GRIFF: THE CRISIS IS GROWING
INDEED.
AISHAH ON THE LIVE GROUND AND
KRAKOW, POLAND.
GILLIAN: FOR MORE ON THE NEWS
THIS MORNING JOINING US LIVE
FROM KYIV CHAIRMAN OF THE
FOREIGN UKRAINE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE
TIME FOR US THIS MORNING.
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING AS THE
IMAGES WE ARE NOW SEEING THIS
ATTACK IN LVIV?
>> THIS IS TERRIBLE.
PUTIN DELIBERATELY TARGETS
CIVILIAN AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
TO ME IT IS A SIGNAL WHICH HE IS
TRYING TO SEND NOT ONLY TO
UKRAINE TO SHOW THERE IS NO SAFE
PLACE IN THE TERRITORY OF
UKRAINE.
IT IS ALSO A SIGNAL WHICH HE IS
TRYING TO SEND TO POLAND, TO
SHOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO
POLAND, WHO CAN BEAT NEXT IF
UKRAINE FALLS.
IT ALSO IS TRYING TO SEND A
SIGNAL TO AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO
IS RIGHT NOW IN POLAND.
HE HAS INFAMOUS AND LIKES TO
BLACKMAIL AND SCARE COUNTRIES.
IT’S HIS ATTEMPT TO SCARE THE
UNITED STATES, NATO AND POLAND.
GILLIAN: ’S OR ARE YOU HEARING
ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC THIS
MORNING ABOUT THE TARGET?
DO WE KNOW WHAT CAME UNDER
ATTACK?
WE HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT
REPORTING FROM DIFFERENT
COLLEAGUES TODAY.
THE MOST WIDESPREAD IMPRESSION
SAY IT COULD BE A COMMUNICATIONS
TOWER ALSO HEARING IT SOME KIND
OF AN OIL RIG.
>> I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY
RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THAT.
I WILL CONTINUE TO -- YOU
CONTINUE TO TARGET CIVILIAN
INFRASTRUCTURE HERE WE DON’T
HAVE MILITARY OBJECTS WHICH
COULD BE A TARGET LEGITIMATE
TARGETS IN TERMS OF WAR, HERE
DEFINITELY TARGETING OBJECTS AND
HE IS TRYING TO DESTROY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPOSE A
CHAIR AMONG THE POPULATION.
GILLIAN: WHAT DO YOU READ, SIR,
IF ANYTHING INTO THIS MESSAGE?
YOU SEEM TO SAY THIS YOU BELIEVE
THIS IS PUTIN SENDING A MESSAGE
TO THE UNITED STATES TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRYING TO
TELL HIM?
>> IS TRYING TO TELL ONLY ONE
THING PRETTY WANT NATO, POLAND,
AND THE UNITED STATES TO STAY
AWAY FROM HIS WAR AGAINST
UKRAINE.
THIS IS HIS STYLE, THIS IS HIS
ATTEMPT TO GET NATO COUNTRIES TO
GET SCARED.
GILLIAN: DO YOU THINK IT’S
HAVING AN IMPACT?
>> I HOPE IT WILL NOT HAVE
IMPACT.
BECAUSE PUTIN THANKS IN TERMS OF
STRENGTH.
HE RESPECTS STRENGTH.
TO RESPOND TO HIS PROVOCATIONS,
NATO AND THE UNITED STATES
SHOULD ALSO RESORT TO THE SAME
LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE OF FORCE,
LANGUAGE OF STRENGTH WHICH IS
RESPECTED BY PUTIN.
I THINK SUCH PROVOCATIONS SHOULD
EMBOLDEN WESTERN COUNTRIES TO BE
MORE ACTIVE IN THEIR DEFENSE AND
SUPPORT OF UKRAINE.
GILLIAN: FREDERICK SPECULATION
IN THE WAKE OF THIS LATEST
ATTACK THAT IT POSSIBLY
INDICATES A CHANGE AND PUTIN’S
MILITARY STRATEGY.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PUTIN HAS
REALIZED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
OCCUPY THE WHOLE TERRITORY OF
UKRAINE.
THIS ARMY IS NOT CAPABLE OF
CAPTURING BIG CITIES LIKE KYIV,
AND EVEN MARIUPOL REMAINS MOSTLY UNDER UKRAINIAN CONTROL.
UNDER UKRAINIAN CONTROL.
HE REALIZED TO CREATE A VICTORY
FOR PURPOSES.
AND MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO GET
MORE TERRITORY IN THE DONBAS
REGION.
AT THE SAME TIME HE MAY BE USING
TACTICS LIKE TARGETING TO
DISTRACT ATTENTION OFF OF
UKRAINE.
GILLIAN: SIR, WITH GOT TO LEAVE
IT THERE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR