TODAY. WE BEGIN THIS MORNING
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN EUROPE
A HIGH STAKES EMERGENCY
SUMMIT. THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
ENTERS A SECOND LONG RIGHT NOW
THE PRESIDENT IS MEETING WITH
NATO LEADERS IN BRUSSELS. NBC
NEWS HAS JUST LEARNED THE
PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR THE U.S.
WELCOME MORE THAN A 100,000
REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE. HE'S
ALSO SET TO ANNOUNCE MORE
TROOP INCREASE IS AN
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR
UKRAINE. PLUS, EXTRA SANCTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA, WHICH THE U.S.
NOW CONFIRMS IS COMMITTING WAR
CROC.
>> RUSSIA'S FORCES HAVE
DESTROYED APARTMENT BUILDINGS,
SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, OTHER
ELEMENTS OF THE CRITICAL
CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. AND
WE BELIEVE THAT THE EXACT THE
EXACT CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL WILL
BE IN THE THOUSANDS.
>> ALL THIS IS UKRAINE FIGHTS
TO TAKE BACK TERRITORY UK
OFFICIALS SAY COUNTERATTACKS
ARE WORKING IN THE OUTSKIRTS
OF KYIV. BUT IN KEY CITIES
LIKE MARIO PULL THOUSANDS OF
CIVILIANS ARE STILL TRYING TO
GET OUT. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SPEAKING
THE NATO LEADERS THIS MORNING
CALLING FOR THE WORLD SUPPORT
AND LAST NIGHT HE ADDRESSED
HIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD
MARKING ONE MONTH SINCE THE
INVASION BEGAN.
>> WELL, IS NOT ONLY THE WAR
AGAINST ITS MEANING IS MUCH
WIDER PROCESS STARTED THE WAR
AGAINST FREEDOM AS WE HAVE
TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU THIS
MORNING. COLONEL MATT TO MAKE
IS THE FORMER DIRECTOR FOR
RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE AT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
LET'S START WITH NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT JOSH LETTERMAN
AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN
BRUSSELS. JOSH, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU. WE'LL START WITH THAT
VIDEO ADDRESS FROM PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY. WHAT IS HIS MESSAGE
TO NATO THIS MORNING. WELL,
JOE, WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT
ZELINSKY AND ADDRESS THAT HE
GAVE IN A CLOSED BUT THE
REMARKS WERE POSTED TO
FACEBOOK AND WE'RE TRANSLATING
THEM THE KEY MESSAGE FROM
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. HE WANTS
THE WEST AND EUROPE TO
UNDERSTAND JUST HOW DIRE THE
STAKES ARE SAYING IN THAT
SPEECH TO THAT THESE ALLIES
MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE
NOW IN A GRAY AREA BETWEEN THE
REST OF THE WEST AND RUSSIA
STILL SAYING.
>> THEY'VE BEEN DEFENDING
THEMSELVES FOR A MONTH ROLLING
BUT THAT IT HAS BEEN A MONTH
OF DARK SUFFERING AND IMPUNITY
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF A
PEACEFUL COUNTRY AND ZELENSKY
ALSO MAKING THE INTERESTING
COMMENTS THAT HE SAYS NEVER
AGAIN. TELL US THAT OUR ARMY
DOES NOT MEET NATO STANDARDS.
