>>> WE LOOK AT A DAMNING
ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE.
IN UKRAINE.
>> THEY TRIED TO STAY HERE.
AND THEY'RE PULLING BACK.
AND THE MAJOR OFFENSIVE HAS
STALLED.
RUSSIA IS NOT ACHIEVING ITS
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.
>> WE GO TO KYIV.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE LATEST ON
THE GROUND THERE.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT FINLAND
AND SWEDEN.
THEY'RE JOINING NATO.
WHAT IS THE REACTION BEEN LIKE
TO THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
AND WHY IS TURKEY POTENTIALLY
OPPOSED TO IT?
>> Reporter: THE OVERALL
MAJORITY OF NATO MEMBERS SAY
THAT WE WELCOME DEVELOPMENT. KEEP IN MIND, IF FINLAND ALONE
KEEP IN MIND, IF FINLAND ALONE
JOINS THE ALLIANCE, IT WILL
DOUBLE THE ALLIANCE'S BORDER
WITH RUSSIA.
THEY HAVE LARGE MILITARIES.
AND WILL STRENGTHEN THE BORDER.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
APPLICATIONS FAST TRACKED.
>> I WOULD LIKE A QUICK AND
SWIFT PROCESS AND WE WILL SIT
DOWN WITH FINLAND AND TALK
ABOUT THE PROTOCOL AND WORK FOR
A SPEEDY PROCESS.
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
THERE IS NO WAY TO PREVENT
THAT.
>> Reporter: IF THE
APPLICATIONS ARE, IN FACT,
SUBMITTED, IT WILL REQUIRE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM
ALTERNATE ALL NATO MEMBERS AND
THAT INCLUDES TURKEY.
THEY WERE CITING THEIR
RESERVATIONS IN THEIR
PERCEIVED, HIS WORDS, SUPPORT
FOR THE PARTIES.
THEY ARE TALKING THROUGH THE
CONCERNS WITH TURKEY.
HE SEES THEM SOMETHING THEY CAN
WORK THROUGH AND THEY DO NOT
EXPECT THAT TO HINDER THE
APPLICATION PROCESS IN ANY WAY.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
ONGOING BATTLE IN EASTERN
UKRAINE THIS MORNING.
THE UKRAINIAN TROOPS ARE
COUNTER ATTACKING IN THE REGION
HAVE REACHED THE BORDER WITH
RUSSIA.
HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
GOING ON THERE.
>> Reporter: FOR WEEKS, THIS IS
THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN
UKRAINE.
IT HAS BEEN UNDER INTENSE
RUSSIAN FORCES, MOVING IN IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INVASION
IN AN ATTEMPT AS A CRITICAL
CITY IN THE DONBAS REGION AS
WELL.
BUT UKRAINE IN RECENT WEEKS,
LAUNCHING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
SUCCESSFUL COUNTER OFFENSIVE,
NOT ONLY STOPPING THE RUSSIAN
FORCES FROM ENCIRCLING THE
CITY, BUT PUSHING THEM BACK TO
THE BORDER.
MILITARY AIR ANALYST HAVE
DECLARED THE UKRAINE FOR THE
WINNER.
THAT IS PERHAPS WHY THE SECOND
GENERAL IS POINTING TO THE FACT
THAT THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE
WITHDRAWING FROM THE AREA,
COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THE
RUSSIAN FORCES LOST THE BATTLE
FOR KYIV AND THE INABILITY FOR
RUSSIA TO TAKE KEY CITIES.
THAT MEANS THAT UKRAINE COULD
WIN THIS WAR.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE THROWING
IN THE SUPPORT TO SEND IN THE
HEAVY WEAPONS THAT UKRAINE SAY
IS ESSENTIAL TO WIN THIS FIGHT.
>> WE WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
STEEL PLANT IN MARIUPOL AND THE
WOUNDED SOLDIERED TRAPS IN
THERE?
>> Reporter: IT CONTINUES TO BE
BOMBARDED BY RUSSIAN FORCES BY
AIR AND LAND.
THERE ARE SERIOUS AND TENSION
AND TOUGH NEGOTIATIONS IN THE
WORD OF UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS,
ONGOING TO TRY TO EVACUATE
WOUNDED UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 38 WOUNDED
SOLDIERS.
BUT THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT
YIELDED THE KIND OF EVACUATIONS
LIKE WE SAW DAYS AGO WHEN THEY
EVACUATED 500 CIVILIANS FROM
THE STEEL PLANT.
THERE IS A HUMANITARIAN