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>>> LET'S GO TO THE MAPS ON THE
BIG BOARD AND TALK TO CLINT
WATTS.
HE'S THERE FOR US.
A FORMER INFANTRYMAN AND
DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AT THE
RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND NATIONAL
SECURITY ANALYST FOR MS NBC AND
NBC.
SHOW US WHERE THE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT IS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
ITS OPERATION.
>> WE SAW VIDEO THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF A
FIREFIGHT IN AND AROUND THOSE
REACTORS.
WHAT DO THE RUSSIANS WANT TO DO?
THEY WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE
ENTIRE ENERGY SECTOR.
THEY CAN DO SEIZE WARFARE TO
TAKE CONTROL OF THE POWER
SOURCES, SEPARATELY, THE MORE
IMPORTANT POINT MIGHT BE
PSYCHOLOGICAL, INJECTING FEAR
INTO AUDIENCES WHILE WE ARE
TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
WHAT HAPPENED HERE LAST NIGHT.
IS IT SAFE?
I BELIEVE BACK AT HOME RUSSIAN
DISINFORMATION IS SAYING THE
UKRAINIANS ARE POSSIBLY USING IT
OR CAUSING A BLAST.
WITH WE SAW THAT LAST WEEK WHEN
CHERNOBYL WAS TAKEN BACK.
THE LAST THING FROM A MILITARY
PERSPECTIVE.
WE SEE NUCLEAR SITES.
THEY HAVE MASSIVE RAILHEADS.
IF YOU ARE AN INVADING ARMY, YOU
ARE BOGGED DOWN LOGISTICALLY AND
WANT TO MOVE THINGS QUICKLY OVER
TIME, TAKING RAILHEADS OUTSIDE
OF CITIES IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
ANOTHER LOGISTICAL COMPONENT FOR
THEM.
THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL ON THE
ROADS RIGHT NOW.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO BRING
UP, WHILE WE TALKED ABOUT THE
FIRST WEEK IN TWO DAYS, RUSSIANS
ARE NOW USING THAT COMBAT POWER
TO TAKE HOLD.
SEVERAL THINGS HA HAPPENED OVER
THE LAST 48 HOURS, FIRST THIS
UNIT IN CRIMEA, THE PENINSULA
THEY SEIZED IN 2014, IT HAS
CREATED A LAND WEDGE TO FORCES
IN DONBAS.
THEY ARE SURROUNDING THIS TOWN
HERE OF MARIUPOL.
THIS IS TOTAL WAR SIEGE WARFARE,
INDIRECT FIRE, THESE FOLKS ARE
IN ABSOLUTE DISASTER.
SEPARATELY KHERSON, THE OTHER
BREAK AWAY MIKA WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
IT'S THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AS
IT ENTERS INTO THE BLACK SEA AND
THERE IS A BRIDGE HERE IN
KHERSON WHICH ALLOWS THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY TO MOVE TO THE WESTERN
SIDE OF UKRAINE.
IF THEY CAN DO THAT, THEY CAN
POSSIBLY MARCH ALL THE WAY TO
THE MOLDOVAN BORDER SEALING OFF
THIS ENTIRE HERE, THERE WILL BE
NO SEA SUPPLY OR LOGISTICS TO
GET THINGS IN AND THEY CAN USE
LANDING CRAFTS TO BRING IN MORE
FORCES MORE QUICKLY IN THE
SOUTH.
BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BIGGER
PICTURE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
THE CONVOY STUCK THERE UP IN THE
NORTH.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE BIGGER
THIS ENGS TO THINK ABOUT.
THEY TRIED THIS INITIAL MOVE
INTO KIEV.
FAILED ATTEMPT TO TAKE DOWN THE
TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT EARLY.
YOU ARE SEEING THEM START TO
MAKE GAINS IN CLUE CHERNIHIV.
IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT UNLESS YOU
BUILD UP A LOGGERHEAD HERE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE UP THE REAR
AREAS.
YOU HEARD DEFENSE SECRETARY
KIRBY TALKING ABOUT TAKING THESE
TOWNS, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
FIGHTING INSURGENTS IN YOUR REAR
AREA.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE ENDS, THEY
ARE NOW MARCHING FROM THE SOUTH
IN FROM THE EAST, THEIR ULTIMATE