Source: CBS News
At least 10 dead in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian pizza restaurant
Jun 28, 2023 · 4m 19s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJgVFY4hVU
>>> IN UKRAINE, THE DEATH TOLL FROM YESTERDAY'S RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE HAS RISEN TO 10 OF THE BODY OF A BOY WAS PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS. THE STRIKE COMES AS THE U.S. ANNOUNCED A $500 MILLION MILITARY AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE. JOINING ME NOW FROM KYIV IS OUR CBS CORRESPONDENT. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS MISSILE STRIKE ON THIS PIZZA
PARLOR, I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY THE DEFINITION OF TERROR, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE IT SEEMS PEOPLE GATHERED IN THEY FELT AT EASE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE LATEST STRIKE? >> Reporter: YES, IT HAPPENED, AS YOU SAID, ON A PIZZA PARLOR AT A PARTICULAR BUSY TIME OF THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO HAVE DINNER, JUST BEFORE THE LOCAL CURFEW. IT IS A RESTAURANT
THAT WAS VERY POPULAR WITH LOCALS, WITH JOURNALISTS, EVEN WITH SOLDIERS. THERE WERE A LOT OF CASUALTIES. SEEMS FROM THE VIDEO SHOW A LOT OF DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THIS MISSILE STRIKE. IT HAPPENED AT A DIFFICULT TIME. RESCUERS ARE STILL AT THE SCENE. BASICALLY THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE STILL STUCK UNDER THE RUBBLE. >> THERE IS A LOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. YESTERDAY THE NATO CHIEF SAID THAT
THE ALLIANT IS READY TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST ANY THREAT FROM MOSCOW OR MINKS, WHICH I FOUND INTERESTING. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN X- FACTOR. YOU HAVE THIS PRIVATE RV FOR HIGHER THAT WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING. ARE THEY DISINTEGRATING, ARE THEY BEING ABSORBED INTO RUSSIA? WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE LEADER? IS THERE CONCERN THAT THE WAGNER GROUP COULD CAUSE INSTABILITY IN EAST
AND UKRAINE? >> Reporter: WAGNER MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TWO OPTIONS, THEY CAN BE ABSORBED INTO THE RUSSIAN ARMY OR GO TO BELARUS. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL CHOOSE TO DO. MANY OF THEM ARE VERY LOYAL TO MR. PRIGOZHIN BUT THAT HAS RAISED SOME TENSION, SOME WORRIES AMONG NATO MEMBERS THAT THEY HAVE THIS PRIVATE ARMY THAT HAS NOT BEEN ACCOUNTABLE TO ANYONE
UP UNTIL NOW. IT MAY POSE A SECURITY THREAT TO NATO TERRITORY. NATO HAS BEEFED UP THE SECURITY OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN FLANK AND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THEY ARE READY TO PROTECT ITS TERRITORIES. >> THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS REPORTING THAT A SENIOR RUSSIAN GENERAL ACTUALLY HAD ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAGNER GROUP'S REBELLION. HE HAD BEEN OPENLY CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN MILITARY
LEADERS. IT SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS UPSET BUT THE REBELLION, YOU WOULD THINK THAT ANYONE SORT OF HIGH RANKING PERSON IN THE RUSSIAN MILITARY WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS. WHAT DOES THIS SUGGEST ABOUT THE SUPPORT THE WAGNER GROUP'S LEADER MAY HAVE? >> Reporter: RUSSIA HAS ALREADY BEEN QUITE QUICK TO DENY THE REPORT BY THE "NEW YORK TIMES", CALLING IT HEARSAY
AND SPECULATION. I THINK WHAT IT MIGHT INDICATE, IF IT IS CORRECT, THAT THERE IS SOME DISSENT AMONG SENIOR RANKING MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY SAY THEY HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF AND IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS THINKING PERHAPS MR. PRIGOZHIN WAS COMPETENT ENOUGH TO MOUNT THIS ATTEMPTED MUTINY BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD THE SUPPORT OF SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY. IF IT IS TRUE, IT WOULD MEAN THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN REALLY HAS QUITE A BIT TO WORRY ABOUT. IT MEANS THERE IS DISSENT WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO HIM. >> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, THE U.S. HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW $500 MILLION MILITARY AID PACKAGE TO UKRAINE. WHAT WILL UKRAINE BE GETTING? >> THEY WILL BE GETTING MORE THESE BRADLEY VE
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