we re not even talking about the lead up to this conflict by that point, why were you there originally to do a duck documentary, what was it about ukraine or maybe it was about zelenskyy that interested you? get i think i was in the better part of the population with enter understanding of ukraine, with the exception of a phone call between president and zelenskyy and president trump that was made a lot of and the fact that president zelenskyy had been a comedic actor who ha betrayed an actor who became th he went initially to make a documentary that had kind of a bring home a sense of ukraine and a profile of this president fred. it wouldn t bent as interesting and then the next thing you do is this build up o vladimir putin on the eastern side of ukraine. first we have 50,000 troops, then it s 100,000 troops and then all the military equipment and you are chronicling all of this and you develop a relationship with zelenskyy perry telus, as this was unfolding, a lot of t
president kyiv to, my colleague and i making the documentary. when we met with him, it was midday. we knew there were rockets that were targeting places outside o kyiv. when we came out of where we ha been, there was a blackout in the city because of concerns about rockets. we were encouraged not to use our automobile because the wit rocket fire. we walked. and because of the experience o what this fight was about seein the faces of leadership and knots, the only thing we talked about, the only thing we felt i the deepest sense of heartbreak first for the ukrainians who
you would expect in the next couple ofda s. ,, :, ,:, ., of days. the russian plan in general was to to of days. the russian plan in general was to go to of days. the russian plan in general was to go to kyiv of days. the russian plan in general was to go to kyiv to of days. the russian plan in general was to go to kyiv to advance - of days. the russian plan in general was to go to kyiv to advance the i was to go to kyiv to advance the south, secure the coast cut off ukrainian forces and the southeast of the country. they ve made solid progress against those games, but we expect to see them carrying on driving and all those directions, but certainly the brutality around kyiv to kyiv. th but certainly the brutality around kyiv to kyiv- but certainly the brutality around kyiv to kyiv- kyiv to kyiv. in this week s buildint kyiv to kyiv. in this week s building up kyiv to kyiv. in this week s building up to kyiv to kyiv. in this week s building up to the - kyiv to kyiv. in this
on their way of retreating from kyiv to belarus has russia likely prepares to deploy dozens of additional groups. it encompasses significantly more territory that russian approxi proxies control. russia could use any tactical successes it achieves to propagate a narrative of progress and mask or try to discount or down play prior military failures. we expect russia could extend deeper into ukraine.