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Naval war college at harvard extension school. and michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia, and then msnbc international affairs analyst. tom, what sticks out to you tonight and what we re learning about this? one of the things that is very striking to me is, that the intention here wants to destroy it, somehow. my guess is they re trying to capture that part of the grid, shut off the electricity, and people have to remember that if there were a disaster at the spa and, most of that would actually blow into russia. because of the way the winds go. so, once again, the thing i m struck by is the recklessness and incompetence of the russians in this iron fisted attempts to seize ukraine and intimidate its people. i don t think, at this point, the goal was to destroy this plant. but, this is classic russian ....
A vast scale. if you look at chechnya, the atrocities that were committed against chechen women, really are too barbaric to repeat on television and don t belong in the annuals of history for any civil lied nation. this is the army that putin has created. he enleashes it against civilians to shock the population into not resisting. so it s a political act as much as a part of the russian military playbook. we re still going to buy their oil, apparently. does that sound like smart strategy to you? it doesn t sound like smart strategy and particularly for an administration that has made such a clear political point of saying that we will do everything in our power to resist vladimir putin in ukraine. but when it comes down to it, it looks like the president ....
Don t think the goal was to destroy this plant. but this is classic russian military playbook. the classic russian military playbook 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 an enormous relief. peter, whether or not the fire is extinguished now, what does this attack tell you about the kremlin s strategy for war now? where they re going? well one thing it reminds us is that the kremlin does not play by the same rulebook that others through. that when the united states goes to war, there are rules, and sometimes they re violated, and sometimes you have karl sequences that go long. but there is a rule about the kind of targets that you can hit. they have precision weapons for a reason. a nuclear plant would obviously ....
0 good evening, i m stephanie ruhle. it is now just after midnight on the east coast. and we are still following breaking news on the largest nuclear plant in ukraine. they say that a fire broke out in the training compound in the plant, after reportedly came under attack in the russia. tonight, the agency says that no essential commitment has been damaged, the white house saying that it s informations did not show elevated levels of radiation. as russia steps up its attacks on several areas outside ukraine. one official explained why the fight on this power pines is so frustrating. this is unprecedented, a nuclear power plant has never become under attack. there are in place to be hit such attacks. this is another violation by russia. let s go by cal perry in lviv, ukraine. cal, we know there is not in the same area as the plant but you re following the story. what do you know? so at this hour, we understand that the plant is secure, as the iaea has said. essential quick mea ....