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way the winds go. so once again, the thing i m struck by is the recklessness and incompetence of the russians in this, you know, iron-fisted attempt to seize you rain and to intimidate ukraine and to intimidate its people. i don t think, at this point, i don t think the goal was to destroy this plant. but you know, this is classic russian military play book, the classic russian military play book of being completely reckless, around very dangerous things, like nuclear plants. and we just got word moments ago that the fire has now been completely extinguished. that is enormous relief. peter, whether or not the fire is extinguished now, the broader picture now, what does this attack tell you about the kremlin s strategy for war now, where they re going? i think one of the things it reminds us is that the kremlin doesn t play by the same rule
a ukrainian member of parliament, she joins us from washington, d.c., thank you so much for joining us, very late this evening. what can you tell us about the situation at the plant? well, as long as i know, and what has been reported, is that the fire was stopped so far. but unfortunately, and to be honest, this is, what we have been telling to the world, might going to happen one day. we have four nuclear plants in our country. one of them is totally occupied by the russians already. it s chernobyl that everybody probably knows about. one is in the area, the biggest nuclear factory plant. in europe. unfortunately, unfortunately, we cannot control the russian missiles. and that s what we keep begging and telling the world is we need to have a no-fly zone and to shut down the sky, because otherwise, one of the rockets, one of the missiles, one day, is
experts. peter baker chief white house correspondent for the new york times. and michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and an msnbc international affairs analyst. tom, what sticks out to you tonight and what we re learning about this nuclear plant? one of the things that is very striking to me is the a certitude that a lot of people have that the attention was to destroy, it somehow. my guess is they re trying to capture that part of the great. shut off the electricity. people have to remember that if there were a disaster at this plant, most of it would blow into russia. because of the way the winds blow. so, once again. the thing i m struck by is the recklessness and incompetence of the russians in this iron fisted attempt to seize ukraine and to intimidate its people. i do not think at this point, i
hours, in especially in the northern part of the country, where the region says it is hell on earth, there is no power and no water and no heat. as civilians continue to bear the brunt of this war. cal perry, thank you. with that, let s bring in our expert, peter baker, chief white house correspondent from the new york times, tom nichols harvard extension school and michael mcfaul former u.s. ambassador to russia at msnbc international affairs analyst. tom, what sticks out to you tonight, in what we re learning about this nuclear plant? one of the things that s very striking to me is the cert tude that a lot of folks have that the intention here was to destroy it somehow. my guess is they re trying to capture that part of the grid, shut off the electricity, you know, people have to remember, that if there were a disaster at this plant, most of that would blow into russia, because of the