THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE LEAVING
OFFICE.
AS THE 11TH HOUR CONVENES
UNDERWAY ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
I'M 70 RURAL.
WE ARE BOTH ENTERED A 42 OF
RUSSIA'S INVASION.
UKRAINE HAS ACCUSED RUSSIAN
FORCES OF CARRYING OUT A
CAMPAIGN OF TERROR AGAINST
CIVILIANS AND THAT SOUND OF
BUCHA.
TODAY, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY TOOK HIS NATION'S
CASE OF THE UN.
AND A SCATHING ADDRESS TO THE
SECURITY COUNCIL, HE DESCRIBED
THE MASSACRE IN GRAPHIC DETAIL
AND CHALLENGE THE UN TO TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
>> IF THIS CONTINUES, THE
COUNTRIES WILL BE RELYING ONLY
ON THE POWER OF THEIR OWN ARMS
TO ENSURE THEIR SECURITY.
AND NOT ON INTERNATIONAL LAW.
NOT RELY ON INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.
THE UNITED NATIONS CAN BE
SIMPLY CLOSED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I READY
TO CLOSE THE UN?
AND NOW WE NEED DECISIONS FROM
THE SECURITY COUNCIL FOR PEACE
AND UKRAINE.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MAKE
THIS DECISION, YOU CAN DO TWO
THINGS.
EITHER REMOVE RUSSIA AS AN
AGGRESSOR, AND A SOURCE OF WAR,
OR, IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE
AN OPTION, THEN THE NEXT OPTION
WOULD BE TO DISSOLVE YOURSELF
ALTOGETHER.
>> AND DESPITE MOUNTAINS OF
FIRSTHAND WITNESSES AND
EVIDENCE, RUSSIA REPEATEDLY
DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN BUCHA.
AND ITS AMBASSADOR TO THE UN
OUT OF THIS.
>> DURING THE TIME THE TUNNELS
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE
RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES, NOT A
SINGLE CIVILIAN SUFFERED FROM
ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE.
>> NBC'S OWN RICHARD ENGEL WENT
TO BUCHA, I WILL WARN YOU, SOME
OF THE STORIES AND IMAGES AND
HIS REPORT ARE DISTURBING, BUT
THEY NEED TO BE SEEN.
>> UKRAINIAN TROOPS KICK THE
RUSSIANS OUT OF THE KYIV SUBURB,
AND ONCE AGAIN, ARE IN CHARGE.
BUT FOR FIVE WEEKS, RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS OCCUPIED BUCHA,
DESTROYED MUCH OF IT, AND
IMPOSED A REIGN OF TERROR.
TODAY, RESIDENTS FOR COMING OUT
OF HIDING.
IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING,
VALENTINA AND HER FRIEND SAID
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WENT APARTMENT
TO APARTMENT, MOSTLY SEARCHING
FOR MEN.
THEY WERE BREAKING OPEN DOORS
WITH AXES AND SLEDGEHAMMERS,
SHE SAYS.
IF YOU TALK BACK, THEY SHOW
YOU.
A FEW FEET AWAY WAS A GRAVE.
VALENTINA DUG WITH HER FRIEND.
>> YOU PUT UP ACROSS.
YOU BITE FOR PEOPLE HERE?
>> TO OUR NEIGHBORS, SHE SAYS.
WE DON'T KNOW THE OTHER TWO
ARE.
BUT WE BURIED THEM ANYWAY.
SHE SAYS ALL FOUR OF THEM WERE
MACHINE GUNNED BY RUSSIAN
TROOPS.
>> SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHY.
>> PLEASE DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN
AGAIN, SHE SAYS.
WE ARE REGULAR, HARDWORKING
PEOPLE.
>> UKRAINIAN TROOPS ESTIMATE
HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS WERE
MURDERED IN BUCHA.
THEY ARE STILL FINDING BODIES
AFTER A WANTON DISREGARD FOR
HUMAN LIFE HERE, THAT EVEN IN
WAR, IS A CRIME.
>> WE ARE OVER A MONTH INTO
THIS CONFLICT, AND THERE ARE
VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF A
POTENTIAL BE STILL.
TODAY, U.S. MILITARY OFFICIALS
GAVE A SOBERING ASSESSMENT FOR
WHAT IS LIKE WE HAD.
>> I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A
VERY PROTRACTED CONFLICT.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS MEASURED
IN YEARS.
>> YEARS.
MEANWHILE, THE U.S. IS SENDING
UKRAINE AN ADDITIONAL $100
MILLION IN JAVELIN ANTI-TANK
MISSILES.
AND THERE ARE NEW EFFORTS TO
SQUEEZE THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY.
THE U.S. PROPOSED BANNING
RUSSIAN COLDEST PART OF THE NEW
ROUND OF SANCTIONS, AND THE
U.S. IS MAKING EFFORTS TO FORCE
RUSSIA TO DRAIN THE DOLLARS
THAT THEY HOLD IN RUSSIA.
TOMORROW, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
UNVEIL ITS LATEST ROUND OF
SANCTIONS AGAINST THE COUNTRY,
AND ALSO TONIGHT, WE'RE
FOLLOWING THE LATEST OF THE
JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION.