VIEWERS, OFFICIALLY NOW FROM PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, HE SAID CARSON'S HOURS.
A HUGE MOMENT FOR HIM AS WELL IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE AND
TO THE FORCES. SPEAKING OF FORCES, IT IS
VETERANS DAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU GENERAL, MARK, FOR YOUR
SERVICE AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE PROVIDED SERVICE ALL OF THE
WORLD'S. TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR WORK WITH
THE AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD MONUMENTS COMMISSION.
I BELIEVE THIS IS IN TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SENT
ABROAD, U.S. TROOPS ABROAD. >> YES JULIA, THE AMERICAN
COMMISSION, WE CALL IT A TMZ, MAINTAINS 26 AMERICANS
CEMETERIES ALL OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
YOUR INTERNATIONAL VIEWERS ARE PROBABLY CLOSE TO ONE OF OUR
CEMETERIES, SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE, INDONESIA, NORTH AFRICA, IN
ASIA. THESE ARE PLACES THAT THE
AMERICANS, WE DON'T WANT TO OCCUPY ANY GROUND, BUT WE WOULD
ASK THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GIVE US GROUND TO BURY OUR
DEAD. THERE ARE OVER 150,000 U.S.
MILITARY BURIED IN THESE FOREIGN CEMETERIES AROUND THE
WORLD. IT IS A TESTIMONY TO THE UNITED
STATES THAT WE CARE FOR THESE CEMETERIES WITH THE UTMOST
EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO
VISIT, THEY NOT ONLY HAVE GREAT FOR REMEMBRANCE, BUT THEY ALSO
HAVE GREAT ARCHITECTURE, GREAT GROUND, BUT I WOULD ASK ANY OF
YOUR LISTENERS TODAY TO PERHAPS, IF THERE IS ONE OF THESE GUYS
NEARBY, TO VISIT AND YOU SEE THE BEAUTY OF THE SIGHTS AND
HOW THAT UNITED STATES ROOM FOR THE SOLDIERS.
GREAT HAVE YOU WITH US, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
GENERAL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. >> ALWAYS A PLEASURE, THANK
YOU.