SUCCESSOR SOVIET LEADERS.
HE WORKS ALONG THE SAME LINES.
MUCH OF WHAT HE'S DOING IS
BLACKMAIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
INSIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO KYIV,
FORMER PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE,
PETRO POROSHENKO JOINS US NOW.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
POWER PROBLEM AT CHERNOBYL.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE GROUND
FROM WHERE YOU ARE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
STRESS ONCE AGAIN ABOUT NO FLY
ZONE.
YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION, BUT RIGHT
NOW IN THIS MOMENT WE HAVE AN
AIR ALERT, AND RIGHT NOW THE
RUSSIAN PLANES IS ABOVE ME, AND
RIGHT NOW UKRAINE AND
ANTI-AIRCRAFT PLAN TO PROTECT
KYIV, PROTECT CIVILIANS AND
ATTACKING RUSSIAN PLANES.
JUST IMAGINE HOW TO LIVE IN THIS
CONDITION AND DEFINITELY WE NEED
NO FLY ZONE.
EVERYBODY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
NATO ALREADY IS INVOLVED AND THE
UKRAINIANS FIGHTING NOT JUST ON
OUR SOIL OR OUR SOVEREIGN
INTEGRITY.
PUTIN FIGHTING NOT WITH UKRAINE.
PUTIN IS FIGHTING WITH THE WEST.
IN THAT SITUATION, EVEN IF IT'S
NOT POSSIBLE, IF IT'S DANGEROUS,
I DON'T ACCEPT, AND EVEN IF WE
JUST ASK HIM, PLEASE, GIVE US
THE FORMER -- THE OLD SOVIET
FIGHTER JET, MIG-29 BECAUSE WE
HAVE OUR VERY BEST PILOTS, AND
THESE PILOTS ALREADY DEMONSTRATE
THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN 50
RUSSIAN FIGHTER JETS DOWN.
MORE THAN 85 RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS
DOWN.
AND THIS SITUATION IS WE
DEFINITELY MAKE RUSSIA WEAKER,
AND WE CAN CLOSE THE AIRSPACE
ABOVE THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION
INCLUDING CHERNOBYL, INCLUDING
CIVILIAN OBLT
CIVILIAN OBJECT, INCLUDING ALL
THE MAJOR CITIES.
BECAUSE NUCLEAR CONTAMINATION
DON'T HAVE ANY BORDER AND
ARTICLE 5 OF THE WASHINGTON
TREATY DO NOT PROTECT FROM
NUCLEAR.
WE DEMONSTRATE WHAT'S GOING ON
TODAY IN CHERNOBYL.
THIS IS COMPLETE BLACK OUT.
THE RUSSIAN TROOPS GO FROM
BELARUSIAN TERRITORY AND TAKE
ALL THE TERRITORY OF THE
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION
AND BLACK OUT RECEIVING OF
INFORMATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
BODIES INCLUDING THE NUCLEAR
SECURITY.
JUST DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEVEL OF
MADNESS, WHICH RUSSIA PROVIDES
HERE IN UKRAINE, AND YESTERDAY,
DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, ATTACK ON
THE PARISIA STATION, 12 TIMES
MORE POWERFUL THAN CHERNOBYL,
THAT'S WHY NUCLEAR WAR CAN
LAUNCH EVEN WITHOUT NUCLEAR
RUSSIAN MISSILES AND WITH THAT
SITUATION, DEFINITELY WE NEED --
THE SAME SITUATION I WANT TO
STRESS ONCE AGAIN, THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WANT TO THANK THE STRONG
LEADERSHIP OF THE PRESIDENT
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS,
AND FIRST OF ALL AMERICAN PEOPLE
WHERE MORE THAN 60% SUPPORT NO
FLY ZONE, AND MORE THAN 80% OF
AMERICANS SUPPORT IDEA TO GIVE
UKRAINE THE FIGHTER JET FROM
EUROPE.
>> AND AS YOU KNOW, MR.
PRESIDENT, POLAND HAS THOSE
MIG-29s AND HAS OFFERED TO
CONTRIBUTE THOSE TO THE WAR
EFFORT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE
GROUND THERE IN KYIV THIS
MORNING.
