1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: When would you that bite size what we have got Urgently, 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: somebody to join us from the Ukraine right now. Channel 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: nine's European correspondent Carrie and green Bank joins the boys, 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: carry thank you so much for joining us. We really 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: appreciate your time. I know obviously you're in a particularly 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: hostile situation there. Can you just give us a bit 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: of a feeling and what the hell's going on on 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: the ground in the Ukraine? 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: Well, hi, Will and Woody, Well, it's certainly all happening 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: over here right now. So Ukrainian forces have just said 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: that Russia has been carrying out intensive shelling in the east. 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 2: There are reports that troops are moving across the Belarus 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 2: border as well. Ukrainian forces are saying that Russia has 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: been bombing a number of airports, including the international airport 15 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 2: which is here in Kiev. Now they're saying that they 16 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: have shot down five Russian planes into Lahansk region, but 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 2: Russia is denying these planes have been shot down, and 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: we don't have confirmation of this. But essentially here in Kiev, 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: the situation that we're hearing right now is that perhaps 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,279 Speaker 2: in the last hour, there have been a couple of 21 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: what sounds very much like air raid sirens. Maybe around 22 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: two three hours ago there were distant explosions that we 23 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: heard here in Kharkiv, which is Ukraine's biggest city, close 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 2: to the Russian border. They were hearing and seeing much 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: louder explosions, with explosions also reported in Mariopol and essentially 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 2: other areas in the east of Ukraine. But all of 27 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 2: these details are emerging, they're sketchy, A lot of the 28 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: information is unconfirmed. We're hearing various reports from both sides. 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: What we do know, though, is that all of this 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 2: started at around five am local time, when Vladimir Putin 31 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 2: made a televised address at the same time as the 32 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 2: UN was chairing it, so I think it was a 33 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 2: security meeting essentially. The televised address said that he was 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: announcing a special military operation in the Donbas, which is 35 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: the east of Ukraine. He said in this address that 36 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: he wasn't going to occupy Kiev, but at the same 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: time he said he wanted to demilitarize and denassify Ukraine. 38 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: So in terms of what that involved, well, I think 39 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 2: we haven't seen that yet. 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: Wow we so. 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 3: Kerry, I mean, you're there in Kiev like, I mean, firstly, 42 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 3: are you scared right now? Where the people scared? Is 43 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 3: there bomb shelters that people are rushing to, Like, what's 44 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 3: the feel amongst the civilians? 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: Well, so there's between three thousand and five stous in 46 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: bomb shelters. They have been getting prepared over the past 47 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: couple of months in preparation for whether people would need 48 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: them right now. In Kiev. The explosions that we heard 49 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 2: were clearly in the distance, They're not in the capital. Yes, 50 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: air raid siren. There's a bit of a question around 51 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: whether it is actually warning of an imminent attack right 52 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: now or whether it's a test. As I was saying before, 53 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: there's a lot of discrepancy in the information we're hearing 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: right now in terms of how people are feeling. Well. 55 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: Over the past few weeks, there's been this general I mean, 56 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 2: perhaps an unease, but just an overall calm because you 57 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: have to remember the strategy of the Ukrainian president Yelenski 58 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: up until this point to try and keep people. Yes, 59 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: he didn't want to destabilize the economy and the country 60 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 2: any further. So, in the face of all of these 61 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 2: reports that war was imminent coming from US President Biden, 62 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: Boris Johnson, Scott Morrison, the Ukrainian president has essentially been 63 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: doing what he can to calm people down. So you 64 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 2: can imagine people waking to these explosions and the admirrons 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: this morning are going to be feeling pretty scared. 66 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: Carry in one of the things that I think we've 67 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: seen a lot of Obviously Ukrainian people very very proud people. 68 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: A lot of the images that we're seeing online are 69 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: a lot of them preparing like civilians preparing to fight 70 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: the Russians. Obviously they're military, nowhere near as big as Russias. 71 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of photos of kids carrying machine guns, 72 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: a lot of like, again what looked like like what 73 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: would call in Australia a punter. You know, people who 74 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: work in offices, people who work in farms, in factories, 75 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: learning how to carry guns, doing military drills with cardboard 76 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: cutout guns so they just know how to position themselves 77 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: and stuff. Is there actually a and like they're really 78 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: going to fight this all the way down to the. 79 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: Wild Well, I mean, yeah, you're right. Essentially, people who 80 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: don't have a lot of military experience, if any experience. 81 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: You're right. We have been seeing that over the past 82 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 2: few months, people have been signing up these territory defense 83 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: courses where they're learning military skills. Some people have never 84 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: held a gun before. There's a lot of patriotism and 85 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 2: pride here. Ukraine became independent in nineteen ninety one, so 86 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: it's only had its freedom facility years and people are 87 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: resolutely determined to keep that freedom. But at the same 88 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 2: time they're facing overwhelming military on the Russian side. I mean, 89 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 2: Ukraine has always known that it was going to be 90 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 2: outmanned and outgunned, and there's a lot of pride. There's 91 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: a lot of patriotism nationalism in terms of how people 92 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 2: are feeling, but how that actually evolves on the ground 93 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 2: in the face of an actual invasion, we'll have to 94 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: wait and see. 95 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: Can I ask you personally finally, Carrie on, how are 96 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: you feeling personally? 97 00:04:58,760 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: Mate? 98 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: Like, I obviously you know you're you Channel nine's European correspondent. 99 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: You're over there, and I'm not sure I'm sure you 100 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: know you've been relatively over there in peacetime up till now. 101 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: But to get flown into the Ukraine and covering something 102 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: like this, I mean, it's obviously part of the job 103 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: that how are you feeling, mate, It must be pretty hectic. 104 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we're just being very careful to keep all 105 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: of our security bases covered. I mean where we are 106 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: in Kiev at the moment, the explosions aren't in the capitol. 107 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: We haven't seen any fighting here. There's no military on 108 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: the streets here. I'm just looking out the window now, 109 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 2: and there's a normal amount of traffic, people walking around. 110 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: I mean, some people are walking around, like markets normal. 111 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: Ukrainian president said that he's considering martial law and from 112 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: today there is a national state of emergency. But it's 113 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: almost a surreal experience to be here hearing all of this. 114 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 2: I guess mayhem coming from the east, coming down from 115 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 2: the Belarus border, but hearing Kiev right now, apart from 116 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: the sirens, is relatively quiet. 117 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, we're part of the Channel nine family carries, 118 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 3: so we're very proud of your sis over there. You know, 119 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 3: we're on Ninja worry. You know, not to compare roles, 120 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 3: but we're very proud of you. Carry and look after yourself. 121 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, thanks guys, Hey. 122 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: Thanks so much there carry carrying green Bank. Channel nine 123 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: European correspondent for all the latest on the situation. Tuned 124 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: in Channel nine News. No, no, the Ninja Warrior gear 125 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: was totally wild at the end, there's you're probably like, mate, 126 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: I have got CNN on the other line, if you 127 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: could not tell me which show you're hosting channels. 128 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 3: I just thought we were. 129 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: Going to be like a F two that would be great. 130 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: Well we that was as shack. That is intense. What's 131 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: going on over there in the Ukraine? Guys? Yeah, yeah, 132 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: As I said, you can get it all on Channel 133 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: nine if you want more of an update. 134 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 2: What's going on? 135 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: Russia announcing today they are going to be invade in 136 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: the Ukraine. 137 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 3: Hear more of the boys on the full podcast just 138 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 3: scroll up.