SO TYSON RAGGEDY ANN IS A
CORRESPONDENT WITH THE
WASHINGTON POST, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BE
SAFE.
I WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO UNISON,
A UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER.
SHE IS CURRENTLY HELPING
UKRAINIANS EVACUATE IN KYIV.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE?
>> I WAS MOVING INTO THIS TOWN
HELPING TO GET PEOPLE INTO THAT
TOWN.
THEIR ROUTE WAS EXTREMELY
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT,
BECAUSE OF THE MANY
CHECKPOINTS.
TOOK US TWO HOURS JUST TO BUY
GAS, WE COULDN'T BUY GAS FOR
THE CAR.
JUST NOW, WHEN WE MOVED OUT OF
THE GAS STATION WHERE AT THE
AIRPORT AND IT WAS JUST
BOMBARDED FROM THE AIR, FROM
RUSSIAN AVIATION.
NOW, WITH THIS, I SHOULD TAKE
THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A SAFE PLACE
ANYMORE.
SO, THIS IS RELATIVE NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT
BOMBS WILL GO DOWN.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT
OURSELVES, SOME PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED.
MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN THE
WESTERN DIRECTION.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BEDS, PEOPLE
ARE SCARED, THERE'S LOTS OF
CARS WITH CHILDREN AND THEM.
PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AWAY BECAUSE
THEY SEE THAT THEY CANNOT
PROTECT THEIR LOVED ONES FROM
THE BOMBS.
THAT'S WHY THEY'VE ISSUED THIS
NO FLY ZONE, AT LEAST ISSUING
THAT WE HAVE THE FIGHTER JETS
TO ENSURE THAT IT IS SO CRUCIAL
IT IS ACTUALLY A MATTER OF
SURVIVAL FOR ALL OF US NOW.
>> AND, YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING
FOR THAT, AND YOUR PRESIDENT
WAS MEETING MEMBERS OF THE U.S.
CONGRESS YESTERDAY TO ASK FOR
THAT.
AND, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
STARTING TO --
I JUST SPOKE TO THE LIEUTENANT
COLONEL ALEXANDER VINDMAN, WHO
SAID THINGS THAT SEEMED
IMPOSSIBLE TO WEEKS AGO SEEM
IMPERATIVE TODAY.
AND, THINGS THAT SEEMED
IMPOSSIBLE TODAY WILL SEEM
POSSIBLE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
BUT, CAN YOU SURVIVE?
CAN YOU CONTINUE THE RESISTANCE
WITH ADDED SUPPORT, ADDED
MILITARY SUPPORT FROM WESTERN
COUNTRIES, FROM NATO, FROM THE
EU, THINGS LIKE STINGER
MISSILES, AND JAVELINS?
>> TRULY NOT.
SO, THE WEST NEEDS TO KNOW THAT
UKRAINE WILL FALL IN CASE WE
ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH SUPPORT.
AND IF UKRAINE FALLS, THAT IS
AGAIN IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
IF UKRAINE FALLS, THEN RUSSIA
WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BORDER
OF POLAND.
THEY ALSO SAY THEY WANT TO
INVITE PAUL OWED TO NATO.
THEY WILL INVADE PULL.
AND SO, NOW WE ARE ASKING THEM
TO INTERVENE ON OUR TERRITORY.
WE ARE RISKING OUR TERRITORY.
WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEM
ANYWAY.
LET'S TRY TO SAVE SOME OF THOSE
LIVES, ESPECIALLY THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST
PAINFUL FOR ME TO SEE.
JUST FROM THIS MORNING, I KNOW
THREE CONFIRMED DEATHS OF
CHILDREN.
AT THE BORDER STATE, WHERE THEY
BOMBARDED RESIDENTIAL AREAS,
THERE WERE VICTIMS THAT WERE
CHILDREN.
LIKE, ONE CHILD ENDED UP, WHO
WAS THROWN OUT --
THAT THREE YEAR OLD JUST
DOESN'T HAVE A THREE --
A LEG ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE
RUSSIAN BOMBS.
THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOTING AT
PEOPLE TO EVACUATE, WHICH HAS
JUST BEEN REPORTED.
THEY STARTED SHOOTING AT PEOPLE
WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THE
CHILDREN OUT OF THAT TOWN.
THOSE ARE COOL PEOPLE.
THIS IS AN EVIL EMPIRE.
AND, WE REALLY NEEDED TO FIGHT
BACK.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, --
WE HAVE SEEN HOW CONFIDENTLY
THE ARMY IS DOING ON THE
GROUND.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR
CIVILIANS FROM A BOMBS FALLING
ON THE HEADS.