WE'VE SEEN THE DIRE SITUATIONS
IN CITIES LIKE MARIUPOL WHERE
THERE'S NO HUMANITARIAN AID
GETTING IN, THERE'S NO FOOD,
WATER OR MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
IT APPEARS, ANYWAY, THAT RUSSIA
IS ADVANCING, HOWEVER SLOWLY,
TOWARD THE CAPITAL CITY WHERE
YOU ARE.
HOW CLOSE ARE THEY RIGHT NOW,
AND WHAT IS YOUR FEAR OF WHEN
THEY MAY ARRIVE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, DURING THIS
NIGHT, UKRAINIAN TROOPS AND
BRAVE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS DO NOT
GIVE ONE SINGLE STEP FOR RUSSIAN
TROOPS TO GO FURTHER TO KYIV
DESPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
RUSSIAN TROOPS RIGHT ON THE
BORDER OF KYIV.
I JUST RETURNED BACK FROM THE
IRPIN WHERE WE PROVIDE IN
HELPING THE CIVILIANS TO ESCAPE
FROM THE RUSSIAN CONTROLLED
TERRITORY.
AND THE PEOPLE JUST TELLING ME
THAT THEY HAVE NO ELECTRICITY,
THEY MELT SNOW TO DRINK THE
WATER.
THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE MEDICINE.
THIS IS THE REAL HUMANITARIAN
CATASTROPHE.
AND THIS IS IN THE 21st CENTURY.
THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, THE
CHILDREN, AND I'M PROUD THAT ONLY THIS MORNING ONLY TEAM OF
ONLY THIS MORNING ONLY TEAM OF
OUR BATTALION USING THE BUSES,
ARMORED BUSES FROM THE BANK
BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS TO USE
ANY OTHER.
WE WITHDRAW MORE THAN 3 1/2
THOUSAND JUST THIS MORNING, AND
OUR SOLDIERS CONTINUE THIS WORK
TOGETHER WITH THE VOLUNTEERS,
TOGETHER WITH THE MAYOR OF
IRPIN, TOGETHER WITH TERRITORIAL
DEFENSE FIGHTERS.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THESE
PEOPLE IS SAVING THEIR LIVES.
BUT I WANT TO DELIVER THE
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE A DISASTER IN SOME
UKRAINIAN CITIES INCLUDING
KHARKIV AND SUMY, MANY CIVILIANS
ARE KILLED, INCLUDING CHILDREN,
BUT TODAY THE DAY OF 14 OF
INVASION, THIS IS ALREADY TWO
WEEKS, KYIV IS KEY.
KYIV IS A CAPITAL, AND DESPITE
THE FACT THAT CAN'T IMAGINE THAT
7% OF UKRAINIAN POPULATION,
FIRST OF ALL, CHILDREN AND
WOMEN, ALREADY LEFT UKRAINE AS A
REFUGEE.
WE HERE STAY IN UKRAINE, AND WE
DON'T GIVE UP.
WE DON'T GIVE ANY CHANCE TO
PUTIN TO OCCUPY US, AND I THINK
THAT UKRAINIANS ALREADY SURPRISE
THE WORLD.
UKRAINE RUIN THE PLAN OF PUTIN
FOR CAPTURE US IN 48 HOURS.
WE IN UKRAINE DEMONSTRATE THE
ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE UNITY, AND WE
DEMONSTRATE THAT THE WORLD IS
DIFFERENT SINCE THE 24th OF
FEBRUARY, AND WE ARE VERY MUCH
ADMIRED THE UNIT OF THE WHOLE
WORLD, BUT PLEASE, EVERY SINGLE
DAY, NEW SANCTION IF PUTIN DO
NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
NOT MAKE A CEASE FIRE.
NOT WITHDRAW THEIR TROOPS, AND
YESTERDAY WE ARE VERY MUCH
ADMIRE THE SITUATION ON THE OIL
EMBARGO, THE SITUATION OF
EXPANDING THE LIST OF THE
OLIGARCH AND MANY MANY OTHER
SANCTIONS WHICH THE WORLD
PRESENTED TO PUTIN.
