KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE ON ALL
THE DETAILS.
>> Ainsley: THANKS, PETE.
NEXT GUEST UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST
WHO LIKE MANY DOUBTED ANY
REALITY OF WAR.
SHE PENNED AN OP-ED IT IS TITLED
I’M IN KYIV AND AWAKE AT THE
DARKEST HOUR AS PUTIN’S BOMBS
WANE DOWN.
IN IT SHE WRITES I WAS ONE OF
THOSE UNTILES VERY LAST MOMENT
COULD NOT ACCEPT THE NOTION OF A
FULL SCALE INVASION WITH
AIRSTRIKES ON OUR MAJOR TOWNS.
NATALIA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM
UKRAINE.
GOOD MORNING, NATALIA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
>> Ainsley: YOU ARE A WAR
CORRESPONDENT.
YOU ARE USED TO HEARING THE
SHELLINGS OUTSIDE.
IS THAT WHY YOU DECIDED TO STAY
AND DIDN’T TAKE IT AS SERIOUSLY?
>> ABSOLUTELY STAYING BECAUSE
I’M THE REPORTER.
I KNOW THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR
IT’S THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
IT’S SOMETHING I HAVE WRITTEN A
BOOK ON THE OCCUPATION OF
CRIMEA.
IT’S MY PROFILE.
AND OF COURSE I’M HERE AS MY
HUSBAND WHO IS A JOURNALIST AS
WELL.
SO WE ARE WORKING AS MY
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE THE CLOSEST
JOURNALISTS BUT I SHOULD ALSO
EXPLAIN THAT IN THIS ALL OF THE
PEOPLE THEY PREFER TO STAY, YOU
KNOW THEY TRY TO SEND THEIR
FAMILIES AND KIDS AND PARENTS TO
A SAFER PLACE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE GOING TO OR
THEY DO THEIR JOB SO ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
THERE IS A VERY STRONG
RESILIENCE IN UKRAINE.
YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY THE
HISTORIC MOMENT.
YOU QUOTED ME THAT I WAS
DOUBTING NOT BECAUSE WE ARE
STUPID.
NOT BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE WAS NOT
THERE.
BUT THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING
CHANGING THE WORLD ORDER.
SOMETHING WHICH IS CHANGING THE
RULE 21st CENTURY.
IT SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED WITH
YOUBUTIT DOES.
AT THIS SCALE WE WOULDN’T SEE IT
IN OUR GENERATION.
>> Ainsley: HOW DOES BETWEEN
INTRODUCE AND WRITING STORIES
AND BEING ON TELEVISION HOW ARE
YOU BALANCING BACK BE PACKING UP
YOUR BELONGINGS OR WHAT’S
HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES
BETWEEN YOUR INTERVIEWS AND
WORK?
>> SO IT’S QUITE TENSE BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO CARRY AND HOW YOU
BRING YOUR MOM TO THE RAILWAY,
STILL THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
LEAVE THE CAPITAL.
TRYING TO CALM DOWN OTHER
EMPLOYEES.
BUT IN THIS, FOR INSTANCE, I
JUST MOVED THE OFFICE TO A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE ROOM.
THEN KIND OF GOING -- LIKE GOING
TO MAYBE SET UP SOMETHING IN THE
BATHROOM BECAUSE I TEND TO WORK
FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE
IT’S NOT THE PLACE WHERE SHOULD
BE THE AIRSTRIKES.
WE DO HEAR AIRSTRIKES.
I HAD JUST FORGOTTEN I HAVEN’T
EATEN FOR TWO DAYS.
I THINK WE ALSO PREPARING FOR
SOMETHING LONGER.
SO WHAT I’M DOING HENCE ME MORE.
PEOPLE FEEL THEY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING.
OF COURSE, CIVILIANS, FEMALES,
NOT EVERYBODY IS REALLY ABLE SO
THEY TRYING TO DO WITH SOME KIND
OF NONMILITARY WAY.
AINS APES AS A JOURNALIST,
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN
YOUR AREA, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> YOU KNOW, I’M LIVING IN A
RESIDENTIAL AREA SOMETIMES WE
COULD HEAR SIRENS, FOR INSTANCE.
I’M REALLY CLOSELY FOLLOWING
WHAT’S GOING ON.
IF INDEED THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT
TO FIGHT -- TO FIGHT IN
DIFFICULT THERE WAS A SABOTAGE
GROUP DESTROYED IN RESIDENTIAL
AREA.
CLOSEST KREIGER OF MINE IS NEAR
THE PRESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
SHE SEE QUITE A LOT OF AIR
DEFENSE WEAPONRY.
AND, YOU KNOW, HEARD THE
SHOOTING.
BUT REST OF THIS TOWN IS LARGELY
EXPLAIN WORKING, THE INTERNET
SHELTERING THE PEOPLE BUT IT’S
WORKING.
AND FREE.
I KNOW HOSPITALS ARE WORKING.
SWEATER, MOW MOBILES.
ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE
GOVERNMENT THE AUTHORITIES ARE
ALL TRYING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, AS
LIVABLE FOR THE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE TOLD NOT TO GO TO THE
OFFICES UNLESS THEY ARE
EMERGENCY WORKERS.
EMERGENCY WORKERS ARE WORKING.
SCHOOLS ARE, NOT WORKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S QUITE
[INAUDIBLE] I SHOULD SAY.
WE DO OBSERVE SOMETHING THE
MESSAGE I WANT TO CONVEY IT’S
MORE THAN 30 HOURS NOW AND
UKRAINE IS AS BIG AS FRANCE.
IT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND
FOLLOW WHAT’S HAPPENING ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
BUT, THEY ARE THERE.
THEY ARE FIGHTING BACK.
I HAVE HEARD PREVIOUS SEGMENTS
HOW THERE WAS ALL THE DISCUSSION
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CAPITAL
FIGHT.
THE FIGHT IS THERE WILL LIMITED
RESOURCES ON OUR OWN BUT, AGAIN,
SUCH A MIGHTY ARMY.
PUTIN DEFINITELY THOUGHT
[INAUDIBLE] FOR HIM.
>> Ainsley: I OBJECT SAW
ZELENSKYY SAID IS HE OFFERING
GUNS TO ALL AGES ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
MOLOTOV COCKTAILS ARE NOW LEGAL.
HEADLINE THIS MORNING AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER, ONE OF THE POPULAR
ONES IN NEW YORK SAYS BLOODY
HELL.
IF HAD YOU TO WRITE A HEADLINE
REALLY QUICKLY. WHAT WOULD YOUR HEADLINE BE?
WHAT WOULD YOUR HEADLINE BE? >> THERE WAS NO COUNTRY MILITARY
>> THERE WAS NO COUNTRY MILITARY
FORCE IS TRYING TO OVERTAKE.
IT’S NOT THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT
WOULD BE MY HEADLINE.
>> Ainsley: NATALIA, I WISH YOU
THE BEST, GOD BLESS YOU.
MANY PEOPLE OVER HERE ARE