UNBELIEVABLE THIS IS HAPPENING
IN 2022.
UNREAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY FRIEND.
APPRECIATE YOU.
>>> GOOD EVENING, EVENING.RYONE.
UKRAINE IS HOLDING FIRM AGAINST
THE RUSSIAN INVADERS AS THE WAR
APPROACHES THE SECOND WEEK.
82% OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN STAGED AT THE
UKRAINIAN BORDER ARE NOW INSIDE
THAT COUNTRY.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO BOMBARD
CITIES AND TOWNS FORCING
EMERGENCY CREWS INTO HARM'S WAY
TO DIG THROUGH THE REBEL FOR
SURVIVORS.
THE DAYLIGHT REVEALS THE EXTENT
OF PUTIN'S DESTRUCTION,
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES
COMPLETELY LEVELLED AND FLAMES
STILL SMOLDERING AMONG THE
CHARRED REMAINS.
UKRAINE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY
KHARKIV IS UNDER CONTINUOUS
ASSAULT FOR DAYS AND SURROUNDED
BY RUSSIAN FORCES.
AND WHILE THEY HELD OUT AGAINST
THE ASSAULT SO FAR, THEY ARE
INCREASINGLY DESPERATE AND
RUNNING SHORT ON FOOD.
>> THE BOMBING AND SHOOTING, WE
DON'T KNOW HOW TO SLEEP AND HOW
WE WILL LIVE TOMORROW.
PLEASE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FOOD FOR MY BABY.
>> RUSSIA IS CLAIMING CONTROL OF
THE STRATEGIC PORT CITY AND THE
MAYOR SAYS THEY ARE WAITING FOR
A MIRACLE.
MEANWHILE, THE U.N. IS
ESTIMATING THE DEATH TOLL IS IN
THE HUNDREDS.
THEY SAY THE REAL NUMBER IS
BELIEVED TO BE CONSIDERABLY
HIGHER AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
ARE REPORTING THAT MORE THAN
2,000 SAY ZILCIVILIANS HAVE LOST
LIVES.
MORE THAN 800,000 REFUGEES HAVE
FLED THE COUNTRY WITH THOUSANDS
MORE TO FOLLOW PUTTING EUROPE ON
THE BRINK OF A MAJOR
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
ALL OF THIS FOR THE QUEST OF A
SINGLE MAN WHO IS SO OBSESSED
WITH CRUSHING UKRAINE HE'S
WILLING TO CHOKE OFF HIS ENTIRE
COUNTRY FROM THE REST OF THE
DEVELOPED WORLD.
AT THIS STAGE, PUTIN IS SO
ISOLATED THAT AN OVERWHELMING
141 NATIONS VOTED AT THE U.N.
TODAY TO CONDEMN HIS INVASION.
ONLY FOUR COUNTRIES TOOK RUSSIA
EASTSIDE IN VOTING AGAINST THE
INVASION, BELARUS SYRIA, ERITREA
AND NORTH KOREA.
DESPITE THE DESTRUCTION, WE SEE
COURAGEOUS SCENES OF RESISTANCE
FROM THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE LIKE
THESE RESIDENTS WHO WERE
UNDETERRED BUT AN ARMED RUSSIAN
SOLDIER WHO FIRED HIS WEAPON IN
THE AIR.
THEY BRAVELY CONFRONTED HIM AND
HIS COMPANY BLOCKING THEIR
CONVOY FROM PROCEEDING.
WE HEARD VARYING ESTIMATES OF
THE NUMBER OF RUSSIAN TROOPS
KILLED IN ACTION BUT TWO WESTERN
OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THAT
RUSSIA HAS LOST NEARLY 6,000 OF
THEIR TROOPS SO FAR.
AND WHILE NBC NEWS CANNOT
INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY, IT FAR
EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF U.S.
TROOPS LOST IN IRAQ, MORE THAN
DECADE OF WAR IN ATTEMPTED
OCCUPATION.
UKRAINE IS NOW ASKING FOR MORE
ANTI TANK WEAPONS TO TAKE OUT
THE 40-MILE LONG COLUMN OR
RUSSIAN GROUND FORCES THAT'S
BEEN TRYING TO REACH UKRAINE'S
CAPITAL KYIV FOR DAYS.
