Russian troops in Ukraine have been attempting to encircle Kyiv,
the capital of Ukraine.
But it is very clear that Vladimir Putin really underestimated Ukrainian forces and
how aggressively they would fight back, nothing made that clear.
Then, a video, it's footage from a drone showing how Russian
tanks were essentially ambushed by Ukrainian forces.
Let's take a look at that video and we'll discuss.
>> These are scenes from the town of bravery,
which is about ten miles or so to the East of the city.
It's an armored Russian column that has been trying to work its way down
the East side of the Ukrainian capital.
But there are images taken from a drone from the air.
And you can see the moment at which the column it comes in
the ferocious attack from antitank missiles in in a sort of ambush
as Ukrainian forces really pounding those armored vehicles.
And then from the ground level as well, you can see people have gone up to
the tank column after it's been destroyed at one of them.
The writers on one of those clips, I think you're playing now saying, look, you come
to Ukraine, you come to this land and this is what you get and show it underlines.
Just how defiant and how effective the Ukrainians are being at the moment in
pushing back those Russian armored columns as they attempt to encircle the city.
>> So while it's difficult to get a confirmation on
how many Russian troops have died.
US officials claimed that as many as 6000 Russian troops have died in this
war so far.
Again it's hard to confirm that but that's what they're saying.
And honestly it's,
even me like I'm pretty shocked by all of this because we're dealing with Russia
which of course has much stronger military capabilities than Ukraine does.
And Ukraine is really putting up a fight here.
I know that you love that video, you're gonna talk about it.
But I don't know.
I don't like seeing people get destroyed.
>> No let me explain.
Let me explain.
So first of all Russian tanks go after yourself.
So you're goddamn right, I love that video.
And so I'm gonna get two caveats in a second.
Very important ones, okay.
But why?
Because unfortunately as we've done this show for literally two decades now,
all I've ever seen and unfortunately it's been mainly the US.
Okay, but other countries as well, Russia and Syria, Chechnya and
other places, giant countries with tons and
tons of weapons go into a defenseless country and just obliterated, right.
Or Saudis with Yemen, how are the farmers of Yemen gonna fight back.
They don't have weapons, they don't have resources etcetera.
So this time Russia rolls in and goes we are mighty Russia, we have more money,
we have more weapons than you were gonna roll you over.
And we're gonna destroy you and there's nothing you can do about it and
the Ukrainians say well agree to disagree, there is something we can do about it.
So Russian tank go after yourself.
Okay, so I love the hubris of Putin.
I was, I'll just roll my tanks in in a 40 mile column have them as sitting ducks.
But the Ukrainians will surrender to me because I'm so mighty.
Well it didn't turn out that way, did it blood.
No, they're sitting ducks now, Ukrainian drones,
Ukrainian missiles are taking out the tanks one by one.
And the reason they were stuck on the road to Kyiv for so
long is because the idiot get a 40 mile line of tanks just sitting there.
So you take out the first one, you take out the second one they're stuck so
they were stuck for days and days and days and
so I love that their invasion is going poorly.
I do not agree with Russian propagandists like Jimmy Dore doing videos saying
that the Ukrainians are committing war crimes against Russian soldiers.
No, it's not a war crime when someone invades your country and is in a tank
to blow up your house and your hospital and your school for you to fight back.
The war crime is an invasion.
The war crime is a warship and the tanks fighting back against.
That is not a war crime.
It is the definition of self defense.
Okay, now having said that, I got to say this I am sorry.
Nonetheless because I'm a progressive I think about those poor Russian soldiers
in that tank who didn't vote on the war, who didn't do anything for it.
They had the misfortune of having a monster be their leader in Russia.
It's all Putin's fault and by the way the oligarchs who support them,
all those billionaires including the guy who owns Chelsea,
the soccer club in UK and all of them.
They all supported this, they all made money off of Putin, they're all monsters.
They sent those poor Russian soldiers to go die in Ukraine.
So I love the Ukrainians for fighting back and they have no choice at all.
It's literally either they're going to die and their families are going to die or
they have to fight back against the Russians but
you shouldn't celebrate the deaths of those soldiers.
We don't celebrate the deaths of anyone.
I'm celebrating the fact that the Ukrainians were able to miraculously fight
back here and stop a war of aggression in its tracks for a little while.
And obviously the more frustrated Putin is getting because of his idiocy and
his arrogance.
The worse he gets and the more humanitarian crisis that he creates by
then going and bombing from the air which also is a huge downside of this.
But what are you gonna do, blame the Ukrainians for fighting back and
protecting their families, that's insane to do that.
>> Right, I agree with you on that front, obviously they have the right to
defend themselves and fight back against the Russians.
There have been a few things here and there that are problematic, right.
And you want to ensure that, look, Ukraine was illegally invaded by Russia, okay.
They have the moral standing for the most part, but there have been a few things
that I think are worth mentioning, because we should be fair.
So, for instance, these near daily press conferences that they do, where they
have these Russian prisoners of war, essentially part of the press conference.
They're held hostage and they're being forced to
say things that does go against certain rules of law.
If those rules really exist, you get what I'm saying?
>> No, I do, and look guys we're always gonna be fair because
the whole point of a news show, if you're doing it right,
is to give you the truth, to give you a reality and the facts.
So, I'm against wars of aggression, that's my perspective, I hope to God,
most of you are, right.
But the facts are the same, no matter what.
And if the Ukrainians started doing terrible things, we would tell you,
in fact, yes.
So of course we don't trot out the hostages and
make them do hostage tapes, etcetera.
But at the same time what the Ukrainians are trying to do is say no we're
gonna fight back and you're not gonna take this country without a fight.
And so the little old ladies coming and
giving the sunflower seeds to the Russian soldiers and saying put it in your pockets
because when you all die here we'd like to have beautiful flowers grow up.
Grow in the dark where you died.
No, I like, yeah, I could feel bad for deaths on both sides.
But I love that woman and
I love the guy who said told the Russian warship to go for themselves.
They are defending their land, their families,
their lives so easy for us to nit pick, right.
And go a little bit here and a little bit there and
I wish you were a little bit nicer as you were trying to make sure your wife and
children weren't murdered by these Russian soldiers.
Yes, it's just the same with us guys when we invaded Iraq, those American soldiers,
it wasn't their fault, it wasn't their fault in Vietnam.
And except for a few guys like American sniper who was a maniac and
killed civilians on purpose.
But overall America sent those soldiers and the decision makers are guilty.
Bush and Cheney are guilty and
in this case the decision makers in Russia are guilty.
And so if you're angry and you should be, you should direct outs towards Putin and
the people who are backing them financially.