POLITICAL PARTY.
LET’S HOPE WE THREE THE NEEDLE
AND HELP UKRAINE BUT AVOID
CIVIL WAR.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO HELP
US, JOEY JONES, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, RETIRED BOMB TECH.
JOEY, YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE
COUNTRY.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING.
>> LET’S GO AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE TALKED KYIV.
WHAT THE MAP SHOWS US IS THAT
THE RUSSIANS ARE TRYING TO CUT
KYIV OFF FROM THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY AND CONSTRICT IN ON THAT
CITY.
THE NUMBER ONE HIGH VALUE IS
THERE.
ZELENSKYY IS THERE.
UKRAINIAN’S GOVERNMENT IS THERE.
PUTIN SUGGESTS IF HE REPLACES
THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS IN HIS
INTEREST, I DON’T KNOW IF THAT
ENTIRELY TRUE.
AS FAR AS THE COUNTRY GOES,
REPORTING KHARKIV IS GETTING
HEAVILY SHELVED.
MARIUPOL HAS CEASE-FIRE BETTER
PART OF TODAY SO THEY CAN
EVACUATE CIVILIANS OUT.
OUTSIDE OF THAT HEAVY FIGHTING.
TROOPS FROM CRIMEA GOING FROM
BOTH DIRECTIONS HERE.
THERE IS CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO
COME THIS WAY TO TAKE ODESA.
WE EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE BACK HOME.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO CONTROL THE
ENTIRE COASTLINE TO CONTROL THE
COASTLINE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO CONTROL THE
PORT CITIES.
THAT IS WITH THEY’RE DOING,
GOING AFTER THEM STRATEGICALLY
TO ALLOW PORT CITIES FROM
GETTING SUPPLIES, REINFORCEMENTS
FROM NATO COUNTRIES THAT COME IN
THERE.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A TACTIC
THEY’RE FINDING SUCCESS WITH.
GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY,
GENERAL JACK KEANE HAS SAID, ONE
THING GENERAL KELLOGG HAS SAID.
OVER ALL THE OPTIONS VLADMIR
PUTIN HAD, HE TOOK THE MOST
COMPLICATED.
PETE: YEAH.
>> MOST RESOURCE INTENSIVE
OPTION ON THE TABLE WHICH IS A
FULL ASSAULT IN NO LIST THAN
FOUR PLACES.
PETE: USUALLY COMBINED ARMS
ASSAULT WOULD BE CONCENTRATED IN
ONE LOCATION TO OVERWHELM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
PETE: HE DID FOUR LOCATIONS.
AS A RESULT WE’RE HEARING
REPORTS IN KHARKIV OVERNIGHT,
UKRAINIAN FORCES MADE A MINOR
COUNTERATTACK ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE RUSSIAN BORDER.
MAYBE NOT STRATEGICALLY
SIGNIFICANT.
BUT RUSSIANS WERE NOT EXPECTING
ANYWHERE TO BE PUSHED BACK.
>> THERE IS A CITY WITH A
AIRBASE OUTSIDE OF KYIV, IT IS
GOING BACK AND FORTH.
THEY FOUGHT REAL HARD FOR THAT.
PETE: ABSOLUTELY.
LET’S GO TO THE LAST MAP.
YOU TALKED ABOUT EVACUATION FROM
MARIUPOL.
THIS IS WHERE THE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT IS.
>> THAT CAME UNDER RUSSIAN
CONTROL THIS CORRIDOR HAS
RUSSIAN PRESENCE.
THAT IS WHY THIS IS THE
CORRIDOR.
THEY IDENTIFIED PROBABLY A
DIRECT ROUTE.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST, JUST
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE TO
MOVE BUT THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT
JUST GOING TO LET THEM GO OUT
INTO KNOW WHERE NOT WHO ALL IS
LEAVING.
PETE: SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT.
WHEN YOU SEE CIVILIANS LEAVING
MARIUPOL.
THAT IS NOT OUT OF MERCY.
THAT IS OUT OF PREPARATION FOR
AND ALL-OUT ASSAULT.
>> ABSOLUTELY MEET MEET
UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS CARRYING
WEAPONS, MEN STAY BEHIND, THEY
CONTINUE TO BE MILITARY TARGETS.
THAT IS EVEN IF WOMEN AND
CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO EVACUATE
WHAT IS VERY DANGEROUS ROUTE.
>> YOU WERE ON THE COUCH TALKING
ABOUT VLADMIR PUTIN WILL DECIDE
THINGS ARE WHATEVER HE WANTS
THEM TO BE.
THAT IS HIS NATURE.
HOW HE DOES THIS.
BEING A FATE TOE COUNTRY NOW
YOU’RE PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR,
YOU’RE PROVIDING WEAPONS OR AIR
SUPPORT.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THAT AN INSURGENCY IS WHAT IS
BEING PROMOTED.
LIKE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAID,
CIVILIANS ARM YOURSELF.
THE REAL DANGER, YOU GET SO MANY
CIVILIANS GOING ON THIS PATH.
RUSSIANS DECIDE THERE IS A GUY
WITH AN AK.
WE CAN ATTACK HIM.
MAYBE WE DON’T WANT TO TAKE THE
ROUTE IDENTIFY BY THE RUSSIANS.
MAYBE THEY DISAPPEAR --
PETE: ESPECIALLY CEASE-FIRES ARE
FALLING APART.
ENERGY HAS BECOME A PRETTY KEY
PART OF THIS, WHO CONTROLS IT,
JOEY.
>> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE ENERGY
IS THE KEY PART, RIGHT?
OUR INABILITY TO MOVE AGAINST
RUSSIA IS TIED TO ENERGY.
EUROPE’S INABILITY TO MOVE
AGAINST RUSSIA IS TIED TO
ENERGY.
WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENERGY
IN UKRAINE WE HAVE KEY PLACES.
WE HAVE FOUR NUCLEAR SITES THAT
HOST 12 OR 15 REACTORS.
THIS IS THE LARGEST IN EUROPE
THIS IS CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA.
THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE WAS AT.
WE HAD A LOT OF REPORTING ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER.
THIS IS THE NEXT TARGET HERE.
OUR REPORTS ARE SAYING AS THEY
MOVE TOWARDS ODESA, THIS IS
PLACE THEY’RE CONCERNED.
PETE: THE LITTLE RED INLET IS
NOT AN ACCIDENT.
>> NOT BY ACCIDENT.
PETE: I WOULD REPORT THE DONBAS
REGION IS UNDER DISPUTE FOR
EIGHT YEARS, COAL.
>> COAL.
PETE: BETWEEN THIS, TWO NUCLEAR
REACTORS, RUSSIAN MILITARY
ADVANCE THIS IS IS THE LION’S
SHARE OF ENERGY RESOURCES.
>> WE HAVE LYVIV.
THERE IS NOT A RUSSIAN PRESENCE.
ALL THE BLACK DOTS ARE COAL
PLANTS.
THESE DOTS ARE ACTIVE NUCLEAR
ENERGY PRODUCTION.
THIS IS CHERNOBYL, NO LONGER
ACTIVE IN 2000.
MORE THAN 50% OF THE ENERGY
COMES FROM TWO SITES.
RUSSIA CONTROLS ONE.
ABOUT TO CAPTURE ANOTHER.
CONTROLLING ENERGY IS ABLE TO
TURN SWITCH ON AND OFF.
PETE: CONTROLLING ENERGY,