WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT COMES
BACK IN THE COMING DAYS OR
WEEKS.
GENERAL SPALDING, THANK YOU.
SO, THE UKRAINIAN TOWN OF LVIV
NEAR THE POLISH BORDER HAS BEEN
SPARED THE BRUNT OF THE FIGHTING
BUT HAS BEEN FLOODED WITH
REFUGEES FLEEING RUSSIA’S
ONSLAUGHT.
LUCAS TOMLINSON IS AT HIS POST
YET A AGAIN TODAY AND WE I CAN
LIVE WITH YOU.
LUCAS, GOOD MORNING THERE IS YOU
GET READY FOR ANOTHER DAY,
HELLO.
>> BILL, GOOD MORNING.
OFFICIALS TELL ME A NO-FLY ZONE
OVER THIS COUNTRY WOULD HAVE NO
EFFECT, 500 BALLISTIC AND SHORT
RANGE AND CRUISE MISSILES THAT
ARE FLYING INTO THIS COUNTRY, NO
EFFECT WHATSOEVER.
WE GOT THIS VIDEO IN FROM TWO
HOURS NORTH OF THE CAPITAL, A
CITY THAT HAS LARGELY BEEN
REDUCED TO RUBBLE.
EARLIER, UKRAINE’S
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ADDRESSED
THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT.
>> Interpreter: DO NOT BE
SILENT.
SUPPORT UKRAINE.
BECAUSE OF UKRAINE DOES NOT
SURVIVE, THE WHOLE OF EUROPE
WILL NOT SURVIVE.
IF UKRAINE FALLS, THE WHOLE OF
EUROPE WILL FALL.
>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
POURED OUT ON THE STREETS OF
PRAGUE TO HEAR ZELENSKYY’S
VIRTUAL ADDRESS, THIS IS THE
CONVOY STALLED OUTSIDE THE
CAPITAL, MANY WONDERING WHERE
THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN THAT
CONVOY, WHY DON’T SATELLITE
IMAGES SHOW PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
THE VEHICLE THAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT IN A MILITARY CONVOY?
THERE ARE REPORTS THERE IS LOW
MORALE, SOLDIERS EATING EXPIRED
FOOD, SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN ON THE
STREETS WHO SAID HER MOTHER
LIVES IN THAT CONVOY AND HAS HAD
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS COMING INTO HER
HOME AND RANSACKING FOOD.
HERE IN LVIV, WE TRAVELED
30 MINUTES NORTH AND FOUND A
FORMER AMERICAN SOLDIER TRAINING
WITH FIGHTERS.
HE OFFERED THIS EXPLANATION FOR
RUSSIA’S MILITARY PROBLEMS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> THE UKRAINIANS HAVE KILLED A
LOT OF RUSSIANS IN THIS PAST
WEEK, AND I’M SURPRISED HOW FAST
THE RUSSIANS WANT TO THROW THEIR
TROOPS BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO DIE
DIE.
>> NOW WE PASSED A NUMBER OF
CHECKPOINTS GOING UP TO THE
CITY, THIS IS A UNIVERSITY TOWN,
BILL, AS I’VE MENTIONED, HOWEVER
ONCE YOU LEAVE THE CITY AND
TRAVEL 13 MINUTES NORTH WITH
NUMEROUS CHECKPOINTS, AND A LOT
OF LOCAL MILITIAS, CITIZEN
SOLDIERS, MEN BUILDING SANDBAGS
AND ARMED WITH HUNTING RIFLES,
NEARLY ON WARTIME FOOTING, SOME
OF THOSE FIGHTERS HAD SEEN A
RUSSIAN GUN SHIPS FLYING
OVERHEAD.
>> LUCAS, YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN
THE MILITARY, U.S. NAVY, AND I
JUST WANT TO DRAW ON THAT
BECAUSE THERE WERE MILITARY
EXPERTS EARLIER TODAY SUGGESTING
THE RUSSIANS HELP SUPPLY AND
FUEL THAT WILL GET THEM TO
SUNDAY, WHICH MEANS TWO DAYS
FROM NOW.
ARE YOU HEARING THAT, AND IF SO,
WHAT CAN YOU REPORT ON THAT?
>> CERTAINLY, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE CONVOY AND STALLED
CONVOY, THERE ARE CERTAINLY A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUEL
ISSUES AND ALSO THE MUD, THE
FACT THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE -- AND
ALL-WEATHER FORCE AND THE FACT
THEY HAVE TO STICK TO MAIN ROADS
IS CERTAINLY RAISING QUESTIONS.
THOSE TANKS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO
THROUGH ANY KIND OF LAND IN
CERTAINLY RICH FARMLAND HERE IN
UKRAINE.
IN TERMS OF THE WARSHIP OFF THE
COAST OF ODESA, WE ARE GETTING
REPORTED SOME OF THE SHIPS
MIGHT HAVE TURNED AROUND AND
HIDE BACK TO CRIMEA, BUT AS YOU
KNOW JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO, WE
FIRST REPORTED A GROUP OF
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS HAD LEFT CRIMEA
AND ARE POSED TO DO AN
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN ODESA.
UKRAINE’S THIRD LARGEST CITY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE REPORTS
TONIGHT FROM UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
THAT SOME OF THE SHIPS MAY HAVE
TURNED AROUND.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THAT IS A
DIVERSION TACTIC, PERHAPS, YOU
MENTIONED KHERSON, THE CITY
NORTH OF CRIMEA, SOME SOLDIERS
DOWN THERE, BUT BACK TO
LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS AND FUEL, IS
THIS RUSSIAN ARMY CAPABLE OF
MOVING THAT FAR, BILL?
>> Bill: GREAT POINT.
LUCAS, ONE LAST THING, I HAVE
DESCRIBED THIS PUTIN MARCH AS
SLOW, SLOWER THAN HE WANTS,
BETTY, BUT DELIBERATE, WOULD YOU
AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I LIKE SLOW AND STEADY IN
TERMS OF DELIVERY -- I THINK YOU
LOOK AT SOME OF THE SHELLING OF
CIVILIAN AREAS, FLYING INTO
APARTMENT BUILDINGS,
INDISCRIMINATE SHELLING WITH --
I WOULD SAY THIS IS LOOKING LIKE
CHECHNYA AND PARTS OF SYRIA,