YOU HEAR HIM THERE USING THE
FACT THAT UKRAINE HAS PUT UP
AN UNEXPECTEDLY STRONG
RESISTANCE AS YET. ONE MORE
ARGUMENT FOR WHY HIS COUNTRY
SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO NATO
MEMBERSHIP EVEN THOUGH NATO
HAS MADE CLEAR THAT'S NOT
SOMETHING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
IN THE NEAR TERM AND IN FACT,
WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT UKRAINE HAS BEEN
DISCUSSING IN PEACE TALKS WITH
THE RUSSIANS IS POTENTIALLY A
STEPPING BACK FROM THEIR
ASPIRATIONS TO JOIN NATO IN
HOPES OF GETTING SOME TYPE OF
AN END TO THIS WAR. SO JOSH,
THIS IS A CRITICAL MEETING FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND AMERICA'S
NATO ALLIES AND WE ARE
EXPECTING A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM THE U.S. TODAY ABOUT
REFUGEES. WHAT MORE CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT THAT AND REALLY
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S GOALS
OVERALL FOR THIS SUMMIT. WELL,
ON THE REFUGEES. NBC NEWS NOW
REPORTING THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO ACCEPT
ABOUT A 100,000 UKRAINIAN
REFUGEES AND THAT WILL BE
THROUGH A MIX OF DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING IMMIGRANT
VISAS NON IMMIGRANT VISAS AND
OTHER AVENUES THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS TO BE ABLE
TO BRING THOSE REFUGEES INTO
THE COUNTRY AND GIVE THEM SAFE
HAVEN WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING NEW
SANCTIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED
TODAY BY THE U.S. AND ITS
ALLIES TO TRY TO RAMP UP THE
ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON RUSSIA AS
THEY'RE OPENING THEIR STOCK
MARKET PARTIALLY TODAY FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE WAR AS
THEIR ECONOMY IS REALLY IN
TATTERS AND WE ALSO EXPECT NEW
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM NATO AND
THE UNITED STATES IN TERMS OF
BOLSTERING THE DEFENSE OF THE
NATO ALLIANCE WITH NATO
EXPECTED TO AGREE ON CREATING
FOR NEW MULTINATIONAL BATTLE
GROUPS. THESE ARE COMBAT UNITS
THAT WILL INVOLVING MULTIPLE
COUNTRIES THAT WILL BE
DEPLOYED TO EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES LIKE SLOVAKIA
HUNGARY, ROMANIA AND BULGARIA
AND WILL STAY INDEFINITELY AS
NATO TRIES TO MAKE CLEAR THAT
IT INTENDS TO DEFEND EVERY
INCH OF ITS TERRITORY. IF
PRESIDENT PUTIN WERE TO EXTEND
HIS AGGRESSION, BE ON UKRAINE.
AND JOSH, THE PRESIDENT'S
ARRIVAL COMES ON THE HEELS OF
THIS ASSESSMENT FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
BLINKEN SAID YESTERDAY, QUOTE,
WE'VE SEEN NUMEROUS CREDIBLE
REPORTS OF INDISCRIMINATE
ATTACKS AND ATTACKS
DELIBERATELY TARGETING
CIVILIANS AS WELL AS OTHER
ATROCITIES.
>> TODAY. I CAN ANNOUNCE THAT
BASED ON INFORMATION CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE US GOVERNMENT
ASSESSES THAT MEMBERS OF
RUSSIA'S FORCES HAVE COMMITTED
WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINE AS A
PRETTY POWERFUL STATEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING, PERHAPS A
FEW DAYS IF NOT WEEKS TO HEAR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HOW DOES
THIS CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE
WEST'S APPROACH TO RUSSIA. NOW
DURING THIS CONFLICT.
>> WELL, THIS MOVES INTO THE
OFFICIAL CATEGORY, SOMETHING
THAT OFFICIALS HAVE SAID
PERSONALLY FOR SOME TIME,
INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN,
SECRETARY BLINKEN AS WELL AS
AMBASSADOR TO THE UN, LINDA
THOMAS GREENFIELD TO ALL SAID
THEY FELT THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN
HAD COMMITTED WAR CRIMES. NOW
THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IT
OFFICIALLY AND IT'S AN
IMPORTANT SYMBOLIC MOVE THAT
TRIES TO TAKE THE MOMENTUM
RIGHT NOW OF ALL OF THESE
WESTERN NATIONS CONDEMNING
RUSSIA AND MOVE IT TO THE NEXT
LEVEL. BUT THE REALITY IS IT
IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE A
PATH FOR PRESIDENT PUTIN TO
FACE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR
CRIMES WHEN IT COMES TO THE
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
RUSH IS NOT A MEMBER NEITHER,
BY THE WAY, IS THE U.S. OR
UKRAINE. AND WHILE THERE IS A
WAY THAT THE UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL CAN REFER A
COUNTRY THAT'S NOT A MEMBER TO
THE ICC FOR THE CRIME OF
AGGRESSION. RUSSIA HAS A VETO
AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. SO
THAT'S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN AS
WELL. SO WHILE A SYMBOLIC MOVE
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THERE
IS STILL A LONG PATH AHEAD FOR
THE WORLD TO GET JUSTICE FOR
PRESIDENT PUTIN WHEN IT COMES
TO ANY KIND OF A CRIMINAL
PROCEEDING JOSH LETTER MAN AT
THE NATO SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS.