>> MR. POROSHENKO, UKRAINE HAS
SURPRISED THE WORLD, AND THE
WORLD IS INSPIRED BY UKRAINE.
WE HAVE THE ATLANTIC'S ANNE
APPLEBAUM HERE WITH US, AND SHE
HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
ANNE.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WE HEAR THAT
THERE ARE RUSSIAN SABOTEURS
INSIDE KYIV, PEOPLE WHO ARE
LOOKING TO CREATE A COUP D'ETAT
IN THE CASE OF A RUSSIAN
INVASION.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW THE TERRITORIAL ARMY IS
DEALING WITH THEM?
>> WE ARE 24/7, FIRST OF ALL,
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FIRM POSITION.
THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR
US.
POINT NUMBER TWO, THE SOLDIERS,
ALL AROUND UKRAINE, 100,000
UKRAINIANS I LIFTED IN TERRITORIAL DEFENSE BATTALION,
TERRITORIAL DEFENSE BATTALION,
AND WE ARE HERE IN KYIV 24/7
REGIME FOR THE PROTECTION OF
KYIV, AND ONLY IN OUR BATTALION
WE ALREADY LOST THREE SOLDIERS,
AND THAT WAS THE ATTACK OF THIS
TYPE OF GROUP, BUT SUBVERSIVE
ACTIVITY IS HIGH, AND WE
DEFINITELY -- THE UNITY WE
DEMONSTRATE, THIS IS THE VERY
EASY FOR US TO DELIVER TO THE
SECRET SERVICES AND TO PRESENT
IT THAT WE ARE NOT GIVE THEM ANY
CHANCE TO DESTABILIZE THE
SITUATION IN KYIV.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY PEOPLE,
I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY PEOPLE,
AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF PEOPLE
FROM KHARKIV, SUMY, MARIUPOL.
>> MR. PRESIDENT WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE NO FLY ZONE,
WHAT IS THE GREATEST MILITARY
NEED RIGHT NOW TODAY WITH THE
RUSSIANS AT THE EDGE OF THE
CITY?
>> POINT NUMBER ONE,
ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILES.
WE HAVE A REAL LACK OF THIS
MISSILES, EVEN STILL.
POINT NUMBER TWO, WE NEED
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE
ANTITANK MISSILE, INCLUDING
JAVELIN, AND THEY DEMONSTRATE
THE VERY HIGH EFFICIENCY, AND
THAT'S WHY HIT IT ALREADY MORE
THAN 350 TANKS, AND MORE THAN
1000 PERSONAL CARRIER, BUT WE
STAND IN THERE, AND WE NEED --
EVERY SINGLE WEEK WE NEED
ADDITIONAL, WE NEED AMMUNITION.
BY THE WAY, WE NEED SANCTION,
WHICH SHOULD BE DEVASTATING.
PUTIN SHOULD PAY THEIR PRICE.
RUSSIAN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTING
THE AGGRESSION, RUSSIAN PEOPLE
WHO SUPPORT PUTIN, RUSSIAN
PEOPLE WHO SPORLTUPPORT KILLING UKRAINE, TORTURE OF UKRAINE,
UKRAINE, TORTURE OF UKRAINE,
KILLING UKRAINIAN CHILDREN.
THIS IS RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEY
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT PUTIN
SHOULD TAKE OUT FROM UKRAINE,
TAKE THEIR TROOPS, AND THEIR
SOLIDARITY.
MAYBE SOLIDARITY WITH THE WHOLE
WORLD.
THIS IS THE CRUCIAL THING, AND
WE NEED IT NUMBER ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FORMER PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE,
PETRO POROSHENKO, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> BY THE WAY, I HAVE ANOTHER
IDEA.
SORRY.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT IDEA IF THE
WORLD LEADERS IN THIS SITUATION
COME HERE IN KYIV, AND
DEMONSTRATE THIS TYPE OF
SOLIDARITY.
THIS IS THE DEMONSTRATION THAT
WE DO NOT GIVE UP AND THE WHOLE
WORLD IS WITH US.
PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE IN KYIV.
AND WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU.