NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT CAL
PERRY WHO IS STANDING BY LIVE
FOR US. I'M IN LIVE UKRAINE.
CAL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE MY
FRIEND. LET'S JUST GOT TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN
THE LAST 12 HOURS OR SO. IT
HAS BEEN A BRUTAL DAY OF
SHELLING ATTACKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THERE. WE HAD A TV
TOWER IN KIEV HIT BY RUSSIAN
FORCES. ACCORDING TO UKRAINE'S
INTERIOR MINISTRY. AT LEAST 5
PEOPLE WERE KILLED THERE.
THERE'S THIS VIDEO SHOWING
SMOKE SURROUNDING THE TOWER
THERE. THERE'S ALSO
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING AN
EXPLOSION AT A REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT BUILDING. THE
INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYING AT
LEAST 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
THERE. HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT TODAY RIGHT NOW AT THIS HOUR,
TODAY RIGHT NOW AT THIS HOUR,
RESPONDING. THESE ASSAULTS.
>> I THINK IT WAS A BIG
DEVELOPMENT. THE TV TOWER
GETTING HIT. BY THE WAY, WE
TALK ABOUT CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
WERE GOING TO BE USING THE
PHRASE AT LEAST AN AWFUL LOT
BECAUSE REALITY IS WE DON'T
HAVE A GOOD PICTURE ON HOW
MANY CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN
KILLED ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
RIGHT. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. I
MEAN, THE SEA OF CAR KIEV ALL
THE WAY NORTH EASTERN PART OF
COUNTRY IS BEING SHELLED RIGHT
NOW HEAVILY AND THERE IS HEAVY
FIGHTING THERE. SO PEOPLE ARE
DYING. THAT IS THE REALITY.
HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT REACTING
WHEN THOSE TV STATIONS WENT
DOWN AGAIN. I THINK THAT WAS A
BIG MOMENT HERE BECAUSE FOR 6
DAYS NOW, THE UKRAINE PEOPLE
AND. JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING
WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
OUR INFORMATION OFF UKRAINE,
INTELLIGENT. WE KNOW, OF
COURSE, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT
US TO SEE. WE KNOW THAT IS ITS
OWN FORM OF PROPAGANDA, BUT IT
WAS A WAY OF ZELENSKY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY
INTERRUPTION ON TELEVISION HE
WILL STILL USE TELEGRAM WILL
STILL BE OF USE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCESS. BUT THIS WAS ONE
OF THOSE FIRST THINGS THAT WE
THOUGHT MAYBE WE SEE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE WAR. WE
THOUGHT MAYBE THE RUSSIANS
WOULD TAKE OUT THE
COMMUNICATIONS. THEY WOULD
TAKE UP THE TELEVISION.
THEY'VE DONE IT TODAY. CURIOUS
WHY ON DAY 6. BUT I THINK
IT'LL HAVE AN EFFECT ASKED FOR
SURE. SO TALKING ABOUT THE
LEWINSKY AS YOU JUST MENTIONED
HAVE RIGHT COMMUNICATING WITH
THE PUBLIC. THERE. WE WE KNOW
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WHOLE
THING ACTUALLY HE TRIED TO
ADDRESS AND OR COMMUNICATE
WITH WITH THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND
OBVIOUSLY BEEN COMMUNICATIVE
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL
WITH THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
THERE.
>> I'M SPEAKING WITH THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. I'M
SAYING WE'RE LITERALLY HIMSELF
INCLUDED FIGHTING FOR OUR
LIVES. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT
EVERY STORY TOLD TELL US MORE
US WHAT WE HEARD FROM THAT BOY
IN HEAT.
>> HE HAS STRUCK THIS COURT
WITH THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND
WITH THE WORLD I THINK IN AND
TALK ABOUT A LEADER WHO HAS
LITERALLY RISEN FROM THE
ASHES. I MEAN, THIS IS A MAN
WHO IS SEEN ON MORNING
TELEVISION, DRINKING COFFEE IN
A TRENCH WITH THE SOLDIERS OF
THE UKRAINIAN ARMY, A MAN WHO
ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT IS
ACTUALLY LEADING IN HELPING TO
PLAN THE RESISTANCE OF THE
CAPITOL. HE GAVE THIS
IMPASSIONED SPEECH TODAY. AT
ONE POINT THE TRANSLATOR EVEN
EVEN BREAKING UP, YOU'RE GOING
TO HEAR IT. I THINK IN THIS
CLIP HERE, TAKE A LITTLE BIT
OF A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY TODAY.
>> IT'S QUITE CAN YOU IMAGINE
THIS MORNING. 2 CRUISE HIT
THIS FREEDOM SQUARE. DOZENS OF
CHILDREN THIS IS THE PRICE OF
FREEDOM TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE
WITH DO YOU WILL NOT LET THIS GUY. SHOULD WE DO PROOF THAT
GUY. SHOULD WE DO PROOF THAT
YOU INDEED FAR FEWER AND THEN.