JOSH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> LET'S BRING IN RETIRED
COLONEL MATT NOW FOR MORE ON
TODAY'S SUMMIT. SO COLONEL,
GOOD MORNING. IT HAS BEEN ONE
MONTH NOW SINCE RUSSIA INVADED
UKRAINE, WE HAVE SEEN A HOST
OF SANCTIONS TAKEN BY THE U.S.
AND REALLY THE WEST AGAINST
RUSSIA IN RESPONSE. FIRST. YOU
THINK THIS SUMMIT IS GOING TO
LEAD TO EVEN MORE SANCTIONS
THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT AND
IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE.
>> RUSSIA REMOVED FROM THE G
20 ALTOGETHER.
>> I THINK ALL THOSE ARE ON
THE TABLE AND THAT IS THE TIME
IS RIGHT FOR MORE SANCTIONS
OBVIOUSLY THE EXTRAORDINARY
SANCTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE
LONG-TERM. THEY'RE NOT HAVING
AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON
RUSSIA'S ACTIVITIES AND
UKRAINE OR EVEN STOPPING THEIR
INVASION. SO THERE'S GOING TO
BE A AN URGE TO PILE ON EVEN
MORE SANCTIONS. WHAT'S LEFT ON
THE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW
EXTRA SECTORAL SANCTIONS YOU
COULD REMOVE OR BANKS FROM
SWIFT. YOU CAN DO THOSE TYPES
OF AT THIS POINT. SOME OF
THESE ARE MARGINAL. SO NOT
SURE WHAT THE EXTRA JUICE IS
LEFT TO SQUEEZE OUT OF THE
SANCTIONS BUT WILL WILL SEE. I
THINK THERE'S AN APPETITE
DOING MORE NEEDS TO BE SEEN AS
DOING MORE AND CERTAINLY
REMOVING RUSSIA FROM THE G 20
WOULD BE WELCOME. I'M NOT
SURE. SOME SOME MEMBERS OF THE
G 20 WILL GO ALONG WITH IT.
>> HOVERING OVER ALL THIS.
COLONEL IS THE NEW CLEAR
THREAT. IN A RECENT INTERVIEW,
KREMLIN SPOKESPERSON TO BEAT
REPASS COP REFUSED TO RULE OUT
THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IF
IT FACED WHAT HE CALLED AN
EXISTENTIAL THREAT. NATO
SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG
HAD THIS RESPONSE TO THOSE
COMMENTS.
>> MUST STOP. IT'S. SABER
RATTLING. THIS IS DANGEROUS
AND IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE. MAKE
THOSE THAT TO PROTECT AND
DEFEND ALL OUR AND WE CAN PAY
THAT. HE MESSAGE TO RUSSIA.
BUT THE NEW WAR NOT BE WARM
AND SHOULD NEVER BE FULL.
>> COLONEL, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE
ON THIS BACK AND FORTH WHEN IT
COMES TO THIS NUCLEAR RHETORIC
AND WHERE DO YOU SEE ALL THIS
GOING FROM HERE.
>> SO RUSSIA EMPLOYS A NUCLEAR
RHETORIC OF COURSE, SCARE
OTHER COUNTRIES TO TRY TO. A
SLEEPY JOE ON A U.S. ACTIONS.
NATO ACTIONS AS A AS A SCARE I
THINK WE SEE IT FOR WHAT IT
IS. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THEY'RE USING THIS AS PART OF
THEIR EXCELLENT TORY DIALOGUE
BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO KEEP
THE U.S. AND NATO ACTIONS OFF
THE TABLE IS NOT NOT US AND
NATO ARE CERTAINLY CALLING
RUSSIA'S BLUFF ON SOME OF THE
INITIAL RHETORIC. STILL EMERGE
VERY CORRECTED ME TO TO CALL
RUSSIA ON THIS TYPE OF REALLY
RECKLESS RHETORIC WHEN IT
COMES TO TALKING YOU KNOW, I
THINK THE NUCLEAR FORCES AND
THEIR READINESS THAT THE
PRESIDENT ADDRESS BEFORE.
THESE ARE ALL TYPES OF
DISCUSSIONS. YOU MOST OF NEAR
MISSES IN IN HISTORY HAVE
INVOLVED MISCOMMUNICATIONS
MISCALCULATIONS AND A SLOPPY.
