IT’S RIGHT THERE AT THE MOMENT.
ASHLEY: RIGHT.
STUART: THANKS, ASH.
RUSSIAN FORCES CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE ON BIG CITIES IN
UKRAINE.
BILL HEMMER IS WITH ME.
WHERE ARE THE TROOPS -- YOU’RE
THE MAP GUY.
SO TELL US THE MILITARY
CONFIGURATION RIGHT NOW.
>> I THINK THERE ARE TWO STORIES
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE
RUSSIAN ARMY.
ONE’S IN THE SOUTH AND ONE’S IN
THE NORTH, FRANKLY.
AND IN THE SOUTH YOU HAVE SEEN A
RUSSIAN BASE THAT’S BEEN WELL
ESTABLISHED GOING BACK EIGHT
YEARS IN CRIMEA, SINCE 2014,
STUART.
AND THAW BASICALLY CAME INTO THE
SOUTHERN PART OF UKRAINE
UNIMPEDED.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT ON THE
SCREEN HERE YOU SEE THE RUSSIAN
ARMY, EVERYTHING IN RED.
THE AREA WE THINK THEY’VE GONE
INTO AND BEEN ABLE TO HOLD.
WHILED YOU BE ABLE TO COME OUT
OF A SMALL LITTLE PENINSULA AT
THE BOTTOM?
THE UKRAINIAN ARMY, FOR THE MOST
PART, HAS BEEN DUG IN GETTING
READY FOR THIS LAND WAR IN SOUTH
EASTERN UKRAINE.
THEY’RE TRYING TO HOLD THAT
TERRITORY AND KEEP IT AWAY FROM
THE RUSSIAN ARMY THAT INVADED
THAT SPOT AS WELL EIGHT YEARS
AGO.
STUART: FORGIVE ME FOR
INTERRUPTING.
CAN YOU JUST PUT THAT BIG MAP ON
AGAIN --
>> BACK IT UP A FEW?
STUART: THE BIG PICTURE OF
UKRAINE.
>> GO.
STUART: THE RED PART ARE WHERE
THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE.
THEY HAVEN’T MADE MUCH HEADWAY
WHAT.
>> GREAT POINT.
DAY NINE IS TODAY, AND I
DESCRIBE THIS AS SLOW, STEADY
AND DELIBERATE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
THEY HAVE BEEN LARGELY
SUCCESSFUL MOVING IN THE SOUTH.
IN THE NORTH IT’S A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY, AND THERE IS
SOME GREAT REPORTING NOW,
STUART, THAT CAN CONFIRM HOW THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARY FOUGHT BACK
AND ALSO CAN CONFIRM HOW THE
AMOUNT OF MUNITIONS ON BEHALF OF
WESTERN COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE
UNITED STATES, THE AMOUNT OF
EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE GIVEN
THEM HAS BEEN USED EFFECTIVELY
TO STOP THE RUSSIAN ARMY WHERE
IT IS AT THE MOMENT.
HERE’S THE PROBLEM.
AT SOME POINT THEY’RE GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD.
AT SOME POINT THEY’RE GOING TO
BRING IN RESERVES.
AT SOME POINT THEY’RE GOING TO
BE FINISHED WITH BOMBING EVERY
TOWN IN THAT AREA MARKED IN RED
ON THE MAP YOU SEE THAT THEY’VE
ALREADY CONQUERED.
AND THIS VIDEO IS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATING.
THEY’RE GOING TO TRY AND CUT OFF
THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE
UKRAINIAN ARMY COULD COME IN
FROM BEHIND AND ATTACK THEM ONCE
THEY GO IN AND SURROUND KYIV.
AND THAT’S THE BELIEVED STRATEGY
AT THE MOMENT.
YOU LOOK AT KHARKIV IN THE
NORTHEAST, STUART, IT’S LARGELY
RUSSIAN-SPEAKING, 1.5 MILLION
PEOPLE.
THAT TOWN HAS BEEN SURROUNDED
FOR A WEEK, AND THEY’RE GETTING,
THEY’RE GETTING KNOCKED EVERY
SINGLE DAY, 4/7.
24/7.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE LEFT, BUT
THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL THERE AS
WELL.
THIS IS THE CAPITAL CITY, KYIV,
TO THE NORTHWEST THERE.
YOU SEE THAT AIR BASE?
THAT’S THE MAIN AIRPORT.
AND NOW IT LOOKS AS IF NINE DAYS
AGO THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY KNEW
THE RUSSIANS WERE COMING, THEY
MET THEM AT THE AIRPORT.
TERRIFIC REPORTING IN THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" ABOUT HOW THIS
BATTLE WAS MET, AND THE RUSSIANS
SAW THAT RESISTANCE, AND THEY
PULLED BACK.
AND THAT IS HELPING US
UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CONVOY WOULD
BE STUCK AT THE MOMENT WHERE IT
IS AND WHY THAT RED AREA OF THE
SCREEN THAT YOU SAW HAS NOT
ADVANCED.
THAT’S A REFUGEE MAP FROM A
MOMENT AGO, A MILLION PEOPLE
LEAVING.
STUART: THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THEY’RE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING
SENDING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO
POLAND TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH
UKRAINE.
YOUR OPINION ON THAT?
>> I THINK THE POLES WOULD
APPRECIATE ANY HELP THEY CAN GET
WHETHER IT’S KAMALA HARRIS OR
JOE BIDEN.
I’M SURE --
STUART: WHY HAS SHE BEEN GIVEN
THAT JOB?
IT’S A VERY DIFFICULT JOB.
>> I WOULD AGREE.
LISTEN, I SAW THE SOUND BITE SHE
HAD THE OTHER DAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEWHAT
UNFAIR.
THE INTERVIEWER EXPLAINED IN A
VERY SIMPLE WAY WHAT WAS GOING
ON, AND SHE SAID, WELL,
UKRAINE’S A SMALL COUNTRY,
RUSSIA’S A BIG COUNTRY.
IT’S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN
THAT, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
GIVEN A DIFFERENT TONE BECAUSE
HOW SHE DESCRIBED IT THAT RUSSIA
WENT INTO UKRAINE, AND THAT’S
WRONG.
WELL, IT’S NOT ONLY WRONG, BUT
WE’RE STARTING TO SEE WAR
CRIMES, STUART, PLAY OUT IN
UKRAINE.
AND I -- THERE’S NO DENYING
THIS.
WHEN YOU GO AFTER A NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT, WHEN YOU GO, WHEN
YOU BOMB INDISCRIMINATELY THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS I’M DESCRIBING TO
YOU IN THAT THAT RED AREA IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO,
STUART.
THE MISSILE FALLS, THE CAMERA’S
OUT THERE IN THE STREET, THERE’S
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE, AND
THERE’S A HANDFUL OF WOMEN
WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN TEARS
AND THE CAMERA PANS TO THE
GROUND, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL
CIVILIANS.
THESE ARE NOT SOLDIERS, THESE
ARE CIVILIANS, AND THEY’RE DEAD,
AND THEY’RE DISMEMBERED.
THAT’S ONLY ONE PIECE OF IT THAT
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
WOULD BE LOOKING AT AT THE
HAGUE.
STUART: WHO’ -- WHO KNOWS WHAT’S