Engel: People In Kyiv Waiting For Possible Ground Assault

BUT THAT'S NOT THE RESPONSE THEY'RE SEEING NOW. >> INCREDIBLE PICTURES. RICHARD ENGEL JOINS US LIVE FROM KYIV. GOOD MORNING. TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING THERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING IT FEELS LIKE FOR DAYS ABOUT THIS CONVOY MOVING SLOWLY OR PERHAPS COMPLETELY STALLED ON ITS WAY INTO KYIV. WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THAT AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND THERE IN THE CITY? >> Reporter: SO HERE IN KYIV PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THIS POSSIBLE GROUND ASSAULT, AND THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS CONVOY, WATCHING IT MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD THIS CITY, BUT IT IS NOT GETTING MUCH CLOSER. INSTEAD, WHAT IS GETTING CLOSER ARE THE AIR AND MISSILE STRIKES BECAUSE THE CONVOY DOES SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME CHRONIC ISSUES, SOME SUPPLY ISSUES OF FOOD AND FUEL, BUT THE AIRSTRIKES ARE GETTING CLOSER. THEY ARE NOW HAPPENING WITH SOME FREQUENCY ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY. THERE WAS AN ATTACK YESTERDAY TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE CITY, BUT UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSES, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, MANAGED TO PREVENT A MUCH WORSE ATTACK. SO HERE IN THE CITY THINGS ARE STILL OPERATING MORE OR LESS AS NORMAL, I CAN SAY, THAT THERE'S STILL POWER, THERE'S STILL WATER, THERE'S STILL FUEL AT SOME GAS STATIONS, IF YOU CAN FIND IT. CURFEWS ARE IN PLACE IN THE EVENING, BUT PEOPLE ARE BUNKERING DOWN AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN BEFORE THE CITY GETS MUCH, MUCH WORSE. FOR EXAMPLE, I AM IN FRONT OF A HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. WE WERE JUST INSIDE TALKING TO SOME MEDICAL STAFF. THEY ARE TAKING OUT AS MANY OF THE CANCER PATIENTS AS THEY CAN, ANYONE WHO MIGHT LEAVE HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY NOW WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT TONIGHT, TOMORROW, THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN, THE CITY COULD BE SEALED OFF AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. >> Reporter: RICHARD, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING STORIES OF ENCREDIBLEEN INCREDIBLE COURAGE OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. THERE ARE PICTURES ON WESTERN NEWSPAPERS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HUDDLED IN METRO STATIONS UNDERGROUND IN KYIV. WHAT IS THE FEELING ON THE GROUND? HOW ARE THE PEOPLE THERE HOLDING UP? >> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OF RESILIENCE. WE DO STORIES ABOUT THAT. YOU SEE IT, BUT YOU COULD REALLY FEEL IT. IT IS PALPABLE. PEOPLE HERE BELIEVE THAT SO FAR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY HAS DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB RESISTING. THEY ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE PEOPLE POWER THAT HAS COME OUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHERE CROWDS WILL JUST WALK UP TO OCCUPYING RUSSIAN TROOPS AND CALL THEM OCCUPIERS TO THEIR FACE. IN SOME CASES THE RUSSIANS ARE FIRING OVER THEIR HEADS. THERE WAS A FAMOUS VIDEO WHERE A RUSSIAN SOLDIER WAS WALKING THROUGH A CROWD OF UKRAINIANS AND HE WAS HOLDING TWO GRENADES IN HIS HAND, A MESSAGE DON'T SHOOT ME, DON'T ATTACK ME, DON'T TACKLE ME, OTHERWISE ONE OR BOTH OF THESE GRENADES IS GOING TO EXPLODE AND HE WILL DIE AND THE CROWD AROUND HIM WILL DIE. THAT IS THE SITUATION SOME RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE FINDING THEMSELVES IN WHERE THEY ARE SUDDENLY BESIEGED WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO LAY SIEGE TO UKRAINIAN TOWNS AND CITIES. >> JUST AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF COURAGE AS THE BOMBS ARE -- THE

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Length: 3min 42sec (222 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 03 2022