THAT CONVOY IS STALLED OUTSIDE
THE CITY PLAGUED BY LOGISTICAL
ISSUES AND SUPPLY LINE FAILURES.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S LITERALLY A
SITTING DUCK BUT WITHOUT THE
CAPACITY TO TAKE IT OUT, UKRAINE
WOULD BE WATCHING A SLOW MOTION
KA
CATASTROPHE IN THE MAKING.
JOINING US IS A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEES.
OLEXI, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR "THE
KYIV INDEPENDENT" AND KEIR
SIMMONS LIVE IN MOSCOW.
I'LL GO IN REVERSE ORDER, I WANT
TO STAY WITH YOU OLEXI AND ASK
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND.
HOW DIRE IS IT AND HOW DIRE ARE
THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IS TO
COME?
>> WELL, WE'RE SEEING INCREASED
SHELLING OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN
KHARKIV, KHERSON.
AS WE SPEAK KYIV IS BEING
BOMBED.
WE HAVE REPORTS THAT DOWNTOWN
KYIV IS SUFFERING FROM AIR
STRIKES.
WE'RE YET TO CONFIRM THIS BUT WE
CAN SEE IN THE PAST TWO DAYS,
THE SHELLING OF RESIDENTIAL
AREAS HAS DRASTICALLY INCREASED.
>> IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY
IDEA INSIDE OF KYIV, INSIDE OF
UKRAINE FROM WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT ANYONE
HAS ANY INTENTION OF
SURRENDERING TO THE KREMLIN AND
ALLOWING THE KREMLIN TO TAKE
OVER YOUR COUNTRY?
>> NO, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THE MAJOR GOAL OF PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS TO DESTROY
UKRAINE AND THAT IS --
UKRAINIANS WILL NEVER AGREE TO
THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE SEE INCREASED
SHELLING IS THAT THE TALKS
BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA HAVE
BROKE DOWN TWO DAYS AGO AND NOW
RUSSIA IS TRYING TO FORCE THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT TO SPEAK
AND TO AGREE TO THEIR TERMS WITH
THE LIVES OF CIVILIANS.
>> LET ME GO TO YOU, KEIR.
THERE IS NEWS THERE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE A SECOND ROUND OF PEACE
TALKS IN BELARUS.
THE CHALLENGE THERE, OF COURSE,
IS SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, HAVING THE DELEGATION
THAT GOES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE
RUSSIANS BE SAFE IN A COUNTRY
BELARUS THAT IS ON THE SIDE OF
THE RUSSIANS.
IS THAT -- ARE THOSE TALKS GOING
TO HAPPEN?
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEY'RE GOING
TO HAPPEN WHILE THERE IS STILL
ACTIVITY SHELLING AND VIOLENCE
BEING COMMITTED BY RUSSIA IN
UKRAINE?
>> GOOD QUESTION --
>> THERE OBVIOUSLY --
>> I'M SORRY, FOR KEIR.
>> Reporter: LOOK, JOY, GOOD
QUESTION, BEFORE I STOOD IN
FRONT OF THE CAMERA, WE HEARD
THIS NEWS OF EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN
KYIV SO IT SOUNDS AS IF THE
RUSSIANS CONTINUE THEIR ASSAULT
AND THOSE REALLY AREN'T THE
CONDITIONS FOR TALKS.
THE TERRIBLE TRUTH ABOUT WAR IS
SOMETIMES THE TWO SIDES NEED TO
TALK EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PEACE
TALKS JUST IN ORDER TO AGREE AT
SOME TIMES SOME TERMS, SOMETIMES
JUST TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLY LINES
IF THEY'RE TARGETED IN THIS CASE
AND IF THEY ARE NATO SUPPLY
LINES WHAT WOULD BE THE
IMPLICATION OF THAT SO THEY CAN
BE REASONS TO MEET AND TALK.
JOY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS
SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING THE
SECRETARY BLINKEN SAID TODAY.
AND I'LL JUST QUOTE WHAT HE
SAID.