SLOPPY BACK AND FORTH WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR OUR NUCLEAR
FORCES. SO ANY ANYTHING TO
TAMP DOWN THE RHETORIC AND
TAKE OFF THE USE OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS OFF THE TABLE WOULD BE
WOULD BE WELCOME AND RUSSIAN
WOULD WOULD BE WISE MAYBE TAMP
DOWN SOMEWHAT. THEY'RE SENT.
>> AND COLONEL, QUICKLY WANT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY'S ADDRESS TO NATO
LEADERS DAY. DO YOU THINK IT'S
GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT AND
GET NATO TO STEP UP ITS
EFFORTS TO HELP UKRAINE.
>> WELL, EVERY TIME HE APPEARS
BEFORE A BODY OR HE MANAGES
YOU MOVE THE MOTIONS AND GET
ACTION AND A LOT OF ACTION
ORIENTED TOWARD SUPPORTING
UKRAINE. SO I THINK YOU HAVE
THE SAME EFFECT ALONG WITH
THESE NATO LEADERS MEETING
WHICH IS SPOKEN PERSONALLY. SO
I THINK I THINK WILL
DEFINITELY. LET'S MUCH LESS.
HE HAS TO SAY AND DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TOROVIDE
AS MUCH SUPPORT ALL THE WAY TO
THE MAXIMUM THAT THEY'RE
WILLING TO GIVE.
>> COLONEL MATT DEMICK, AS
ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR ANALYSIS. WE APPRECIATE
IT. THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
UKRAINE IS TAKING CENTER STAGE
AGAIN THIS MORNING, THE
COUNTRY'S DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER SAYS 7 EVACUATION
ROUTE OF AN AGREED ON FOR
TODAY. NBC NEWS FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT MOLLY HUNTER IS
IN LVIV FOR US AGAIN THIS
MORNING. SO MOLLY, YOU KNOW,
WE ALSO HEARD FROM PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY LAST NIGHT. THAT WAS
A GLOBAL RALLYING CALL. IT WAS
MARKING ONE MONTH SINCE THE
WAR BEGAN. TELL US WHAT WAS
THAT MESSAGE. HIS MESSAGE
THERE TO THE WORLD.
>> JOE, GOOD MORNING. AND YOU
SEE ME LOOKING MY PHONE
BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST
GETTING LINES OUT OF THE LUNGS
KEYS NEWEST SPEECH RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING RIGHT NOW
HE SAYS, AND THIS IS BREAKING
NEWS RIGHT NOW. HE SAYS THAT
RUSSIA HAS SHELLED AND HAS
USED PHOSPHORUS BOMBS COAT.
THIS MORNING. WE HAVE
PHOSPHORUS BOMBS FROM RUSSIA.
>> PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
CHILDREN WERE KILLED.
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY HAS JUST
SAID THAT OUT. NOW WE ARE
WAITING FOR MORE OF HIS
INFORMATION TIME, JUST LOOKING
OUT JUST GETTING THESE
TRANSLATIONS RIGHT NOW. I DO,
HOWEVER, WANT TO SHARE AS YOU
ORIGINALLY AS WHAT HE SAID, HE
HAD A RALLYING CRY FOR THE
WORLD. YES, EVERYONE TO COME
OUT RIGHT NOW.
>> TODAY ON THE 24TH AND
PROTESTS. TAKE A QUICK LISTEN
TO THAT SOUND BITE.
>> YOU JUST STAND AGAINST THE
WAR STOPPED FROM MARSH
TWENTY-FOUR'S. EXACTLY ONE
MONTHS AFTER THEY'RE AWESOME IN BASE FROM THESE D AND OFF
IN BASE FROM THESE D AND OFF
TO THEM. SO YES, STANDING COME
FROM YOU ALL OFFICES YOUR
HOME'S YOU'LL SCHOOLS AND YOU
KNOW, ELSE DOES COME IN THE
NAME OF PEACE.
>> NOW, WE'RE ALSO HEARING AND
I'M JUST GETTING THESE
TRANSLATIONS RIGHT NOW, JOE,
HE IS SAYING THAT WE ARE IN A
GRAY AREA BETWEEN THE WEST AND
RUSSIA. BUT WE'RE BRIGHT
PEOPLE. WE HAVE DEFENDED BEEN
DEFENDING OURSELVES FOR A
MONTH BECAUSE OF MONTH OF
HEROIC RESISTANCE. HE HAS A
MONTH OF THE DARKEST
SUFFERING. WE EXPECT HIM TO
APPEAL TO NATO LEADERS TODAY,
BOTH AS LEADERS, OF COURSE,
ASKED TO CLOSE THE SKY. HE
WILL ABSOLUTELY SAY THAT YOU
ASKED FOR AIR DEFENSES. HE
WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT HIS
PEOPLE NEED AND YOU CAN
DEFINITELY EXPECT HIM TO TALK
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
SUFFERING THAT WE ARE IN
PLACES LIKE MARIUPOL. JUST ALL
I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
THOSE UPDATES AS WE CONTINUE
TO HEAR WHAT PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY IS SAYING. I ALSO
WANT TO ASK YOU, MOLLY,
UKRAINE'S MILITARY SAYS IT'S
DESTROYED A LARGE RUSSIAN
LANDING SHIP AT A PORT.
>> CITY THAT IS SOUTHWEST OF
MARIO PULL. WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THAT. HOW SIGNIFICANT
IS THIS ATTACK?
>> YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW THAT
MUCH BE ON UKRAINIAN MILITARY
CLAIMS. THEY SAY THEY HAVE
SHELLED A RUSSIAN LANDING SHIP
OFF THE COAST OF BERDYANSK
BERDIANSK, AS YOU SAY, IS JUST
UP THE COAST FROM MARIUPOL.
BUT IT IS ON THAT STRATEGIC
ABOUT THOSE THAT COASTAL BELT
THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO TAKE BETWEEN MARIO
PAUL AND ODESSA ON ONE END OF
THE BLACK SEA. BERDYANSK IS
ALSO INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS
ON THE EVACUATION FOR ANYONE
LEAVING MARIUPOL JOE. SO IN
ORDER TO GET OUT OF MARIUPOL
TO THE SAFETY OF THAT TO REACH
OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING PRIVATE
CARS OUT OF MARIUPOL TO A
COUPLE OF VILLAGES BUSES ARE
THEN TAKING THEM DOWN TO
BERDYANSK ON THE COAST AND
THEN UP TO ZACHARY JUST OF
BURNING AND START BERDYANSK
STARTS TO GET DANGEROUS. THAT
COMPLETELY THROWS ANY KIND OF
RELATIVE SAFE ROUTE FOR PEOPLE
IN MARIUPOL TO GET OUT AND BUY
THE LATEST REPORTING ACCORDING
TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKY 100,000
PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED
INSIDE THAT CITY. JEFF. HUGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOLLY. WELL,
I HAVE YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT THE SITUATION IN AND
AROUND KYIV UKRAINIANS ARE
HAVING SOME SUCCESS.
>> PUSHING BACK RUSSIAN FORCES
EVEN RECAPTURING SOME
TERRITORY, AREN'T THEY. THAT'S
EXACTLY RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST A
STORY OF RUSSIAN FAILURE, BUT
IT IS NOW ALSO A STORY OF THE
UKRAINIANS REALLY PUSHING HARD
AROUND THE CAPITAL AND PUSHING
RUSSIAN FORCES BACK. SO
ACCORDING TO A SENIOR US
DEFENSE OFFICIAL.
>> UKRAINIAN TROOPS HAVE NOW
PUSH RUSSIAN TROOPS 15 MILES
MORE EAST OF KYIV THE SAME AS
SENIOR US DEFENSE OFFICIAL
TELLS OUR TEAM IN WASHINGTON.
THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE DIGGING
AND DIGGING INTO DEFENSIVE
POSITIONS WHICH ALLOWS THE
UKRAINIAN SHIPS TO REALLY GO
ON THE OFFENSE. JOE, IT ALSO
SAYS THEY'RE STALLED IN THE
NORTH AROUND CHERNIHIV THEIR
STALLED IN THE SOUTH AROUND
NIKOLAY OF NIKOLAY THIS
BETWEEN MARIO AND ODESSA. IT'S
VERY CLOSE TO HER SON AND THE
RUSSIANS ARE HAVING A VERY
HARD TIME GETTING AROUND
NIKOLAY WHERE THEY WANT TO
KIND OF MOVE EVEN CLOSER WEST
TO ODESSA.
