how different might this all look from what happened in afghanistan? well, it s too early to really do these comparisons, jake. but of course, the idea that they won t enter ukraine is absolutely appropriate right now. but the russians should be concerned. america is a powerful country. it is somewhat unpredictable. in 1950, when the north koreans invaded south korea, the united states was supposed to not do anything. and yet the united states did do something. we reacted strongly and became engaged. in conflict. so russia can t be sure what nato is going to do. the situation is unpredictable. suppose the russians come in quickly. it is over in a day. there is no appreciable suffering, okay, okay. suppose it isn t over in a day. suppose you get the casualty reports and they ve used chemical weapons or something, and they re brutalizing people.
i want to bring you some news that is just coming i want to bring you some news that isjust coming in. the united nations human rights office has said on saturday that it least 847 civilians have been killed in ukraine since the russian invasion and another 1399 wounded. those figures, 847 civilians have been killed but it does point out the actual toll is likely to be considerably higher because the monitors there in the country have not yet been able to verify casualty reports in several badly hit cities. the number at the moment, 847 but the real toll likely to be significantly higher. russia says it s used hypersonic missiles to destroy an underground weapons storage unit in western ukraine. it s the first time they ve admitted using these types of missiles in combat. james bosbotinis is an independent specialist in defence and international affairs. he told us more about
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that is the impression that we have got since we came here a couple of days ago. most of the people were ready who shelter in their houses, trying to make themselves as safe as possible and stocking up on food, water. especially on petrol because we know that in cases like hurricanes, petrol outage is a possibility. but we think we have experienced that the bahamians were ready for them. and we have spoken with a official from the emergency management agency just late last night. and they told us that they were still assessing the damage throughout the archipelago. but there were no casualty reports of any in the bahamas, michael. all right, stefano pozzebon, thank you so much in nassau. let s talk a little bit more. stefano mentioned about barbuda. it was badly hit. barely habitable we re told after irma really crushed the island. it was a category 5 hurricane when it hit there on wednesday.
because we re standing just outside a catholic church here and mass is currently being performed. but to your question, the typhoon, the storm surge this time around. so we actually, part of the reason for that, the reason for so many people here, they re giving thanks for what could have been but what wasn t in the end. and also you have to say the people here, not only are they traumatized from what happened in recent memory with typhoon haiyan, but also much more aware of how the storm and the effect, and they need to get out of the pathway. that s exactly what they did. there s been no casualty