YOU MAKE HIM CARE.
>> THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
>> THAT'S WHAT THE WEST IS DOING
RIGHT NOW.
>> AS FOR THE RIGHTING, RUSSIA'S
ASSAULT ON THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL
OF KYIV CONTINUES WITH ITS
FORCES INCHING SLOWLY TO THE
CITY CENTER.
RUSSIA HAS INCREASED ITS
INDISCRIMINATE LOBBING OF
MISSILES AT RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.
RUSSIA SHELLING ROCKED A
12-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING THIS
MORNING, INJURING TWO PEOPLE AND
DAMAGING A NEIGHBORING 9-STORY
STRUCTURE.
UKRAINE'S STATE EMERGENCY
SERVICES SAYS AT LEAST 37 PEOPLE
WERE EVACUATED FROM THE FIRE
CAUSED BY THE ATTACK, WHILE
SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE
UNDER WAY FOR MORE VICTIMS.
THIS AS A RUSSIAN MISSILE
YESTERDAY HIT A WEAPONS FACTORY
IN THE CITY, CAUSING HEAVY
DAMAGE.
MOSCOW HAS SAID IN THE PAST IT
PLANS TO ATTACK UKRAINIAN ARMS
FACTORIES, CALLING THEM, QUOTE,
LEGITIMATE TARGETS.
THE CITY'S MAYOR HAS IMPOSED A
CURFEW THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING,
SAYING IT IS A DIFFICULT AND
DANGEROUS MOMENT.
THE HEAD OF KYIV REGION SAYS
THAT RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE TRYING
TO CUT OFF THE CAPITAL.
12 TOWNS AROUND THE CITY ARE
WITHOUT WATER.
HALF OF THOSE ARE WITHOUT HEAT.
THE MAYOR OF UKRAINE'S SECOND
LARGEST CITY, KHARKIV, YESTERDAY
SAID AT LEAST 600 BUILDINGS HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED IN THAT CITY
SINCE THE INVASION BEGAN.
JOINING US NOW FROM KYIV, NBC
NEWS CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
RICHARD ENGEL.
RICHARD?
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THE STREETS HERE IN KYIV ARE
UTTERING QUIET.
THERE IS NOBODY OUT.
NOBODY IS WALKING AROUND.
THERE IS A BLANKET CURFEW, AND
IT IS BEING ENFORCED.
THE -- IF YOU LOOK ON THE
STREETS NOW, YOU WILL NOT SEE A
SINGLE CAR.
THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THE
STREETS ARE SOLDIERS, CIVIL
DEFENSEMANING CHECKMANNING CHECK
AS RUSSIA LOBS MISSILES INTO THE
CITY, THERE WAS A LARGE
EXPLOSION ON THE OUTSKIRTS A
SHORT WHILE AGO WHILE YOU WERE
READING THAT PREVIOUS REPORT.
BUT UKRAINIAN FORCES ALSO ARE
GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE,
ACCORDING TO SEVERAL UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS.
STARTING LAST NIGHT AND INTO
THIS MORNING, THEY SAY THAT THEY
HAVE LAUNCHED SEVERAL, WHAT
THEY'RE DESCRIBING AS,
LARGE-SCALE OFFENSIVES AGAINST
RUSSIAN TROOPS, AND THEY'RE
ENCOURAGING BATTLEFIELD
INFORMATION.
IN MARIUPOL, IN THE SOUTH, TWO
LOCAL OFFICIALS DESCRIBE A
TROUBLING SITUATION IN THAT
CITY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAD BEEN
SURROUNDED FOR DAYS.
THERE WAS A HUMANITARIAN
CORRIDOR THAT OPENED YESTERDAY,
ALLOWING 2,000 CARS TO LEAVE.
IT DIDN'T ALLOW -- IT WAS JUST
ONE-WAY TRAFFIC OUT OF THE CITY.
THERE WAS NO SUPPLIES THAT WENT
IN.
THEN THE LOCAL OFFICIALS SAID
THAT RUSSIAN TROOPS TOOK BETWEEN
400 AND 500 PEOPLE HOSTAGE,
HERDING THEM INTO A HOSPITAL
THAT RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE TAKEN
OVER, INCLUDING DOCTORS AND
PATIENTS, AND ARE HOLDING THEM
AS HUMAN SHIELDS, NOT ALLOWING
THEM TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.
UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS ARE WARNING
OF THE DANGERS OF THAT.
GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE
SAYING EARLIER, OVERNIGHT, THERE
WAS THE EXTRAORDINARY VISIT BY
THREE NATO PRIME MINISTERS WHO
CAME TO THIS CITY, MET WITH
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, AND BECAUSE
THEY COULDN'T FLY, THERE IS
EFFECTIVELY A NO FLY ZONE
BECAUSE IT IS A CONTESTED AIR
SPACE, THEY HAD TO COME BY
TRAIN.
>> RICHARD, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT WE
READ IN THE UNITED STATES, WHAT
WE HEAR FROM YOU AND OTHERS,
GENERALLY SEEMS TO BE THAT THE
BATTLE FOR KYIV HAS REALLY
GROUND TO A HALT.
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE HAS STOPPED.
NOW, THIS MORNING, YOU'RE
TELLING US THAT, ACTUALLY, THE
UKRAINIANS ARE NOW PUSHING BACK
WITH COUNTERO OFFENSES.
WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE RUSSIAN FORCES AND THEIR
INABILITY TO CIRCLE THIS CITY?
AND WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM
TROOPS ON THE GROUND THERE?
>> Reporter: SO WE'RE HEARING
FROM UKRAINIAN TROOPS, BUT I'M
ALSO HEARING FROM U.S. MILITARY
INITIAL
OFFICIALS, THAT THE RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE HAS BEEN POORLY
COORDINATED.
IT SEEMS TO BE -- THERE'S VERY
LITTLE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
NATIONAL GUARD AND THE REGULAR
RUSSIAN ARMY TROOPS.
THEY'RE NOT COORDINATING WELL
WITH AIR COVER.
SOMETIMES RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE
BEEN SENT INTO SMALL ENGAGEMENT
BATTLES, RUSSIAN ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND TANKS,
WITHOUT AIR COVER AND THEY'VE
BEEN QUICKLY ELIMINATED BY THE
UKRAINIAN FORCES.
THEY'VE BEEN USING THEIR TURKISH
DRONES EFFECTIVELY.
THEY ARE HOPING, AS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS NOW
SUGGESTING, THAT THEY MIGHT GET
SOME MORE LEETHAL DRONES FROM TH
UNITED STATES.
IN PARTICULAR, A SWITCHBLADE,
WHICH IS A LAUNCH DRONE SYSTEM
WHICH IS LAUNCHED INTO THE AIR
AND DIVE BOMBS, KAMIKAZE STYLE,
INTO TARGETS AND EXPLODES.
THEY ARE HOPING TO GET MORE OF
THOSE.
BUT THE RUSSIANS HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO -- NOT EVEN ADVANCE INTO
THE CENTER OF KYIV.
THEY'VE NOT TAKEN SOME OF THE
SURROUNDING SUBURBS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THERE
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.
AS OF OVERNIGHT, UKRAINIANS SAY
THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
STALLED MOMENTUM THAT THE
RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN FACING TOO
LAUNCH A COUNTEROFFENSIVE.
SO THIS CITY IS NOT SURROUNDED.
THIS CITY IS NOT UNDER ATTACK
WITH STREET-TO-STREET FIGHTING.
IF ANYTHING, THE RUSSIANS SEEM
TO BE ON THE BACK FOOT IN THEIR
POSITIONS AROUND THE CITY.