PATRICK HENRY, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. YOU BOTH. >> THANK YOU . >> THANK YOU . THANK YOU . THANK YOU . NOW THE WAR IN UKRAINE. NOW THE WAR IN UKRAINE. >> RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR >> RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ACCUSING UKRAINE OF PUTIN ACCUSING UKRAINE OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. NOW AFTER THOSE EIGHT DRONES NOW AFTER THOSE EIGHT DRONES EXPLODED IN AND AROUND MOSCOW EXPLODED IN AND AROUND MOSCOW WITH EXPLOSIONS JUST WITH EXPLOSIONS JUST THREE MILES FROM PUTIN'S THREE MILES FROM PUTIN'S COUNTRY HOME. COUNTRY HOME. >> RUSSIA SAYS IT RESERVES >> RUSSIA SAYS IT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESPOND IN THE RIGHT TO RESPOND IN THE TOUGHEST POSSIBLE WAY. THE TOUGHEST POSSIBLE WAY. TODAY, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN TODAY, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAID THE U.S. DOES JOHN KIRBY SAID THE U.S. DOES NOT SUPPORT THE STRIKES IN NOT SUPPORT THE STRIKES IN RUSSIA. RUSSIA. >> WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH >> WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH THE UKRAINIANS PRIVATELY. THE UKRAINIANS PRIVATELY. WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN CLEAR PUBLICLY THAT WE DO NOT CLEAR PUBLICLY THAT WE DO NOT SUPPORT ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA SUPPORT ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA AND WE DO NOT ENABLE AND WE DO AND WE DO NOT ENABLE AND WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE ATTACKS INSIDE NOT ENCOURAGE ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA. RUSSIA. AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA TO SEE ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA THAT ARE THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE THAT ARE BEING PROPAGATED, THAT ARE BEING PROPAGATED, THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED USING US SUPPLIED CONDUCTED USING US SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT. EQUIPMENT. AND ABC NEWS FOREIGN AND ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE JOINS US NOW TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE JOINS US NOW FROM KHARKIV, UKRAINE, ALONG FROM KHARKIV, UKRAINE, ALONG WITH ABC NEWS, NATIONAL WITH ABC NEWS, NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE ANALYST SECURITY AND DEFENSE ANALYST NICK MULROY. NICK MULROY. SO, TOM , YOU KNOW, RUSSIA SAYS SO, TOM , YOU KNOW, RUSSIA SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND IN THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND IN THE TOUGHEST POSSIBLE WAY, THE TOUGHEST POSSIBLE WAY, GIVEN WHAT UKRAINE LOOKS LIKE GIVEN WHAT UKRAINE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ENDURING. AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ENDURING. WHAT COULD THAT MEAN? WHAT COULD THAT MEAN? I THINK IT'S A GUESSING GAME, I THINK IT'S A GUESSING GAME, TERRY . TERRY . >> I MEAN, THE BEST GUESS >> I MEAN, THE BEST GUESS IS PROBABLY THAT RUSSIA IS PROBABLY THAT RUSSIA IS GOING TO LAUNCH ANOTHER WAVE IS GOING TO LAUNCH ANOTHER WAVE OF DRONES, LETHAL DRONES, OF DRONES, LETHAL DRONES, AND MISSILES. AND MISSILES. THERE ARE REPORTS FROM THERE ARE REPORTS FROM THE UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS THAT THE UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS THAT THERE ARE WARSHIPS, RUSSIAN THERE ARE WARSHIPS, RUSSIAN WARSHIPS IN THE BLACK SEA. WARSHIPS IN THE BLACK SEA. THAT'S SORT OF A BIT OF AN THAT'S SORT OF A BIT OF AN OMINOUS WARNING. OMINOUS WARNING. MISSILE ATTACKS COULD MISSILE ATTACKS COULD BE FORTHCOMING, BUT I THINK BE FORTHCOMING, BUT I THINK THE UKRAINIANS ARE RESIGNED THE UKRAINIANS ARE