>> IT. ALSO, INTERESTINGLY,
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
NUMBER A LOT FROM THE
UKRAINIAN SIDE JOB. BUT PART
OF THAT, THE RUSSIANS STRUGGLE
AND THE REST RUSSIAN
FRUSTRATION IS THEY HAVE LOST
A LOT OF TROOPS. NOW,
ACCORDING TO A NATO ESTIMATES,
THEY'VE LOST BETWEEN 7 15,000
TRIPS. THAT'S A LOT OF MAN
POWER. ACCORDING TO A UK
DEFENSE OFFICIAL JOE THIS
MORNING. THEY SAY THAT AS
RUSSIANS ARE LOOKING TO FILL
THOSE TROOPS. THEY MAY START
WITH FOREIGN MERCENARIES,
FOREIGN FIGHTERS OR START
RECRUITING MORE PEOPLE IN
RUSSIA JUST SEND INTO THE
BATTLEFIELD GIVEN THOSE LOSSES
ALL RIGHT. MOLLY HUNTER
REPORTING FROM LVIV. MOLLY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO
GET MORE ON ALL IN UKRAINE
WITH COLONEL MARK CAN SEE HE'S
A SENIOR ADVISER WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAM.
>> AT THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC
AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT
FIRST I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT
MOLLY WAS REPORTING ABOUT
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S SAYING
FOSTER BURRESS BOMBS ARE BEING
USED. PEOPLE BEING KILLED,
CHILDREN BEING KILLED. WHAT
WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU
HEARD MOLLY REPORTING THAT
JUST NOW.
>> MILITARIES USE WHITE
PHOSPHOROUS. IT'S A SUBSTANCE
THAT WILL BURN VERY INTENSELY
AND A TOOTH FOR MARKING IN FOR
A SMOKE SCREENS, BUT AGAINST
PERSONNEL AND IT GETS ON SKIN
AND IT CAUSES A TERRIBLE
BURNS. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO
USE AGAINST PERSONAL.
>> SO NOW AS WE HIT THIS ONE
MONTH, MARK SINCE THE START OF
THE WAR. JUST WHAT IS YOUR
ASSESSMENT OF HOW THE CONFLICT
HAS PLAYED OUT SO IN A MONTH
AGO. DID YOU THINK THIS IS
REALLY GOOD UNFOLD IN A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY. WHAT
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS NOW? ONE
MONTH. IT. BUT I THINK IT
SURPRISED EVERYONE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN NOW 3
PHASES OF THE WAR. THE FIRST
PHASE WAS THE BLITZKRIEG THAT
THE RUSSIANS ATTEMPTED TO GET
INTO KEY VERY QUICKLY, KNOCK
OFF THE GOVERNMENT AND ACHIEVE
A QUICK VICTORY. THAT, OF
COURSE, FAILED AND THEN MOVED
INTO A SECOND PHASE WITH A
REINFORCED THERE FOR ACTIONS
OF ADVANCE FROM THE NORTH
NORTHEAST EAST AND SOUTH. THEY
ACHIEVE SOME SUCCESS IN THE
SOUTH. THE GROUND FORWARD IN
THE OTHER AREAS. BUT HAVE COME
TO A STALL. AND NOW THEY SEEM
TO BE DIGGING LOOKS TO BE A
WAR OF ATTRITION. THEY'RE
USING THEIR FIRE THE
UKRAINIANS ARE BEGINNING TO A
COUNTERATTACK AND IT LOOKS TO
THAT BOTH SIDES ARE DIGGING IN
FOR A LONG WAR OF ATTRITION. I
MEAN, YOU SAID IN A RECENT
INTERVIEW, YOU DON'T THINK
RUSSIA CAN GO ON BEYOND
ANOTHER 3 WEEKS IF ITS TROOPS
CONTINUE TO SUFFER CASUALTIES
AT THE HIGH RATE THAT'S BEING
REPORTED. WE'VE HEARD THEY'RE
STRUGGLING WITH FOOD WITH GAS,
WITH.
>> THE COLD WEATHER GOING
FORWARD. DO YOU THINK WE COULD
SEE A CHANGE IN RUSSIAN
TACTICS TO TRY AND MITIGATE
THEIR LOSSES AND IF SO, WHAT
MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE. THE
RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF
CASUALTIES AS AS YOU HEARD IN,
SAY THEY'VE TAKEN 10,000
KILLED OR TWICE AS MANY A
WOUNDED THEIR ENTIRE FORCE
GOING IN THE GROUND FORCES
ONLY ABOUT A 150,000. SO THEY
MAY HAVE LOST. 25 1% OF THEIR
INITIAL FORCE. THAT'S A VERY
HIGH, VERY HIGH NUMBER.
THEY'RE REINFORCING ELSEWHERE.
