BEGIN WITH RUSSIA'S INVASION
OF UKRAINE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN. THE MAYOR OF THE
SOUTHERN CITY OF KERSH ON SAYS
RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE TAKEN
CONTROL OF THE CITY'S
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
>> THIS IS VIDEO OF RUSSIAN
TANKS INCUR SHOT EARLIER TODAY
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT EARLIER
THIS WEEK, I SHOULD SAY THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT
CONFIRMED THE CAPTURE OF ANY
CITY.
>> HERE'S WHAT ONE PERSON IN
TRISH ON SAW ON THE GROUND
TODAY. WAS NO SAY THAT NIGHT,
FOR SURPRISING BECOME. HOPE IT
STAYS CALM. HERE OCEAN CONTROL
WHAT'S LIKELY CANNOT AND ME.
>> WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU
SOME NEW VIDEO JUST IN OF AN
EXPLOSION IN THE NORTHERN CITY
OF CHAIR NEED THAT HAPPENED IN
A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND IT'S
STILL UNCLEAR WHAT ACTUALLY
CAUSED THAT BLAST. BUT THERE
ARE SEVERAL REPORTS OF AN OIL
DEPOT CATCHING FIRE.
MEANWHILE, THE HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS CONTINUES TO SKYROCKET.
THE UN SAYS 1 MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE FLED UKRAINE SINCE THE
FIGHTING BEGAN.
>> OUR TEAM IS ONCE AGAIN
FOLLOWING THIS RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING STORY FROM EVERY
ANGLE. LET'S BEGIN WITH NBC
NEWS GLOBAL CORRESPONDENT RAF
SANCHEZ HE IS IN MOSCOW FOR US
THIS TO THIS MORNING. RAFF WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FALL OF
KERSH ONTO RUSSIA. BRING US UP
TO SPEED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON THE GROUND.
>> AARON OF FOLKS HERE IN
RUSSIA SEEING THEIR ECONOMIC
LIVES TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BY
THE WESTERN SANCTIONS IMPOSED
IN RESPONSE TO VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S INVASION. AS THE VALUE
OF THE RUBLE. THE RUSSIAN
CURRENCY COLLAPSE AS PRICES
HERE ARE JUST SKYROCKETING AND
THAT'S ON EVERYTHING FUEL FROM
CAR PARTS TO JUST GROCERIES ON
THE SHELVES. WE'RE HEARING
FROM A LOT OF YOUNG EDUCATED
RUSSIANS THAT THEY'RE TRYING
TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY THAT
THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY IN A
COLLAPSING ECONOMY. BUT THAT'S
A DIFFICULT THING TO DO RIGHT
NOW. IF YOU GO TO ONE OF
MOSCOW'S 3 INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORTS. YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK
UP AT THE DEPARTURE BOARD.
THAT IS JUST A SEA OF
CANCELLATIONS BECAUSE BOTH
EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN
AIRSPACE ARE CLOSED. 2 RUSSIAN
AIRCRAFTS RIGHT NOW. THE REAL
QUESTION, THOUGH, AARON, IS
WILL THIS ECONOMIC DAMAGE
IMPOSED BY THE WESTERN POWERS
ACTUALLY CHANGE VLADIMIR
PUTINS MINDS. WILL THE FACT
THAT HIS PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING
ECONOMICALLY CAUSE HIM TO
REVERSE COURSE AND PULL HIS
FORCES OUT OF UKRAINE. THE
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA IS MEETING
WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL TODAY A FEW MILES FROM
HERE BEHIND THE WALLS OF THE
KREMLIN RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NO
INDICATION HE'S PREPARED TO
BACK DOWN ERRANT.
>> LET'S BRING IN NBC'S MATT
BRADLEY FOR US NOW. HE IS IN
UKRAINE AT A SECOND ROUND OF
CEASE-FIRE TALKS IS UNDERWAY.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT AND
WHAT'S THE SITUATION FROM YOUR
VANTAGE POINT IN UKRAINE AT
THIS HOUR.
>> YEAH. LOOK AT AND I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT THE CEASE-FIRE
TALKS OF THEY'RE GOING TO GO
ANYWHERE. IT REALLY JUST SEEMS
LIKE THAT'S A KIND OF A
NONSTARTER. THE FACT IS THAT
THESE ARE THE SECOND TALKS.
THE FIRST ONES WENT NOWHERE.
THE SECOND ONE'S SEEM TO BE
SURROUNDED ARE SHROUDED IN
PESSIMISM.
>> AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT ALL OF THE DIPLOMATIC
TALKS THAT LED UP TO THIS
CONFLICT, THIS HOT WAR. WE'RE
A FAILURE AND THOSE ARE ONES
THAT INVOLVE MULTIPLE OTHER
COUNTRIES AND DIFFERENT
TRACKS. NONE OF THOSE WENT
ANYWHERE. IN FACT, WE'RE
REALLY HERE IN THE OFFICE OF
THE PUTIN IS DIGGING IN HIS
HEELS GOTTEN THAT CALL BETWEEN
VLADIMIR PUTIN AND EMANUEL
MACRON. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT,
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT CAME OUT
AND SAID THAT THE WORST IS YET
TO COME. ALL OF THIS SEEMS I
THINK PUTIN IS ONCE AGAIN
USING DIPLOMATIC TALKS AS A
CYNICAL MANEUVER TO CONTINUE
HIS AGGRESSION AGAINST
UKRAINE. NOW YOU ASKED ABOUT
HER SON THAT SOUTHERN CITY
THAT WAS JUST TAKEN. THIS IS
THE MOST CONSIDERABLE URBAN
TERRITORY THAT THE RUSSIANS
HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR. SO THAT'S
A MAJOR A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT
FOR THE RUSSIAN MILITARY.
BOOKENDING A WEEK THAT HAS
SEEN VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF
ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE GROUND
SURPRISINGLY. SO CONSIDERING
THE OVERWHELMING FORCE. THE
RUSSIANS HAVE BROUGHT TO BEAR
AND INVADING UKRAINE. SO THE
NOW AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
YOU HAD A QUOTE FROM SOMEBODY
WHO WAS THERE. IT LOOKS SOME
WHAT PEACEFUL. BUT THE MAYOR
SAID THAT THE CITY HAS FALLEN
HE BEGGED FOR A HUMANITARIAN
CORRIDOR TO ALLOW FOR GOODS TO
COME IN AND FOR PEOPLE TO GO
OUT AND HE BEGGED FOR THE
RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS TO ABIDE BY
THE GENEVA CONVENTION. WE'LL
SEE IF THEY DO THAT. GUYS.