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THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
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GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
I'M STEPHANIE RUHLE.
AS THE INVASION OF UKRAINE
ENTERS DAY 38, A POTENTIAL NEW
FLASH POINT IN THE WAR AFTER A
BRAZEN STRIKE INSIDE RUSSIA.
MOSCOW SAYS, UKRAINE ATTACKED A
FUEL DEPOT JUST ACROSS THE
BORDER.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME RUSSIA HAS
REPORTED A UKRAINIAN AIRSTRIKE
ON ITS TERRITORY SINCE THE
INVASION BEGAN.
TONIGHT, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT
ATTACK.
>> DID YOU ORDER THE ATTACK
INTO RUSSIAN SOIL, THE
UKRAINIAN HELICOPTER ATTACK ON
A RUSSIAN MILITARY DEPOT,
ACROSS FROM KHARKIV, ACROSS THE
BORDER AND RUSSIA?
>> I AM SORRY I DO NOT DISCUSS
ANY OF MY ORDERS AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
AS LEADER OF THE STATE, THERE
ARE THINGS THAT I ONLY SHARE
WITH THE MILITARY AND ARMED
FORCES OF UKRAINE, WHEN THEY
TALK WITH ME.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, ON THAT
TERRITORY THAT YOU MENTIONED,
YOU HAVE TO KNOW, THEY WERE
PLACING THEIR SHOOTING SYSTEMS
AND FIRING THOSE MISSILES
THEMSELVES.
EVERYBODY MUST KNOW THAT IF WE
ARE PRESSING A CORNER, ON OUR
TERRITORY, WE WILL RESPOND THE
WAY WE CAN.
>> NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL IS IN
UKRAINE WITH MORE ON THAT
STRIKE.
>> RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY
UKRAINE TOOK THE WAR TO RUSSIA,
LAUNCHING A CROSS BORDER ATTACK
WITH TO COMBAT HELICOPTERS.
THIS VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW
THEIR TRACER ROUNDS DESTROYING
A FUEL DEPOT, 20 MILES FROM THE
UKRAINIAN BORDER.
A SENIOR U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIAL
TELLS NBC NEWS THAT UKRAINE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DARING RAID,
UKRAINE'S FIRST OF THE WAR.
UKRAINE'S OFFICIAL RESPONSE
SEEMED DELIBERATELY AMBIGUOUS,
WITH DEFENSIVE ISSUES SAYING
THEY COULDN'T CONFIRM OR DENY
INVOLVEMENT.
THE KREMLIN, TONIGHT,
CRITICIZING THE STRIKE ON THE
RUSSIAN FACILITY, SAYING IT
COULD HARM ONGOING PEACE TALKS.
BUT, THE ATTACK PALES IN
COMPARISON TO WHAT RUSSIA --
JUST 45 MILES AWAY ACROSS THE
BORDER IN THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF
KHARKIV, WHERE RUSSIAN
ARTILLERY AND ROCKETS HAVE
DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
--
FLATTENED NEARBY TOWNS.
IN SOME AREAS, NOT LEAVING A
SINGLE HOME STANDING.
AT THE HOSPITAL IN --
A FARMWORKER WAS TAKING A BREAK
WITH A FRIEND, WHEN HE HEARD
THAT DREADED WHISTLE AND A
RUSSIAN BOMB EXPLODED NEXT TO
HIM.
HIS FRIEND WAS KILLED.
DOWN THE HALL, ALINA, 20 YEAR
OLDS, WHO WORKED THE REDSHIRT
SUPERMARKET WAS SHOT WHEN
RUSSIAN TROOPS OPENED FIRE ON A
BUS FULL OF CIVILIAN PASSENGERS.
>> SHE SAYS, EIGHT PEOPLE WERE
KILLED AND THAT THE RUSSIANS
WENT THROUGH THEIR POCKETS IN
BAGS AND STOLE THEIR MONEY.
TODAY, IT WAS UKRAINE THAT SENT
A MESSAGE TO RUSSIA THAT IT TO
CAN REACH ACROSS THE BORDER.
>> ALSO, TONIGHT, THE
PENTAGON'S IS SAYS THAT THE
AIRPORT OUTSIDE KYIV HAS BEEN
ABANDONED BY RUSSIAN FORCES, AS
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS NEW
SATELLITE IMAGE ON YOUR SCREEN.
RUSSIAN CONTROL OF THAT AIR
PORT WOULD'VE ALLOWED THEM TO
FLY TROOPS DIRECTLY INTO THE
CAPITAL.
MEANWHILE, EUROPEAN UNION
LEADERS APPEAL TO CHINA FOR
HELP IN GETTING ITS ALLIED
RUSSIA TO END THE INVASION.
THAT CAME DURING THE VIRAL
SUMMIT IN RUSSIA IN BRUSSELS.
CHINA SAID IT WOULD PRESS FOR
PEACE IN ITS OWN WAY, AND
REJECTED A TOUGHER STANCE
TOWARDS RUSSIA.
AS THE FIGHTING INTENSIFIES,
THE FEAR RUSSIA COULD USE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IS NOW PUSHING
THE U.S. TO SIGN OFF ON
UKRAINE'S REQUEST FOR
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
>> THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS
PROVIDING THE GOVERNMENT OF
UKRAINE WITH LIFESAVING
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THAT CAN
BE DEPLOYED IN THE EVENT OF
RUSSIAN USE OF A CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPON AGAINST
UKRAINE.
WE ARE PROVIDING IT AS WE ARE
PROVIDING A RANGE OF MATERIALS
AND EQUIPMENT.
>> THE PENTAGON HAS ALSO
ANNOUNCED WAR MILITARY AID TO
UKRAINE.
$300 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT WILL
SOON BE ON THE WAY.
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING
THAT THE U.S. WILL WORK WITH
ALLIES TO TRANSFER SOVIET MADE
TANKS TO SUPPORT UKRAINIAN
FORCES, IN THE COUNTRY'S