LIFE WIN OVER DEATH AND LIGHT WILL WIN THE VOTE. GLORY BE TO
WILL WIN THE VOTE. GLORY BE TO
UKRAINE.
>> EMOTIONALLY THAT'S THAT'S
WHERE THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
ARE. I MEAN, I SEE IT EVERY
DAY HERE IN THE CITY WILL BE
PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY
EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED. I'M NOT
EVEN JUST TALKING ABOUT FOLKS
THAT COME FROM KIEV IN TURKEY
WHERE THE SHOWING US HEAVY.
BUT IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE, BUT
IT'S TRUE EVEN HERE WHEN THE
SIRENS GO OFF 5 OR 6 TIMES A
DAY. IT RATTLES PEOPLE. PEOPLE
RUN BOMB SHELTERS. THEY RUN
BACK. AND SO THIS IS A NATION
THAT IS EXHAUSTED. THIS IS A
NATION THAT IS AT WAR AND
THEY'RE FEELING VERY WELL
REPRESENTED BY THEIR PRESIDENT
6 DAYS IN AND WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THIS IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO GO ON.
>> AGAIN. WHAT THE END GAME IS
HERE TODAY. I SAW A QUOTE I
BELIEVE FROM MICHAEL MCFAUL
SAYING WASN'T LARRY COULDN'T
GET KIEV AND THEN WHAT. AND
THEN WHAT IS HE ACTUALLY GOING
TO DO WITH THAT CITY. AND THEN
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE
COUNTRY LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
SPEAKING WITH FOLKS. AS YOU
MENTION, WANT TO PULL ON THIS,
READ A LITTLE INSIDE A CAMP.
THERE WILL BE THAT SUPPOSED TO
BE THE SAFE ZONE, RIGHT. 30
MILES OR SO. I FROM THE POLISH
BORDER. WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES SO
FAR.
>> AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW FOR FOR
THE BETTER PART OF A WEEK,
RIGHT. THAT MAYBE PUTIN ATTACK
HERE, THAT THE RUSSIAN ARMY
WON'T COME HERE BECAUSE IT IS
SO CLOSE NOT ONLY TO THE
BORDER WITH EUROPE OR TO THE
BOARD WITH NATO. I WAS TALKING
TO A 12 YEAR-OLD GIRL TODAY
WHO SPOKE PERFECT ENGLISH. SHE
WENT SCHOOL IN CANADA AND SHE
LOOKED AT ME MY WHOLE CREW AND
SHE SAID YOU DON'T THINK THE
WORLD COME HERE COULD VERY
EASILY COME HERE AT SORT OF
LIKE, WOW. I MEAN, THIS IS THE
WAY PEOPLE ARE THINKING HERE.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW WIDE
THIS GOING TO GET. IN ADDITION
TO THAT, YOU HAVE THE CIVILIAN
LED HERCULEAN EFFORT TO TRY TO
GET SUPPLIES TO BOTH TO THE
FRONT BUT ALSO TO HELP
REFUGEES WHO HAVE COME HERE
AND IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY NOW
SERVES A DUAL ROLE AS EITHER A
VOLUNTEER IN A SOLDIER AS A
DOCTOR, A SOLDIER, A MEDIC AND
A SOLDIER. YOU KNOW, A
TEACHER, A SOLDIER AT A CHANCE
TO SPEAK TO A VOLUNTEER. I
ASKED SOME SORT OF TO EXPLAIN
TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE
STORY.
>> AND THIS IS A THIS IS UP
WITH HIS FAULT THAT WE ARE MORE AND THE PEOPLE AND THAT
MORE AND THE PEOPLE AND THAT
GOING TO TO AND BELIEVE AND
THEN AND THE WHOLE TIME HOLD
UKRAINIANS BELIEVE THAT WE WILL.
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WILL BE THE WORK YOU HAVE TO
>> THE FIRST AND SECOND DAY WE
WERE HERE, WE WOULD ASK PEOPLE
WHAT WERE THE REACTIONS WERE
TO THE WAR AND THERE WAS SUCH
A MARKET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THAT NOW BETWEEN THE WAR HAS
ARRIVED FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND
THE WAR HAS ARRIVED FOR YOU.
AND I THINK ALMOST A WEEK INTO
THIS WAR AS YOU SPEAK TO
PEOPLE INDIVIDUAL. YOU'RE
SEEING THAT THE WAR HAS
ARRIVED FOR THEM. IT IS
AFFECTING THEIR PERSONAL LIVES
AND HAS TOUCHED EVERYONE'S
LIFE NOW IN THIS COUNTRY AND
THEY'RE PROBABLY ASKING WILL
WE EVER BE ABLE TO GO HOME.
>> AND WHAT WILL THAT HOME
LOOK LIKE. WHO WILL BE
GOVERNED BY. AS ALWAYS, CAL
PERRY, MY FRIEND. CAN STAY
SAFE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US