>>> THAT DOES IT FOR US.
JOY REID IS UP NEXT.
>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
WE BEGIN "THE REIDOUT" 12 DAYS
INTO PUTIN'S GASLY WAR AGAINST
UKRAINE.
IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE
SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
THE U.N. SAYS 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE
FLED UKRAINE SINCE THE FIRST
SHOTS WERE FIRED THERE.
THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE
CONFIRMED MORE THAN 400 CIVILIAN
DEATHS INCLUDING 27 CHILDREN
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF PUTIN'S
INVASION BUT SUGGESTED THE REAL
NUMBERS ARE HIGHER.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THEY ARE
COLLECTING EVIDENCE OF WAR
CRIMES IN VIOLATION OF
HUMANITARIAN LAWS.
A U.S. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL
SAID RUSSIA MOVED NEARLY 100% OF
THE FORCES AMASSED AROUND
UKRAINE INTO THE COUNTRY.
WITH RUSSIAN TROOPS TRYING TO
ENCIRCLED SOUTHERN CITY OF
MARIUPOL IN VIOLATION OF THE
SEIZE FIRES MEANT TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO EVACUATE, ATTEMPTS TO
EVACUATE CIVILIANS WERE HALTED
AS THE RED CROSS SAYS AN
ESTIMATED 200,000 ARE TRYING TO
FLEE THE CITY.
OUTSIDE OF KYIV, AROUND 2,000
PEOPLE EVACUATED SAFELY TODAY
AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT
HEAT OR HOT WATER FOR DAYS AND
UNDER HEAVY FIRE AS RUSSIAN
FORCES ADVANCE ON THE CAPITAL.
OVER THE WEEKEND END, RUSSIA
CONTINUED THE SHELLING.
EIGHT CIVILIANS WERE KILLED.
A U.N. SECURITY COUNSEL MEETING
TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION, U.S.
AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS GREEN
FIELD CALLED ON RUSSIA TO HONOR
PROPOSALS FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
>> THE HUMANITARIAN TOLL ON
PRESIDENT PUTIN'S WAR IS
MOUNTING.
CHILDREN ARE DYING.
PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THEIR HOMES.
FOR WHAT?
IT'S CLEAR MR. PUTIN HAS A PLAN
TO DESTROY AND TERRORIZE
UKRAINE.
>> EARLIER TODAY, RUSSIA PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW
FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW
PEOPLE FROM KYIV, KHARKIV,
MARIUPOL TO EVACUATE BUT ONLY
INTO BELARUS AND RUSSIA CLAIMED
THE MOVE CAME AT THE REQUEST OF
EMANUEL MACRON THAT CALLED
RUSSIA'S PLAN HYPOCRISY.
MEANWHILE, TODAY UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY
PREZ
PRESSED FOR MORE SANCTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA INCLUDING
BOYCOTTING RUSSIAN OIL.
>> Translator: WHAT IS NEEDED IS
A BOYCOTT OF RUSSIAN EXPERTS,
THE REJECTION OF OIL AND OIL
PRICES FROM RUSSIA.
IT CAN BE CALLED AN EMBARGO OR
REFUSAL.
WHEN YOU REFUSE TO GIVE MONEY TO
TERRORISTS.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO COMPLY
WITH CIVIL VISEIZED RULES THEY
SHOULDN'T RECEIVE GOODS EITHER,
LET THE WAR FEED THEM.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE
LEADERS OF FRANCE, GERMANY AND
UNITED KINGDOM HELD A CALL TO
CONTINUE RAISING THE COST ON
RUSSIA AND TONIGHT A STILL
DEFIANT PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY
RELEASED YET ANOTHER VIDEO
SHOWING HE'S NOT LEFT UKRAINE'S
CAPITAL CITY AND PRAISING THE
FIERCE UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE.
JOINING ME NOW, NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT CAL PERRY IN LVIV
AND MATT BRADLEY LIVE IN
UKRAINE.
LET'S GO IN REVERSE ORDER, MATT.
WHAT IS THE STATUS IN RIVNA AND
PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT OR GET
THROUGH THERE TO GET OUT?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
SEEING A LOT OF REFUGEES OR
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE.
WE'RE SEEING A CITY GUARDING FOR
WAR.
IF BELLA RUSSIA COMES INVOLVED,
THEY COULD BRING THEIR TROOPS
RIGHT HERE RIGHT OVER THIS AREA
AND THAT'S THE REAL THREAT.
THIS PLACE HASN'T SEEN A WHOLE
LOT OF BOMBARDMENT BUT THERE IS
A LOT OF WORRIES HERE.
I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR AND HE
RETREATED THAT CALL FOR A NO FLY
ZONE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE,
EVEN ORDINARY PEOPLE I'M TALKING
TO ON THE STREET, THIS ISN'T
SOME THEORY STRATEGIC CONCEPT,
REGULAR PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING
WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT I'M AN
AMERICAN, DEPENDING THAT THERE
BE A NO FLY ZONE.
THERE IS A REASON WHY THAT'S SO
DIFFICULT TO IMPOSE, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST HAVE A
HOST OF REPERCUSSIONS.
IT WOULD BE A MASSIVE ESCALATION
AND NATO MADE IT CLEAR THAT
DOING THAT WOULD REALLY MEAN
PUTTING U.S. MILITARY SERVICE
PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE FRONT LINES
IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH MOSCOW
AND THAT WOULD MEAN A MAJOR
ESCALATION AND IT COULD MEAN
SOMETHING LIKE A EUROPEAN WIDE
WAR.
SO THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE HERE KEEP PRESSING.
IT IS THE ONE WISH OF EVERY
UKRAINIAN PERSON AND POLITICIAN
THAT I SPEAK TO.
IT'S FOR THAT NO FLY ZONE, JOY?
>> REALLY QUICKLY TO STAY WITH
YOU FOR A SECOND.
IS THAT SOMETHING THE PEOPLE YOU
TALK TO REALLY RELATE TO THE
UNITED STATES DOING THIS OR IS
THIS SOMETHING THEY THINK THAT
THE E.U., THAT NATO, IS THIS
SOMETHING THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY
SAYING TO YOU AS AN AMERICAN, IS
THIS SOMETHING THEY'RE ASKING OF
US AS A COUNTRY OR EUROPE IN THE
WEST?
>> Reporter: YEAH, I THINK JUST
AS AN AMERICAN, MOST OF THE CREW
I'M WITH HERE ARE BRITISH.
IT'S EVERYBODY IN THE WEST,
REALLY.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY
KNOW VERY WELL THAT WHEN IT
COMES TO ENFORCING A NO FLY
ZONE, THE U.S. HAS THE ASSETS.
THE U.S. HAS THE PLANES.
AND THE U.S. HAS THE MILITARY
MIGHT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY
ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF AND
SOMETHING THEY KEEP REPEATING
AND THEY'RE GRATEFUL.
I SHOULD SAY, THEY'RE VERY
GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY'VE SEEN
SO FAR COMING FROM THE WEST BUT
THEY REALLY FEEL AS THOUGH A LOT
OF THE ASSISTANCE IS A DAY LATE
AND A DOLLAR SHORT AND THEY
THINK THE NO FLY ZONE IS A WAY
THE WEST CAN GET IN FRONT OF
THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD FROM
THE MAYOR OF THE CITY.
HE SAID UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE
FIGHTING AND DYING FOR EUROPE.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING AND
DYING SO THAT EUROPEANS CAN
ENJOY THEIR LIVES.
THIS IS A SACRIFICE THAT THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE MAKING ON
BEHALF OF EUROPE AND ON BEHALF
OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.
JOY?
>> YEAH, THEY'RE NOT WRONG.
CAL PERRY, WHERE YOU ARE IN LVIV
AND WE JUST SORT OF SEEN OVER
THE LAST 12 DAYS THAT LVIV IS
WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TO
GET OUT.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE?
WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF CRISIS
YOU'RE WITNESSING?
>> Reporter: WELL, WE'RE SEEING
INCREASE OF AWARENESS I THINK OF
THE VIOLENCE IN THE EAST, FAR
FROM WHERE MATT AND I ARE THESE
CITIES A DOZEN OR SO THAT ARE
UNDER A STATE OF SIEGE WHERE THE
RUSSIANS HAVE SURROUNDED THESE
CITIES AND CUT OFF THE POWER AND
WATER AND FOR DAYS AND DAYS NOW,
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT
TO COME OUT OR GO ABOVE GROUND.
THEN IN THE SOUTH ALONG THE
BLACK SEA, YOU HAVE THESE
STRATEGIC CITIES, YOU HAVE
MARIUPOL WHERE THEY ARE
DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
OUT AND ONE CORRIDOR SUCCEEDED.
A FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE ABLE
TO RUSH OUT TODAY MOMENTARILY.
THOSE CITIES ARE BEING SHELLED
BY THE RUSSIANS.
WHAT YOU HAVE ARRIVING HERE ARE
PEOPLE FROM THESE PLACES.
THE REASON THEY'RE NOT ARRIVING
WHERE MATT IS BECAUSE OF CENTRAL
TRAIN STATIONS AND THE RAIL LINE
RUNS STRAIGHT FROM KYIV THE
CAPITAL TO WHERE I AM.
YOU HAVE AT LEAST NOW WE HEARD
FROM THE MAYOR 200,000 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SETTLED.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREET
AND SLEEPING OUTSIDE THE TRAIN
STATION, FOLKS STILL WAITING AT
THE POLISH BORDER OR FOLKS THAT
TURNED AROUND AND GIVEN UP.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF AT THE
BORDER AND HEADED BACK TO FIGHT.