RESIGNED TO WAVES OF DRONE AND MISSILE TO WAVES OF DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS CONTINUING IRRESPECTIVE ATTACKS CONTINUING IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THAT DRONE ATTACK OF WHETHER THAT DRONE ATTACK ON MOSCOW HAD HAPPENED OR NOT. ON MOSCOW HAD HAPPENED OR NOT. MOST UKRAINIANS RIGHT NOW ARE MOST UKRAINIANS RIGHT NOW ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR MILITARY FOCUSED ON THEIR MILITARY TRYING TO RECAPTURE MORE OF TRYING TO RECAPTURE MORE OF THEIR TERRITORY. THEIR TERRITORY. AND AT THE MOMENT, AND AT THE MOMENT, THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY SEEMS THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY SEEMS TO BE INTENT ON TAKING A FIGHT TO BE INTENT ON TAKING A FIGHT INSIDE RUSSIA. INSIDE RUSSIA. SOME OF THE WAR INSIDE RUSSIA. SOME OF THE WAR INSIDE RUSSIA. AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS KIND OF BROADER PICTURE THIS KIND OF BROADER PICTURE TELLS US . TELLS US . SO WHAT'S UKRAINE STRATEGY SO WHAT'S UKRAINE STRATEGY HERE? HERE? SO I THINK IT'S REALLY A VERY SO I THINK IT'S REALLY A VERY PRACTICAL THING FOR THEM TO DO. PRACTICAL THING FOR THEM TO DO. I UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, WHY I UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, WHY THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT TO PROMOTE THIS. TO PROMOTE THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A WAR WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A WAR BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA TO NUCLEAR SUPERPOWERS. TO NUCLEAR SUPERPOWERS. BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE UKRAINIANS THAT THEY DON'T THE UKRAINIANS THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW AN ALREADY OVERWHELMING ALLOW AN ALREADY OVERWHELMING ENEMY TO HAVE A SAFE HAVEN ENEMY TO HAVE A SAFE HAVEN RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. SO FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES, SO FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES, THEY NEEDED TO FLEE THE COMMAND THEY NEEDED TO FLEE THE COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS, AND CONTROL CENTERS, THE LOGISTICAL SUPPLY, THE BULK THE LOGISTICAL SUPPLY, THE BULK FUEL, THOSE KIND OF TARGETS ARE FUEL, THOSE KIND OF TARGETS ARE WHAT FEEDS THE INVASION INTO WHAT FEEDS THE INVASION INTO THEIR COUNTRY. THEIR COUNTRY. SO THIS IS A VERY PRACTICAL SO THIS IS A VERY PRACTICAL THING FOR THE UKRAINIANS. THING FOR THE UKRAINIANS. AND I'D ALSO SAY IT'S VERY AND I'D ALSO SAY IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC BECAUSE IT SHOWS SYMBOLIC BECAUSE IT SHOWS RUSSIA THAT THEY CAN'T START RUSSIA THAT THEY CAN'T START A WAR AND THEN BE IMMUNE FROM A WAR AND THEN BE IMMUNE FROM IT IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. IT IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. SO I THINK IT SENDS SO I THINK IT SENDS TWO MESSAGES FROM TWO MESSAGES FROM THE UKRAINIANS. THE UKRAINIANS. >> HMM. >> HMM. AND TOM, WE'VE BEEN HEARING NOW AND TOM, WE'VE BEEN HEARING NOW FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THE EXPECTED UKRAINIAN THE EXPECTED UKRAINIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE. COUNTEROFFENSIVE. IT'S SEEMS ALMOST AS IF IT'S IT'S SEEMS ALMOST AS IF IT'S BEEN DELAYED, PERHAPS FOR LACK BEEN DELAYED, PERHAPS FOR LACK OF AMMUNITION. OF AMMUNITION. THERE WAS COMPLAINTS AT THERE WAS COMPLAINTS AT ONE POINT THAT THEY WEREN'T ONE POINT THAT THEY WEREN'T GETTING SUFFICIENT AMMUNITION. GETTING SUFFICIENT AMMUNITION. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TELL I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THE ABSOLUTE DETAILS. YOU THE ABSOLUTE DETAILS. WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF THIS? WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF THIS? A LONG ANTICIPATED UKRAINIAN A LONG ANTICIPATED UKRAINIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE? COUNTEROFFENSIVE? YEAH, I WISH I HAD MUCH YEAH, I WISH I HAD MUCH ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE ALL SORT OF ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE ALL SORT OF PLAYING THAT GUESSING GAME. PLAYING THAT GUESSING GAME. WE HAVE BEEN FOR WEEKS, IF NOT WE HAVE BEEN FOR WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS, I THINK LIKE. MONTHS, I THINK LIKE. YEAH. YEAH. AND , YOU KNOW, TO IT PARTLY AND , YOU KNOW, TO IT PARTLY I THINK THE UKRAINIANS HAVE I THINK THE UKRAINIANS HAVE TO SOME EXTENT BEEN WAITING FOR TO SOME EXTENT BEEN WAITING FOR MORE MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO GET MORE MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO GET IN. IN. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RUMORS THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RUMORS SWIRLING AROUND. SWIRLING AROUND. NOTHING CONFIRMED. NOTHING CONFIRMED. THE U.S. IS NOW GREENLIGHTED THE U.S. IS NOW GREENLIGHTED TO THE IDEA THAT F-16 COULD TO THE IDEA THAT F-16 COULD GET TO UKRAINE. GET TO UKRAINE. SOME PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING SOME PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING COULD SOME OF THOSE TEAMS COULD SOME OF THOSE TEAMS GET HERE QUICKER THAN WE GET HERE QUICKER THAN WE CURRENTLY ARE LED TO BELIEVE? CURRENTLY ARE LED TO BELIEVE? AND THEN COULD THAT BE PART OF AND THEN COULD THAT BE PART OF THE COUNTER OFFENSIVE? THE COUNTER OFFENSIVE? I THINK ALSO THE UKRAINIANS ARE I THINK ALSO THE UKRAINIANS ARE NOT IN ANY RUSH RIGHT NOW. NOT IN ANY RUSH RIGHT NOW. I THINK WHAT WE'VE HAD IN I THINK WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO IS THAT THE LAST WEEK OR SO IS THAT WE'VE HAD VERY SENIOR WE'VE HAD VERY SENIOR OFFICIALS, INCLUDING OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE COMMANDER OVERALL COMMANDER THE COMMANDER OVERALL COMMANDER OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES, OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES, GENERAL CELESTIALLY, SAYING GENERAL CELESTIALLY, SAYING WE'RE READY TO GO NOW. WE'RE READY TO GO NOW. WE'RE READY TO TAKE BACK WHAT WE'RE READY TO TAKE BACK WHAT IS OURS WAS THE WAY HE PUT IT. IS OURS WAS THE WAY HE PUT IT. BUT I THINK NOW IT'S THE KIND BUT I THINK NOW IT'S THE KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME THAT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME THAT KEEPING THE RUSSIANS WAITING, KEEPING THE RUSSIANS WAITING, THAT UPPING THEIR ATTACKS IN THAT UPPING THEIR ATTACKS IN TERMS OF ARTILLERY ALONG TERMS OF ARTILLERY ALONG THE FRONT LINES, THAT UPPING THE FRONT LINES, THAT UPPING THEIR MISSILE STRIKES DEEP THEIR MISSILE STRIKES DEEP BEHIND THE RUSSIAN LINES BEHIND THE RUSSIAN LINES IS MICK WAS POINTING OUT THAT IS MICK WAS POINTING OUT THAT TO HIT RUSSIAN ASSETS, TO HIT RUSSIAN ASSETS, TO DEBILITATE THE RUSSIAN TO DEBILITATE THE RUSSIAN MILITARY MORE GENERALLY MAKE MILITARY MORE GENERALLY MAKE THEM WEAKER. THEM WEAKER. AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT AND THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT AND THEY'RE GOING TO PICK A MOMENT AND THEY'RE TO PICK A MOMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE PLACES GOING TO CHOOSE THE PLACES WHERE THEY SEE WEAKNESSES, WHERE THEY SEE WEAKNESSES, THE DEFENSES OF THE RUSSIANS, THE DEFENSES OF THE RUSSIANS, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL MOVE AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL MOVE AND THEY MIGHT NOT MOVE AND THEY MIGHT NOT MOVE POTE