WE’LL ANSWER ALL OF THAT AND
MORE.
BUT FIRST, WE GO LIVE TO FOX’S
TREY WHO’S ON THE GROUND IN
KYIV.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US AS OF THIS
HOUR?
>> LAURA, GOOD EVENING.
LAST HOUR, THERE WERE TWO LARGE
EXPLOSIONS HERE IN THE CAPITAL
OF KYIV.
WE’RE GETTING NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
THE UKRAINIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY
ADVISOR, ANTON GARASHENKO SHARE
AVID YOU AND CLAIMS THAT
UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSE SHOT DOWN
A RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE CLEAR
WITH THE ATTRIBUTION HERE.
THIS IS COMING FROM THE ADVISOR
TO THE INTERIOR MINISTER AND IS
BEING WIDELY REPORTED IN LOCAL
MEDIA.
THIS ADVISOR TO THE MINISTER WHO
HAS IN THE PAST DURING THIS
ESCALATION DISCUSSED A LOT OF
MOVEMENT IN TERMS OF THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARY, SOMEONE WITH
KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION.
AGAIN, IT’S CLAIMING THAT THE
UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSE HAS SHOT
DOWN A RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
AIRCRAFT AND WE HAVE NOT
INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED THIS
REPORT.
BUT IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
MOVE BY THE UKRAINIANS AND IT
WOULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT UKRAINE HAS AIR DEFENSE IN
PLAY.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
IN THE INITIAL HOURS OF THEIR
INVASION INTO UKRAINE TOOK OUT
ALL OF THE UKRAINIAN AIR
DEFENSE, BUT THE VIDEOS THAT ARE
GOING AROUND ON-LINE INDICATE
THIS WAS INDEED SOME SORT OF
INTERCEPTION AND WE WILL GET
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS
INTERCEPTED.
IT COMES AS THERE HAVE BEEN A
COUPLE OF CRUISE OR BALLISTIC
MISSILES FIRED AT THE UKRAINIAN
CAPITAL TONIGHT.
WE’RE GETTING MORE INFORMATION
ON THOSE.
AND THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN
UKRAINE, KHARKIV IS TAKING A
LOT OF FIRE TONIGHT.
THE MAJOR CONCERN IS THIS CITY
COULD BE CHOKED OFF AMID A
LARGER PUSH BY THE RUSSIANS IN
THIS LARGER BLITZ OF THE CITY.
IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, YOU WILL
LIKELY SEE A NUMBER OF WAVES OF
ATTACKS SO THAT THE RUSSIAN
FORCES CAN WORK THEIR WAY TO THE
CAPITAL.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE ARE NOT
ONLY UKRAINIAN FORCES AND
CIVILIANS SAY THEY WILL STAY AND
FIGHT EVEN IF THIS BATTLE TURNS
INTO A MORE URBAN GUERRILLA
WARFARE STYLE OF WAR.
LAURA?
>> LAURA: WE’VE BEEN SEEING
HEART WRENCHING VIDEO TODAY FROM
THE UNDERGROUND SUBWAYS IN KYIV
AND OTHER PLACES, OTHER AREAS
THAT CIVILIANS FEEL CERTAINLY
MORE SAFE IN.
PEOPLE TAKING, OBVIOUSLY, THEIR
CHILDREN, SOME BELONGINGS, SOME
FOOD.
SOMETIMES THEIR PETS.
AND IT’S -- IT’S DIFFICULT TO
WATCH.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WAR ENDS UP
LOOKING LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN THE
EARLY STAGES WHERE CIVILIANS TRY
TO FIND COVER WHEREVER THEY CAN.
AND A LOT OF THE WOMEN THAT WERE
INTERVIEWED SAID WE DON’T KNOW
WHERE TO GO.
WE’RE GOING TO THE ONLY PLACE WE
KNOW IS SAFE, AND OTHERS ARE
ALREADY FLEEING ACROSS THE
BORDER INTO POLAND WHERE THEY’RE
BEING ALLOWED TO GO TONIGHT.
SO, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEING AS
FAR AS THE CIVILIANS ON THE
GROUND IN THE VULNERABLE AREAS.
>> IT’S HEART BREAKING TO SEE
THE IMAGES AND SCENES PLAY OUT
IN THE UKRAINEIAN CAPITAL.
PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE
WRAPPING THEIR MIND AROUND WHAT
IS TAKING PLACE.
THESE ARE THINGS YOU EXPECT TO
SEE OUT OF A WORLD WAR II
DOCUMENTARY.
PEOPLE UNDERGROUND IN THE SUBWAY
SYSTEM TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM
AIR RAIDS.
OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS IN THIS
CITY, A EUROPEAN CAPITAL AIR
RAID SIRENS BLARING AS PEOPLE
RUN FOR COVER.
AND AN AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST A
EUROPEAN CITY IS JUST SOMETHING
THAT IS SUCH A MAJOR ESCALATION.
AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY EVEN
THOSE UKRAINIANS WHO BELIEVED
WOULD HAPPEN AND WOULD BE SOME
LEVEL OF INVASION, NO ONE
ENVISIONED IT WOULD BE LIKE
THIS.
IT’S THE WORST CASE NIGHTMARE
SCENARIO.
AND YOU CAN SEE, CIVILIANS DOING
WHAT THEY CAN TO GET OUT OF THE
WAY GOING UNDERGROUND IF THEY
CAN AND HAVING THE RESOURCES AND
ABILITY TO MAKE IT TO THE POLISH
BORDER, LAURA?
>> LAURA: VERY QUICKLY, I’VE
BEEN THROUGH KYIV AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE UKRAINE VERY
EXTENSIVELY.
AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS, NOT
THAT’S THAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW, BUT
THE HISTORIC CHURCHES THAT SPEAK
TO THE HEART OF WHAT KYIV IS,
THERE WAS SOME TALK ON ANOTHER
NETWORK TONIGHT THAT THOSE COULD
BE TARGETED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE THAT IS
ACTUALLY THE CASE TONIGHT?
>> WE DON’T HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT CHURCHES OR ANY SORT OF
RELIGIOUS FACILITIES IN THIS
CITY BEING TARGETED.
ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND,
THOUGH, IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN
REALLY A SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR
PEOPLE, HAVING THE CHURCHES HERE
WHEN WE ARRIVED IN KYIV A FEW
WEEKS AGO, WE WENT TO ONE OF
THESE BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES AND
SPOKE WITH AN OLDER WOMAN WHO
WAS PRAYING AND SHE WAS PRAYING
FOR PEACE.
AND IT WAS JUST A PLACE FOR HER
TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND HOPEFUL.
AND STILL EVEN AT THIS HOUR, WE
EXPECT IF THERE ARE TROOPS EVER
COMING INTO THE CITY, IT’S A
REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THE
CHURCHES COULD BE A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND COULD BE
WAY FROM THE STREETS IN ANY