VIDEOFROM A SEA DRONE ATTACKING
A RUSSIAN NAVY SHIP OPERATING IN
THE BLACK SEA.
A SOURCE TELLS CNN THE STRIKE
WAS A JOINT OPERATION BY
UKRAINIAN FORCES.
NICK PATON WALSH IS LIVE IN
ZAPORIZHZHIA WITH MORE.
WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS
ATTACK?
>> Reporter: AGAIN A SIGN OF
UNTHINKABLE FRANKLY HAPPENING TO
RUSSIAN TROOPS INSIDE OF RUSSIA.
A PORT ON THE BLACK SEA WHERE
YOU CAN SEE IN THESE IMAGES
HERE, A DRONE APPEARS TO SLOWLY
HE APPROACH THE SHIP.
AND A UKRAINIAN SOURCE SAYS IT
WAS HIT BY THIS DIVORCE THAT
CARRIED JUST SHORT OF HALF A
METRIC TON OF PAYLOAD.
AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 100 ON
BOARD WHEN THIS STRUCK.
SO THIS NOW COUPLED WITH THE
ATTACK ON THE KERCH BRIDGE WHICH
AGAIN BY UKRAINIAN DRONE AS
WELL, SHOWING THAT ALONG THE
BLACK SEA, A PLACE RUSSIA HAS
FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ITS NAVAL
FORCES, NOW DEEPLY VULNERABLE TO
AN ATTACK LIKE THIS.
AND REMINDER POSSIBLY THAT WHILE
RUSSIAN FORCES MAY BE HOLDING IN
SOME PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT
HERE AGAINST UKRAINE RENEWED
COUNTEROFFENSIVE PERHAPS SEEING
SOME PROGRESS IN THE EAST AS
WELL, REGARDLESS OF THAT,
UKRAINE IS USING NEW TYPES OF
TECHNOLOGY, DRONES LIKE THIS, TO
TARGET PARTS OF WHAT IT WOULD
THINK, MOSCOW WOULD THINK, WOULD
BE IMPREGNABLE FORCES.
AND WE ARE HEARING THAT THE SHIP
IS FUNCTIONING BACK TO NORMAL.
BUT THIS IS STARTLING
PARTICULARLY AFTER THE DRONE
ATTACKS ON MOSCOW AS WELL.
AGAIN A SIGN AS FROM PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY HAS BEEN SAYING THAT
THE WAR GRADUALLY RETURNING TO
RUSSIA TERRITORY.
>> APPRECIATE THE REPORTING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MEANWHILE, UKRAINE'S TAMPING
DOWN EXPECTATIONS AROUND ITS
COUNTEROFFENSIVE WHICH IS SLOW
DOWN TO A CRAWL BECAUSE OF
COMPLEX RUSSIAN DEFENSIVE LINES.
A TOP UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL SAYS
RECRUIT RUSSIANS OF LATE INSANE
AMOUNT OF LAND MINES, UP TO
FIVE PER SQUARE METER IN SOME
CASES.
HE ALSO SAYS UKRAINIANS ARE NOT
CLEARING THOSE MINES ON FOOT,
WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIDEO
TAKEN BY UKRAINIAN FORCES.
THE OFFICIAL AS THAT UKRAINIANS
ARE NOT PLACING ANY DEADLINES
TO BREAKTHROUGH SUCH HEAVILY
FORTIFIED AREAS.
MEANWHILE, KYIV SAYS RUSSIA IS
BRINGING MORE PADDLE READY
FORCES TO BAKHMUT TO, BATTLE
FURTHER THE EKE RAINY TO
OFFENSIVE.
THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO PUSH
BACK ALONG A FRONT LINE BUT
ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY THEY ARE NOT GETTING
ANYWHERE.
>> >> TRANSLATOR: FRONTLINE,
THE BATTLES ARE TOUGH.
THE OCCUPIERS ARE TRYING WITH
ALL THEIR MIGHT TO STOP OUR
GUYS.
THEIR SOULS ARE VERY FIERCE,
BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE ENEMY
DOES, IT IS UKRAINIAN FORCES
THAT DOMINATE.
>> THE U.S. TURNING UP THE
DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON RUSSIA
OVER ITS ATTACKS ON UKRAINE'S
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
RUSSIA MISSES IT BEEN POUNDING
UKRAINIAN COURT PORTS USED TO
FOOD SHIPMENTS SINCE, RUSSIA
PULLED OUT OF THE BLACK SEA
GRAIN DEAL.
BUT NOW THEY'VE CONDEMNED USING
THE USE OF FOOD AS A WEAPON OF.
MORRIS IS 91 WEAPON COUNTRIES
HAVE ALREADY SIGNED IT.
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
BLINKEN TELLING THE SECURITY
STATE THAT YOU HAD MEMBERS MUST
CINEMAS ITCH TO MOSCOW.
>> EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL,
EVERY MEMBER OF THE UNITED
NATIONS SHOULD TELL MOSCOW
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH USING THE BLACK SEA AS
BLACKMAIL.
ENOUGH TREATING THE WORLD'S
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AS
LEVERAGE.
ENOUGH OF THIS UNJUSTIFIED,