>>> 48 PAST THE HOUR.
THIS MORNING, A CONVOY LED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF
THE RED CROSS SAYS THAT IT WAS
NOT ABLE TO REACH THE BESIEGED
CITY OF MARIUPOL BECAUSE OF
SECURITY CONCERNS.
THE RED CROSS HAS BEEN
ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE CITY
SINCE FRIDAY, BUT DID NOT
RECEIVE NECESSARY SECURITY
GUARANTEES OVER THE WEEKEND.
JOINING US NOW, STEVE McANDREW.
HE IS THE HEAD OF EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF RED CROSS IN
UKRAINE.
STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES
YOUR SISTER ORGANIZATION, THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE
RED CROSS, IS FACING IN REACHING
MARIUPOL?
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, JOSE.
THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING IS
MOSTLY SECURITY AND SAFETY AND
ACCESS.
THE LOCATIONS ARE STILL HIGHLY
CONTESTED BY THE DIFFERENT
PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE
RED CROSS AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS
FROM THE UKRAINE RED CROSS ARE
ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS, STAY
SAFE, NOT GET CAUGHT IN ANY
CROSS FIRES, AND HELP TO
EVACUATE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET OUT OF MARIUPOL.
WE ESTIMATE, THERE ARE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
THAT ARE TRYING TO GET OUT AND
WE STILL ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP
THEM.
>> STEVE, TALK TO ME ABOUT ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT BRANCHS OF THE
RED CROSS, ET CETERA, THAT ARE
WORKING IN UKRAINE, THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
>> YES, SO WE HAVE THE OF THE RE
WHICH IS WORKING DIRECTLY IN A
CONFLICT ZONE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
THE UKRAINE RED CROSS WHICH HAS
OVER 7,000 VOLUNTEERS MOBILIZED
HERE WITHIN UKRAINE.
AND THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE RED
CROSS SOCIETIES IN THE
SURROUNDING COUNTRIES AND AROUND
THE WORLD INCLUDING AMERICAN RED
CROSS.
SO WE HAVE AMERICAN RED CROSS
VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF RIGHT HERE
IN THIS OPERATION, AND IN THE
SURROUNDING COUNTRIES.
SO WE HAVE OUR HOME NETWORK
ACTIVATED.
WE ALL ARE THE SAME AND USE THE
SAME PRINCIPLES AND WE'RE ALL
JUST TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE
WHEREVER WE CAN WHEREVER THEY
ARE.
>> SO WHAT KIND OF HELP ARE YOU
ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE?
>> SO FAR WE BELIEVE WE'VE
REACHED OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE UKRAINE.
HERE IN UKRAINE WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE BASICS.
FOOD, WATER, BLANKETS, BEDDING,
HYGIENE ITEMS AND JUST BASIC
SANITATION.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE
HELPED AROUND 80,000 PEOPLE
REACH SAFETY FROM DIFFERENT
AREAS OF THE CONFLICT FROM THE
BEGINNING WHEN IT STARTED.
AND THEN IN THE SURROUNDING
COUNTRIES, WE'RE PROVIDING
EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH PEOPLE AT
THE BORDER GETTING A WARM MEAL,
A HOT BOWL OF SOUP, HELPING THEM
TO INTEGRATE AND GET SOME
SUPPORT IN THE COUNTRIES
WHEREVER THEY FIND THEMSELVES.
AND THEY ARE STARTING TO SPREAD
OUT THROUGH MANY COUNTRIES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
SO WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THEM
WHEREVER THEY ARE CHASING THEM
AND WE'LL FIND THEM AND GET HELP
TO THEM.
>> AND YOU ARE IN LVIV, AN AREA
THAT HAS BEEN SO FAR SUCH KIND
OF A FINAL POINT FOR UKRAINIANS
LEAVING THEIR COUNTRY.
I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW,
YOU ARE IN COUNTRY.
JUST HOW MASSIVE THIS
DESTRUCTION IS, JUST HOW MASSIVE
THE DESTRUCTION OF MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IS IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> MASSIVE IS THE CORRECT WORD.
WE ESTIMATE OVER 10 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
THERE IS OVER 6 MILLION PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED INSIDE
UKRAINE AND OVER 4 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE WALKED ACROSS BORDERS,
THEY HAVE RIDDEN BUSES AND THEY
JUST CARRY WHAT THEY CAN ON
THEIR BACKS.
SO WE'RE TALKING BIG NUMBERS.
OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE.
AND IT IS STILL GOING ON AND
STILL INCREASING.
SO IT IS A BIG ONE.
WE'RE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A BIG
ORGANIZATION WITH A LONG HISTORY
AND WE'LL JUST KEEP ADDRESSING