THE OTHER INTERESTING THING
THAT'S HAPPENED WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS IS
THEY'VE REALLY BROKEN DOWN NOT
JUST OVER THE HUMORANITARIAN
CORRIDOR BUT THE AIR SPACE HERE
AND WHO IS GOING TO CONTROL THE
AIR SPACE HERE.
THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO RUSSIAN
JETS ACCORDING TO THE UKRAINIAN
ARMY SHOT DOWN OVER KYIV TONIGHT
ALONE.
THIS QUESTION OF AIR POWER IS
THE KEY ONE GOING FORWARD
BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING
PREVENTING RIGHT NOW THESE
RUSSIAN JETS FROM JUST NONSTOP
INDISCRIMINATELY BOMBING THE
CAPITAL.
IT THE FACT THAT THE SURFACE TO
AIR SYSTEM THAT THE UKRAINIANS
STILL USE IS STILL FUNCTIONING
AND IT IS THAT UKRAINIAN JETS
ARE STILL IN THE AIR.
SO YOU TALK ABOUT NATO, THAT HAS
TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION,
JOY.
>> YEAH, INDEED.
TRAGIC SITUATION AND THANK
YOU-ALL FOR YOUR GREAT COVERAGE.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, CALE PER
PERRY, MATHT, THANK YOU.
>> WITH ME NOW IS A FORMER
UKRAINIAN TENNIS PLAYER.
I KNOW YOU ARE BACK IN YOUR HOME
COUNTRY WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE
FREEDOM OF UKRAINE.
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, WHAT
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, IT'S PRETTY DESPERATE
SITUATION I WOULD SAY.
RUSSIA IS BOMBING KHARKIV,
TRYING TO BOMB KYIV BUT NOT AT
THE SAME SCALE.
THEY ATTACKING THE MILITARY
BASES BUT THE FACT IS THEY'RE
DESTROYING CIVILIAN COMPOUNDS.
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ENTER THE
CITY OF KYIV.
THAT'S WHERE I AM.
IT'S UNDERGROUND THERE IS NOT A
SINGLE SOLDIER, THEY ARE STUCK
IN THE SUBURBS.
THEY ARE ATTACKING CIVILIANS,
THE ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO
LEAVE, THEY'RE ATTACKING
VOLUNTEERS TRYING TO BRING WATER
AND FOOD INTO THE SUBURBS.
IT'S A BARBARIC ACTIONS.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE AND WHAT THE
ANALYSIS IS RUSSIA MILITARY IS
NOT WINNING THIS WAR TO BE
BLUNT.
THEY UNDER ESTIMATED THE VA
LOSETYLOSE
TY
-- VAERACITY OF THE RESISTANCE
SO THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO
DEMORALIZE AT THIS POINT UKRAINE
CIVILIANS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO
FLEE AND FLATTEN THE COUNTRY IF
THEY CAN'T GET UKRAINE TO
SURRENDER.
IS THAT THE SENSE YOU HAVE?
THIS IS NOT A PRECISION MILITARY
EXERCISE, IT'S JUST AN ATTEMPT
TO LEVEL AS MUCH OF UKRAINE AS
THEY CAN AND DEMORALIZE THE
PEOPLE?
>> WELL, THAT'S THEIR PLAN
BECAUSE ON THE GROUND THEY DON'T
HAVE THE MORALITY TO ADVANCE.
I MEAN, THE UKRAINIANS ARE
PUTTING UP A FIGHT THEY DIDN'T
EXPECT.
THEY EXPECTED THEY WOULD BE
WELCOMED WITH BUTTER AND SALT
LIKE CRIMEA.
UKRAINE IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WHICH
WE ARE IN A WAR WITH RUSSIA, THE
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT RUSSIA
BRINGS ONLY MISERY AND
DESTRUCTION, DISASTER,
DESTROYING, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
CALL IT.
NOBODY WANTS TO BE PART OF THE
RUSSIAN WORLD AS THEY SEE IT.
SO EVERYBODY IS WHETHER IT'S A
SHEPPARD WITH A FARM WITH SHIPS
OR CHICKEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
EVERYBODY IS GROUPING UP AND
MAKING ROAD BLOCKS.
I WAS TRAVELING TO UKRAINE
ACROSS THE BORDER IN SLOVAKIA
COMING BACK INTO UKRAINE AND I
TRAVELED THROUGH UKRAINE AND,
YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF MORAL
INSIDE UKRAINE IS EXTREMELY
HIGH.
PEOPLE ARE GATHERING TOGETHER,
MAKING CHECK POINTS, BLOCKING
THE ROADS TOWARDS LITTLE L SITCI
AND VILLAGES AND TAKING HUNTING
WEAPONS AND PATROLLING THE
STREETS.
EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO RESIST
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT ON THE
GROUND UKRAINE IS GOING TO
SUCCEED BUT THE SHELLING IS A
BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE IF WE CANNOT
PROTECT OUR CITIES, THE NUMBER