HE SAID IF RUSSIA PULLS BACK AND
PURSUES DIPLOMACY, WE STAND
READY TO DO THE SAME AND IT
SOUTHWESTING BECAUSE --
INTERESTING TO GIVE PRESIDENT
PUTIN AND IF HE EVEN WANTS TO
DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT'S
HAPPENED AND BLINKEN AND READY
TO GO THE SAME ABOUT DIPLOMACY
AND SEEMINGLY FROM THAT SENTENCE
ABOUT PULLING BACK IS THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE SUGGESTING IF
RUSSIA STOPPED ITS COMBAT, THE
WEST FOR EXAMPLE WOULD HALT IT'S
RATCHETING UP OF SANCTIONS IN
ORDER TO TRY TO COME TO SOME
KIND OF AGREEMENT.
IT MAY NOT BE THAT.
IT MAY BE A HOPE.
TRUTH IS, THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE
STILL PURSUING THEIR OBJECTIVES
AND THE UKRAINIANS ARE STILL
DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY AND IN
THAT CONTEXT, PEACE TALKS SEEM
PRETTY UNLIKELY IF THEY DO
HAPPEN PRETTY UNLIKELY TO REACH
ANY KIND OF IMPORTANT USEFUL
AGREEMENT.
>> VERY QUICKLY FOR YOU, KEIR,
ON THAT POINT.
YOU'RE IN MOSCOW, HOW MUCH ARE
THE SANCTIONS BITING IN TERMS OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE?
I READ STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE
BEING UNABLE TO USE APPLE PAY
AND THEIR METRO CARD TO GET ON
THE SUBWAY.
HOW MUCH ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
FEELING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF
WHAT THE SANCTIONS ARE DOING?
>> Reporter: WELL, THERE WAS A
WAVE OF ECONOMIC BLOWS, DOUBLING
OF INTEREST RATES TO 20% AND
PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT TRYING TO
GET CURRENCY.
IT SETTLED A BIT I WOULD SAY IN
THESE FEW DAYS BUT I'VE SPOKEN
TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT THE RIPPING
OF THE CULTURE BETWEEN THE
CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN THIS PART
OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST AND
WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE.
INTERESTING STORY TONIGHT, JOY,
FROM REUTERS SITING A SHIPPING WEBSITE SAYING THAT IT IS SEEING
WEBSITE SAYING THAT IT IS SEEING
SUPER YACHTS FROM THE OLIGARCHS
TURNING UP IN THE MALLDIVES AND
THEY DON'T HAVE AN EXTRADITION
TREATY WITH THE U.S.
SO ARE RUSSIA'S SUPER RICH
TRYING TO PUT CLEAR BLUE WATER
BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA, POSSIBLY,
CERTAINLY I SUSPECT THEY ARE
DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
ANOTHER QUESTION BEING CAN THEY
EVEN INFLUENCE THE PRESIDENT IF
THEY ASK HERE IN RUSSIA AND IF
THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO HIM
BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CLOSE TO
PRESIDENT PUTIN IS BODY GUARDS,
THE PEOPLE IN THE FSB AS IT'S
CALLED, USED TO BE CALLED THE
KGB AND WE'RE TOLD THEY'RE
DEEPLY LOYAL AND WOULD DIE FOR
HIM, FRANKLY.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TRAFFIC
JAM.
YOU WANTED TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION ABOUT PEACE TALKS
BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
UKRAINE BEING INTERESTED IN ANY
TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN WHILE THE
BOMBS ARE STILL FALLING.
>> OH, YES, I WOULD SAY THAT THE
PEACE TALKS WILL DEFINITELY
HAPPEN
HAPPEN.
UKRAINE HAS TO AGREE TO PEACE
TALKS.
UKRAINE HAS TO SHOW THAT -- THE
LEADERSHIP OF UKRAINE HAS TO
SHOW THAT IT CHERISHES LIVES.
IT TRIES TO PREVENT RUSSIA FROM
SHELLING RESIDENTIAL AREAS BUT
UNFORTUNATE LI
UNFORTUNATELY, WE UNDERSTAND
THESE PEACE TALKS WILL LEAD TO
NOWHERE BECAUSE RUSSIANS AND
UKRAINIANS ARE SO FAR APART.