THAT'S ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR.
WE ARE DOING WELL ON THE
GROUND.
WE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO PUSH
THEM FROM KHARKIV.
WE MANAGED TO TAKE SOME OF THE
RUSSIAN TANKS AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT.
BUT, WE NEED TO PROTECT
OURSELVES.
SO, THESE ARE THE FIGHTER JETS.
WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO FLY
THOSE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO
THAT WITHOUT DIRECT INVOLVEMENT
FROM NATO.
AT LEAST THE FIGHTER JETS ARE
SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY,
REALLY HELP US SAVE THE LIGHT,
SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE FIGHT ON
THE GROUND, AND ACTUALLY WIN
THIS.
>> HE, NOW WE SPOKE, I THINK IT
WAS MONDAY OR SOMETHING.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO.
YOU TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT HOW
YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER HAD
DRIVEN TO THE WEST OF PAUL AND.
AND THEN, YOUR MOTHER CALLED
YOU TO SAY THAT YOUR FATHER WAS
COMING BACK TO KYIV.
YOU ASK HIM, WHY IS HE COMING
BACK?
HE SAYS HE'S COMING BACK TO
FIGHT.
HE'S GOT SOME MILITARY
TRAINING.
YOUR FATHER HAS A DIFFICULTY
WALKING.
AND HE TOLD YOU, IF I CAN'T
WALK, I WILL CRAWL.
THAT'S THE KIND OF SPIRIT WE
ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE.
ARE YOU STILL SEEING THAT KIND
OF THING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DECIDED TO STAY OR RETURN
AND FIGHT?
>> SO MUCH.
IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING BIGGER.
BECAUSE, WHEN UKRAINIANS SEE
HOW CRUEL THE RUSSIANS ARE,
WITH THEM SEEING HOW THEY ARE
TREATING UKRAINIAN CHILDREN.
WHEN UKRAINIANS SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO MY NATIVE CITY
KHARKIV, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN
SHELLED FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS.
MARIUPOL, PEOPLE ARE SITTING
THERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY,
WITHOUT HEATING.
THERE WAS A CHILD WHO DIED OF
PNEUMONIA, A 40 DAY OLD CHILD
WHO DIED OF.
THAT UKRAINIANS ARE SEEING
THAT.
IF THEY ARE, LIKE WE HAVE TO
STAY AND FIGHT.
SO, WE ARE HAVING THE SPIRIT.
MY DAD, YEAH, HE IS WITH THE
DEFENSE.
WE HAVE HAD VERY SPORADIC
CONTACT WITH HIM.
HE IS IN THE AREA WHERE INTENSE
FIGHTING IS TAKING PLACE.
WE ARE EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT
HIM, JUST AS I AM ABOUT MY
BOYFRIEND, JUSTIN I AM ABOUT
THE SAFETY OF ALL THE PEOPLE
HERE IN UKRAINE.
THIS IS AN EXTREME PEOPLE
COMING TO OUR LAND.
THEY ARE NOT JUST FIGHTING
AGAINST UKRAINIANS.
THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE
VERY IDEA OF HUMANITY AND
RESPECT FOR HUMAN DECENCY.
SO, WE ARE STANDING UP.
THE RESISTANCE IS EVEN BIGGER.
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO
THE STREETS TO PROTEST AND
SOUTHERN TOWNS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY THE
RUSSIANS ON THE FIRST DAY OF
INVASION.
JUST TODAY IN THE MORNING, THIS
RELATIVELY SMALL TOWN, VERY
SOUTH OF UKRAINE, VERY CLOSE TO
UKRAINE HERE, RUSSIA HAVE TAKEN
OVER.
IT WAS REALLY CLOSE TO CRIMEA.
THEY WANTED TO PROTECT.
2000 PEOPLE WENT TO PROTECT
THAT POINT.
PEOPLE LET IT GO TO PROTEST,
AND TO SAY THEY WANT AN
INDEPENDENT UKRAINE.
THE RESILIENCE IS ACTUALLY
GROWING.
BUT ALSO, THE FEAR FOR THE
LIVES OF OUR LOVED ONES IS GROWING AS WELL.
GROWING AS WELL.
You gotta refresh to be
S OF OUR LOVED ONES IS
GR>> YEAH, WELL WE PRAY FOR YOUR
BOYFRIEND AND YOUR FATHER, AND
FOR YOUR SAFETY.
THIS IS AN UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT
MEMBER, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
TAKING THE TIME.
WE KNOW YOU ARE IN THE MIDST OF