DOGS AND CATS AND IT WAS A
MIRACLE.
OKAY, OKAY.
WE ARE SISTERS.
>> I'M JOINED BY UKRAINIAN MPs.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU'RE IN KYIV RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT RUSSIANS STILL
SURROUNDING THE CITY, AIR
STRIKES HIT CIVILIAN AREAS THE
LAST 24 HOURS.
TAKE US THROUGH WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE KYIV
REGION WHERE FIGHTING IS
HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT.
KYIV WE HAD IN THE FIRST WEEK
PUSHED OUT ALL THE RUSSIANS FROM
THE CITY AND BASICALLY RUSSIANS
SINCE THAT TIME TRIED TO CUT OUR
SUPPLY LINES TO THE WEST AND
WESTERN BORDER.
THE POINT IS WE ARE BASICALLY
FOCUSED ON TRYING TO KEEP THOSE
CITIES ON THE ROAD TO THE WEST
OPEN AND I'M BASICALLY RETURNING
FROM ANOTHER ROUND OF
VISITATIONS TO THOSE MOST
EMBATTLED CITIES TRYING TO HELP
THEM IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE SO
THEY CAN CARRY ON THE BATTLE.
>> HOW IS THE GROUND OFFENSE
DOING IN URPINE, A CITY, A
SUBURB AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
WATCHING CLOSELY?
>> THE FACT THE RUSSIANS ARE
MOVING IN, DESTROYING THEIR
COLUMNS.
THEY MOVE AGAIN AND THEY TRY TO
SEIZE THAT CITY AS A GATEWAY TO
KYIV, AS A WAY TO PUT THE FORCES
AS CLOSE TO KYIV AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THEY ARE HOLDING STRONG AND
THE BATTLE THERE IS RAGING EVERY
SINGLE DAY AND IS ESSENTIALLY
ONE OF THE KEY HERO CITIES THAT
ARE A SYMBOL OF OUR DEFINES.ANCE
>> HOW ARE PEOPLE STANDING UP?
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE STILL SAYING?
>> WELL, MANY, MANY STILL REMAIN
TO TAKE UP THEIR ARMS, TO HAVE
THE MEANS TO BE USEFUL WHEN THE
TIME COMES TO DEFEND THEIR CITY
IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AS FAR AS THE POPULATION
GENERALLY, IT DEPENDS.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF HORROR
STORIES YOU HEAR.
I WAS JUST TODAY IN THE CITY
WHERE A RUSSIAN SHELL HAD HIT A
HOME OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT
KILLED BUT ALL OF THEM ARE NOW
IN THE HOSPITAL PARALYZED, SOME
OF THEM AND DESTROYED THE
LIVELIHOOD OF SO MANY.
AND BASICALLY PEOPLE LOST THEIR
HOMES AND MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED
BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO COME
BACK AND THEY ARE STAYING IN
THEIR TOWN TO KEEP OPERATIONS
POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEIR DOWN
ALIVE.
ALL KINDS OF HORROR STORIES ARE
HAPPENING AROUND US AND KYIV NOW
IS A CITY PREPARING FOR A BIG
BATTLE TO COME AND THEY WILL
STAY STRONG AND IT IS OUR
CAPITOL WE SHALL NOT GIVE UP.
>> WE OPENED TODAY WITH THE
BOMBING OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING
OR THE SHELLING OF AN APARTMENT
BUILDING IN KYIV.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA IS
INTENTIONALLY TARGETING THESE
CIVILIAN TARGETS TO TRY TO BRING
THE UKRAINIANS TO THEIR KNEES?
>> RUSSIA DOESN'T CARE.
IT WANTS TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY.
IT WANTS TO DO THAT BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY.
THAT'S WHY THE CIVILIAN
RESIDENCE BUILDINGS YOU'VE SEEN
IN MARIUPOL WERE DESTROYED AND
THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW IN THE
THOUSANDS, NOT TO MENTION THE
HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE
HAPPENING THERE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT
RUSSIANS ARE USING, THEY'RE
USING BOMBS, VACUUM BOMBS, THEY
ARE USING MEANS THAT ARE TRULY
UNHEARD OF IN WARFARE,
ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE AND IN THIS
CENTURY.
BUT RUSSIANS WILL DO ANYTHING
NECESSARY TO DESTROY OUR
COUNTRY.
>> YOU'RE THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF
PARLIAMENT IN UKRAINE.
WE'VE HEARD FROM YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY'RE ANGRY.
THEY SAW A FUTURE IN UKRAINE, A
FREE UKRAINE, A WESTERN UKRAINE.
THEY SEE IT BEING TAKEN AWAY.
YOU TWEETED "WE WERE BORN AN
INDEPENDENT UKRAINE AND WE WILL
DIE AN INDEPENDENT UKRAINE."
DO YOU THINK YOUNGER PEOPLE LIKE
YOURSELF -- THE ONLY WAY YOU'VE
EVER LIVED IS IN A FREE,
INDEPENDENT UKRAINE.
>> THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF OUR
STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TO FIND THAT WHICH WE
CAN DO TO -- FOR OUR COUNTRIES
TO HAVE BETTER CHANCES IN THIS
DAVID AND GOLIATH BATTLE
HAPPENING BETWEEN RUSSIA AND US.
WE KNEW ONLY THIS COUNTRY AND WE
KNOW IT'S FREEDOM, POTENTIAL,
FUTURE.
WE CANNOT GIVE UP ON IT BECAUSE
RUSSIA WANTS US TO.
WE SHALL BATTLE ON.
>> I HAVE TO ASK, ARE YOU PAYING
ANY ATTENTION TO THESE PEACE
NEGOTIATIONING GOING ON OUTSIDE
THE COUNTRY OR DO YOU STILL
BELIEVE YOU'RE IN A FIGHT?
>> WE BELIEVE IN ONE THING,
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS AND THESE
ARE VIOLATED BY RUSSIA EVERY
SINGLE DAY WITH CIVILIANS DYING.
AND AS FAR AS THE NEGOTIATION
WITH RUSSIA, WHAT THE -- WHAT IT
WANTS TO ACHIEVE THERE IS A
CAPITULATION.
AND WE SHALL BATTLE ON TO