Taking charge of chernobyl was it along the way? along the path to kyiv or strategic value? pete: i believe based on looking at the reports this morning it was on the path to kyiv. steve: in the way. pete: directly in the way on wait to kyiv. propaganda of value. uncertainty that goes along with this facility. nuclear fingerprints it raises the stakes across the board. completely on the way. and they are on their way to that airport. important development giving little hope to ukrainians and ukrainian social media pushing out this morning. russians took over that small airport which i talked about right on the outscirgts of if we can get back, maybe we can maybe we are stuck pointing at belarus there. either way that small airport i was referring to here was taken by russian paratroopers and then retaken by ukrainian forces overnight. ukraine currently holds it you have got imagine the russians are going for that to do initial staging but ultimately it s the big civilian airports
He thought he could divide us in europe as well. but putin was wrong. we are ready. we are united, and that s what we did. we stayed united. russia shelling civilians in multiple towns and cities, and the russian military appears to have taken central kherson. bombing the main radio tower in kyiv itself. at least five people are dead. also hit, the nearby babin yar holocaust memorial. and in kharkiv, a massive air strike, slamming the government building in the freedom square. at least ten people killed. and another strike hitting an apartment complex near a hospital. and you should know cnn teams are live on the ground throughout the region tonight. and here at home with reaction
Determination has everything. i mean think about the numbers that the ukrainians have, even if all they have is a molotov cocktail. how many are left in kyiv? 1 million? 2 million? there s no way in my personal opinion as an expert in urban warfare that the russians can take this without paying a huge price. so the question is how much of a price is he willing to pay? let s talk about even with that, i want to talk about this convoy heading towards kyiv. senior defense officials saying that russian convoy heading there has stalled, that russian forces are facing fuel and food shortages and probably some morale issues as well because they didn t think they would be facing such challenges. you think this is giving the ukrainians a critical window to exploit. talk to me about that, colonel. every hour they so if i was a soldier, a commander in kyiv at this moment, i would be on a 24-hour cycle, barricading every street, every alley, every house, turning every inch and
They ve had logistical issues. they ve had sustainment issues. they ve run out of fuel, fuel shortages. food shortages. it speaks to problems that have slowed down this advance as well as the very stiff ukrainian resistance they have encountered as they tried to move. you want to move an army of this size, you have to sustain it. and the russians have not. why they have made that mistake is a much more difficult question. whether it s because they really thought this would be over in a matter of days as vladimir putin seemed to think, or whether their leadership isn t that good when it comes to military planning of an operation this size. regardless, that s the reality we re stuck with. now they re learning from it. a senior defense official says they will figure this out. they will solve their logistical issues. they will solve their sustainment problems. they ll solve their fuel shortages and they ll be able to keep advancing. but so far that massive column that spans some 40 miles o
Push vladimir putin out of power? or, is there a scenario in which portions of the sanctions could be traded for concessions by the russians for cease-fire or withdrawal by the troops? i m not saying it s told to us as u.s. policy but could you describe how you see the goal of the sanctions and things putin could be doing in the short term to get the sanctions off in return for specific steps? yeah. it is not up to the united states, the american people to decide who should be in the seat of power in moscow. that ultimately is up to the russian people just as by the way it is not up to vladimir putin to decide who should be in power in kyiv or any other capital around him or anywhere