Zelensky Won't Confirm Or Deny Ordering Fuel Depot Strike Inside Russia

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 2 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Ukraine’s President Zelensky refuses to confirm or deny ordering an airstrike which resulted in a direct hit on a Russian fuel depot containing millions of gallons of fuel. That, as satellite images show Russian forces are gone from an airport outside of Kyiv, now the site of Ukraine’s first big victory. And, the next round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia resume, with Zelensky’s chief of staff telling CNN he has a “very, very small portion of optimism”. Plus, Ukrainian Parliament Member Oleksandra Ustinova speaks out about the death of her best friend's husband, killed by Russian shelling, Will Smith resigns from the Motion Picture Academy after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars and the U.S. is to provide $300 million more in security assistance to Ukraine. Hosted by Wolf Blitzer. 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	Stay with CNN for the latest from Ukraine.
0:04.7	The news continues, so let's hand it over to Wolf Blitzer and CNN tonight.
0:09.7	John, thank you very much.
0:11.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer.
0:12.0	This is CNN Tonight.
0:13.0	We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:16.9	Ukraine's president Zelensky just spoke for the first time about that possible first Ukrainian
0:22.0	strike inside Russia since this invasion began.
0:25.4	A direct hit early this morning on a fuel storage facility in Belgorod, that's about 25
0:31.0	miles from Ukraine's eastern border.
0:33.4	Russia claims two Ukrainian military helicopters entered its territory, flying in a very low
0:39.0	altitude, and struck the facility that stores millions of gallons of fuel.
0:44.4	All day Ukraine now hasn't confirmed or denied it was behind the attack.
0:48.3	It's not unlike Russia to conduct false flag operations for any excuse to blame the enemy,
0:53.8	but it's possible Ukraine was behind the strike, which would be a big feat if true.
0:59.4	President Zelensky was directly asked if he ordered it tonight.
1:03.6	Listen to his answer.
1:06.5	I do not discuss any of my orders as commander-in-chief.
1:13.2	The leader of this state, and there are things which I only share with the military for
1:20.6	armed forces of Ukraine and when they talk with me.
1:23.7	You need to understand that on that territory that you mentioned you have to know.
1:30.6	They were placing their shooting systems and firing those missiles themselves.
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