THE TRYING TO BRING IN A
PERHAPS A MERCENARIES. BUT
THOSE WON'T BE ENOUGH TO FILL
THE RANKS. HAVE TO KEEP IN
MIND THE RUSSIAN. ARMED FORCES
TODAY. THE ARMY IS ONLY ABOUT
280,000. THIS IS NOT THE RED
ARMY OF FORWARD TO THAT MARCH
TO VICTORY OVER THE BODIES OF
INSTEAD, IT'S MUCH SMALLER IN
ITS VERY SENSITIVE THE
CASUALTIES. SO THESE COACHES,
VERY SIGNIFICANT FORCES ARE
ALSO USING A LOT OF THEIR
STOCKPILES OF. MUNITIONS OTHER
SUPPLIES. THEY'RE NOT GETTING
REINFORCED ON LIKE THE
UKRAINIANS FOR THAT REASON. I
THINK THAT TIME IS ON THE U.S.
SIDE. THE UKRAINIAN SO WHETHER
OTHER PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT
THEY RUSSIANS MAY STILL BE
ABLE TO GRIND UKRAINIANS DOWN.
THERE'S ALSO SOME POSSIBILITY
AND IN THE EAST THAT THE
RUSSIANS MIGHT GET THE GET THE
UPPER HAND. BUT RIGHT NOW
THINGS ARE LOOKING MUCH, MUCH
BETTER FOR THE UKRAINIANS.
>> AND COLONEL, WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE NATO SUMMIT
UNDERWAY IN BRUSSELS. REAL
QUICKLY, HOW CAREFUL DO THINK
THE ALLIANCE NEEDS TO BE RIGHT
NOW TO AVOID DIRECT
CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA.
>> WELL, THEY KNOW AND AND THE
PRESIDENT HAVE STATIC THAT
THEY WANT TO AVOID DIRECT
CONFRONTATION. YOU KNOW, THAT
HAS THE POSSIBILITY FOR
ESCALATION AND WHAT THEY'RE
DOING NOW SEEMS TO BE PRETTY
SUCCESSFUL. THAT IS FLOODING
THE UKRAINIANS WITH WEAPONS
AND AND SUPPLIES. SO I THINK
YOU'LL SEE CONTINUING A PUSH
BACK AGAINST THINGS LIKE A
HUMANITARIAN ZONES NO-FLY
ZONES MAYBE DOUBLING DOWN ON
OF SUPPLYING WEAPONS AND
MUNITIONS. COLONEL MARK AN
SEEN. A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS
MORNING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
ANALYSIS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, NEW
CONCERNS OVER NORTH KOREA'S
WEAPONS PROGRAM AFTER THAT
COUNTRY LAUNCH AN
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE TOWARD JAPANESE
WATERS. THIS IS THE FIRST
LONG-RANGE MISSILE LAUNCH BY
NORTH KOREA SINCE 2017
VIOLATING SEVERAL UN ISSUED
SANCTIONS. OFFICIALS SAY THE
LAUNCH SUGGEST THAT NORTH
KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN,
MAYBE CREATING A MISSILE
SYSTEM CAPABLE OF STRIKING THE
U.S. NOW IN RESPONSE TODAY,
SOUTH KOREA FIRED MULTIPLE
BALLISTIC AND TACTICAL
MISSILES. PRESS SECRETARY JEN
PSAKI RELEASED A STATEMENT
EARLIER THIS MORNING SAYING,
QUOTE, THE UNITED STATES
STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF KOREA FOR ITS TEST OF A
LONG-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE
PYONGYANG MUST IMMEDIATELY
CEASE ITS DESTABILIZING
ACTIONS. UNITED STATES WILL
TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO
ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE
AMERICAN HOMELAND AND REPUBLIC
OF KOREA AND JAPANESE ALLIES.
THE COUNTRY IS REMEMBERING
AMERICA'S HISTORY MAKING
SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE
ALBRIGHT. SHE DIED YESTERDAY
AT THE AGE OF 84 THIS MORNING.
FLAGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ARE
BEING FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF. IN
A STATEMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID ALBRIGHT DEFIED
CONVENTION AND BROKE BARRIERS
AGAIN AND AGAIN BACK IN 1993
THEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
NAMED ALBRIGHT. THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
NATIONS SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS
INAUGURATED. THEN IN 1996
HISTORY WAS MADE ME NOMINATED
ALBRIGHT TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN
TO SERVE AS SECRETARY OF
STATE.
>> THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
ACTUALLY A DREAM. I NEVER
THOUGHT I COULD HAVE AND I
FEEL GREAT.
>> JOINING US NOW IS FORMER
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT
CLINTON. GUY SMITH, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TO
REFLECT ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY
OF THE SECRETARY. YOU KNOW, I
KNOW YOU TRAVEL THE SERIE A
BUT WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT WHEN THEY
VISITED THAT WAR TORN REGION
BACK IN 19 7 1997. YOU ALSO
PLAYED A ROLE AND SECRETARY
ALBRIGHT'S VISIT TO NORTH
KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG IL. SO
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER MOST
ABOUT THIS GROUNDBREAKING
SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> WAS SHE WAS TRULY NATIONAL
TREASURE. IS CLINTON CALLED
HER YESTERDAY. DO YOU KNOW SHE
AND DIPLOMATICALLY. BUT VERY
SHARPLY. AND AND SHE WAS ABLE
TO USE SOMETIMES VERY SHARP
WORDS AND SHARP ACTIONS LIKE
WITH ROCKIES AND SO THE ARMY
SAYING TO MAKE VERY STRONG POOR ENSURE THE UNITED STATES
POOR ENSURE THE UNITED STATES
2, SHE 2. THE THE VERY SERIOUS
THE PROMISING FOR UNITED
STATES. IT WAS VERY UNIQUE
WHEREVER ON THEIR FLIGHT. WE
WERE COMING HOME.
>> THEIR FORCE, FROM ALWAYS
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC.
EVERYONE'S TIRED. I WALKED
INTO THE BIG CONFERENCE ROOM
WHEN THE FRONT OF THE PLANE
AND THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR SOUND
ON DRIVER WAS STRIPPED OF
THEIR STATE. MADELEINE
ALBRIGHT SHE SHE COULD SHE
COULD TAKE A BREAK HAVE A LOT
OF FUN AND BE VERY, VERY
SERIOUS AND GOT A LOT CHOOSE
THOSE WAS A TRUE INSPIRATION
TO EVERYBODY AND CERTAINLY.
>> THE YOUNG WOMEN IN THIS
COUNTRY. THAT'S A SKILL TO BE
ABLE TO NAP IN A PLACE LIKE
THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
WE'RE NOT JUST REFLECTING ON
HER LEGACY. WE'RE REFLECTING
ON HER LIFE AND ALBRIGHT WAS
BORN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA CAME TO
THE U.S. WINTERFEST WITH HER
FAMILY AS THEY WERE FLEEING
COMMUNISM. TALK ABOUT IT. HOW
HER BACKGROUND, HER CHILDHOOD
REALLY SHAPED HER FOREIGN
POLICY VIEWS.
>> WELL, THE SHAME SHE TO HOLD
THAT POSITION IS AS THAT CLIP
THAT YOU'RE AARON SHOW WHAT
YOU SAID AND SHE WAS THEY
ARROW.
>> THE.
>> THE OF THE UNITED STATES
AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BOTH
CITIZENS LONG-TERM THAT WERE
BORN HERE AND CITIZENS THAT
COME HERE. THAT ISN'T WHERE
SHARP RELIEF WITH SO MUCH OF
THE BRAIN. AND THAT CERTAINLY
THIS WEEK WITH UKRAINIAN
SITUATION IN THE REMEMBER
SOMETHING MORNING WILL BRING
YOU UKRAINIANS ARE CAN COME
STATES. THERE WOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD HAVE
VERY MUCH ENDORSING HIM.
CATERED FOR AND I THINK SHE
WOULD BE HIGHLY COMPLEMENTARY
OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT
ARE ARE RARE ONLY UKRAINE
WELCOME NEW UKRAINIAN
REFUGEES. NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THE MOST MOST OF THEM LIVE
BY POLAND. THERE ARE SO MANY
OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN WORK.
THE WHAT WILL MAKE STRONG AS
WHAT MADE HER STRONGER IS
THERE THEIR LOVE OF FREEDOM
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHE
BROUGHT TO HER JOB AT THE U
AIRLIFTED TO THE UNITED
NATIONS EVEN BACK WHEN SHE WAS
A PROFESSIONAL. GEORGE
>> GUY SMITH, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR HELPING US REFLECT ON
IT. SECRETARY ALBRIGHT THIS
MORNING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE