U.S. & NATO Officials: Russia Now Poised To “Bombard Cities Into Submission”

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 5 March 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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U.S. and NATO officials warn Russia now appears poised to “bombard cities into submission” which could inflict significant civilian casualties. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling tells AC360 this isn’t only an attempt at “killing the civilian population” but also an attempt to just “eliminate the Ukrainian culture.” Plus, Anderson Cooper checks in again with Olena Gnes, who’s been in a Kyiv shelter for eight days with her three children while her husband is fighting the Russian forces. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening again from Levy View, Ukraine.
0:04.3	Tonight a senior Western intelligence official tells scene and that Russia now appears ready
0:08.7	to quote bombard cities into submission.
0:12.9	Consider those words as we show you video of some of the destructions Ukrainians have endured
0:17.9	already.
0:19.3	This official went on to say it is a very crude approach which he added leads me to a
0:24.6	judge that they have completely different standards when it comes to respect for human
0:29.6	life.
0:30.9	That should come as no surprise to anyone who has seen Russia operate in places like
0:35.0	Grozny or Aleppo in Syria.
0:38.1	According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, it is recorded at least
0:42.0	331 civilian fatalities so far with 700 more wounded.
0:47.9	Most casualties they say were caused by precisely the kind of weaponry and tactics that this
0:53.2	senior intelligence official is warning about.
0:57.0	Then again.
0:59.0	If we saw last night the war continues.
1:02.2	These are forces who risk poisoning a chunk of the continent by assaulting Europe's
1:06.2	largest nuclear power station in southern Ukraine.
1:09.4	Tonight we have video and sound from inside the plant as it came under fire and as someone
1:14.7	got on the PA system to plead for the shooting to stop.
1:19.8	He's saying stop shooting immediately.
1:22.1	You threaten the security of the whole world.
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