political misjudgments and planning for the war and they did really badly. what assumptions? they assume the ukrainians would not fight and would not resist. if vladimir putin could be a newspaper he had known that the ukrainians would fight and resist. 45% of ukrainians with fight and resist with a weapon, and this was before the war started, so i am not surprised at all by the strength of resistance in ukraine, but ukraine has changed much since 2014, and russia doesn t really understand how much it has changed. the kremlin thought it could grow in and would be greeted with flowers and people would be ok with russian rule and that is clearly not the case whatsoever.- and that is clearly not the case whatsoever. what is the ukrainian case whatsoever. what is the ukrainian military case whatsoever. what is the ukrainian military tactic - case whatsoever. what is the ukrainian military tactic at. ukrainian military tactic at the moment? ukrainian military tactic at the moment? the
50,000 civilians were killed. we have seen this in syria. when the russians came through and assisting the syrian army. killed more than 16,000 civilians by u.n. estimates. so this is, indeed, an established russian method of warfare. i think it s terror for the sake of terror. but i think it s also a calculated political act to put fear in the hearts of the ukraineible people so if that they won t resist. jesse: so it s a military tactic. psychologically, that they are perpetrating these vicious crimes on the women of the country recalled the russian red army. reportedly responsible for the rape of over a million german women during that war, wes. yes, that s right, jesse. and, of course, closer to our own time, the russian army under putin s control command has conducted these same tactics on
and would not resist. if vladimir putin had read a newspaper he had known that the ukrainians would fight and resist. 45% of ukrainians would fight and resist with a weapon, and this was before the war started, so i am not surprised at all by the strength of resistance in ukraine, but ukraine has changed a lot since 2014, and russia doesn t really understand how much it has changed. the kremlin thought it could roll in and would be greeted with flowers and people would be ok with russian rule and that is clearly not the case whatsoever. what is the ukrainian military tactic at the moment? the ukrainian military is trying to defend its territory and hold the cities as much as possible. it depends which city you are talking about. the situation is dire in mariupol, in kyiv, they have managed
external attack to a very hardened nuclear power facility. internal, sabotage, mishap, a chernobyl accident, you bet. external attack, extremely difficult. so that s not what i saw. so you have been involved in several white house briefings on this crisis in ukraine, take us to tomorrow. will tonight s attack on the power plant, will it change the calculation, the position this white house is taking? well, stephanie, the white house is very measured in the way it s dealing with this situation, as well as with vladimir putin s threats about advancing a nuclear war, as part of a military tactic, but you know, this is a crossing of the rubicon, what vladimir putin did by having his tanks showing, a nuclear, shelling a nuclear facility, is violating international law, violating his own commitments to ensure to the united nations, to ensure that there would not be attacks and that one would not attack a
tonight s attack on this power plant, will it change the calculation, the privilege of this white house is taken? well, stephanie, the white house is very measured in the way that it will work with the situation, as well as with madam or putin s threats about nuclear war, as part of the military tactic. this is across the rubicon. what s led him or putin did, by having his shelling of nuclear facilities, violating national law, violating his commitments to the united nations that there would not be an attack on a vicinity for civilian use, he s kind of cross the pond and put this into a strategy. he s trying to, yes, scare and terrorize the ukrainian civilians. cut off their power.