Ukraine continues to build toward counteroffensive

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports from Ukraine on “This Week."
3:44 | 06/04/23

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>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT PRESIDENT PUTIN'S LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES, PUTIN'S LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES, THERE'S NO QUESTION, RUSSIA IS THERE'S NO QUESTION, RUSSIA IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE OFF TODAY SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE OFF TODAY THAN IT WAS BEFORE ITS THAN IT WAS BEFORE ITS FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE, FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE, MILITARILY, ECONOMICALLY, MILITARILY, ECONOMICALLY, GEOPOLITICALLY. GEOPOLITICALLY. THE KREMLIN CLAIMED IT HAD THE THE KREMLIN CLAIMED IT HAD THE SECOND STRONGEST MILITARY IN THE SECOND STRONGEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD. WORLD. MANY BELIEVED IT. MANY BELIEVED IT. TODAY MANY SEE RUSSIA'S MILITARY TODAY MANY SEE RUSSIA'S MILITARY AS THE SECOND STRONGEST IN AS THE SECOND STRONGEST IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE. >> SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONENIE BLINKEN OUTLINING RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC FAILURES IN UKRAINE STRATEGIC FAILURES IN UKRAINE AND WARNING AGAINST CEASE-FIRES, AND WARNING AGAINST CEASE-FIRES, AND UKRAINE READIES A AND UKRAINE READIES A LONG-AWAITED OFFENSIVE TO LONG-AWAITED OFFENSIVE TO RECAPTURE LOST TERRITORY. RECAPTURE LOST TERRITORY. ABC'S TOM SUFI BURRIDGE IS IN ABC'S TOM SUFI BURRIDGE IS IN UKRAINE WITH THE LATEST. UKRAINE WITH THE LATEST. TOM? TOM? >> THE LATEST DEVASTATION CAUSED >> THE LATEST DEVASTATION CAUSED BY A MISSILE OVERNIGHT. BY A MISSILE OVERNIGHT. WHERE I'M STANDING, THERE USED WHERE I'M STANDING, THERE USED TO BE PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS. TO BE PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS. A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED AND A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED AND THREE YOUNG BOYS SERIOUSLY THREE YOUNG BOYS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THIS RUSSIAN MISSILE INJURED IN THIS RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE ACCORDING TO LOCAL STRIKE ACCORDING TO LOCAL OFFICIALS. OFFICIALS. IT IS A STARK REMINDER OF THE IT IS A STARK REMINDER OF THE BRUTALITY OF RUSSIA'S WAR IN BRUTALITY OF RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE, NOW MOVING INTO A UKRAINE, NOW MOVING INTO A POTENTIALLY DECISIVE PHASE. POTENTIALLY DECISIVE PHASE. UKRAINE STEPPING UP PREPARATIONS UKRAINE STEPPING UP PREPARATIONS FOR ITS COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, FOR ITS COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, TAKING THE FIGHT TO RUSSIA THIS TAKING THE FIGHT TO RUSSIA THIS WEEK ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, WITH WEEK ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, WITH BRAZEN ATTACKS ON RUSSIA SOIL. BRAZEN ATTACKS ON RUSSIA SOIL. A SWARM OF EXPLOSIVE DRONES A SWARM OF EXPLOSIVE DRONES HITTING A WEALTHY DISTRICT OF HITTING A WEALTHY DISTRICT OF MOSCOW, WITH EXPLOSIONS JUST MOSCOW, WITH EXPLOSIONS JUST 3 MILES FROM PRESIDENT PUTIN'S 3 MILES FROM PRESIDENT PUTIN'S COUNTRY HOME IN VIDEO COUNTRY HOME IN VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE. CIRCULATING ONLINE. AIR DEFENSE ACTIVE IN THE AIR DEFENSE ACTIVE IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL. RUSSIAN CAPITAL. RUSSIA AREAS BORDERING UKRAINE RUSSIA AREAS BORDERING UKRAINE NOW ALSO UNDER ATTACK FROM NOW ALSO UNDER ATTACK FROM DRONES AND ARTILLERY. DRONES AND ARTILLERY. WE'RE JUST A FEW MILES BACK FROM WE'RE JUST A FEW MILES BACK FROM THE RUSSIAN BORDER. THE RUSSIAN BORDER. THESE ARE REAR GUARD UKRAINIAN THESE ARE REAR GUARD UKRAINIAN POSITIONS. POSITIONS. WITH UKRAINE STRIKING OVER THE WITH UKRAINE STRIKING OVER THE BORDER INTO RUSSIA, THIS WHOLE BORDER INTO RUSSIA, THIS WHOLE AREA HAS BECOME A MORE ACTIVE AREA HAS BECOME A MORE ACTIVE FRONT. FRONT. ON THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ON THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FRONTLINES, UKRAINIAN FIREPOWER FRONTLINES, UKRAINIAN FIREPOWER HOPING TO WEAKEN RUSSIAN HOPING TO WEAKEN RUSSIAN POSITIONS. POSITIONS. >> WE'RE JUST BACK FROM THE >> WE'RE JUST BACK FROM THE FRONTLINES. FRONTLINES. THIS IS BASE CAMP FOR THIS THIS IS BASE CAMP FOR THIS UKRAINIAN TANK PLATOON. UKRAINIAN TANK PLATOON. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN BATTLES THEY WERE INVOLVED IN BATTLES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WITH THE UKRAINIAN WITH THE UKRAINIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE FROM IT SOON, COUNTER-OFFENSIVE FROM IT SOON, THESE GUYS ARE READY TO MOVE THESE GUYS ARE READY TO MOVE AGAIN. AGAIN. FOR NOW THEY CARRY OUT PROBING FOR NOW THEY CARRY OUT PROBING MISSIONS TO TEST THE RUSSIAN MISSIONS TO TEST THE RUSSIAN LINES. LINES. MOST OF THE TANKS IN THE MOST OF THE TANKS IN THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY ARE MADE UP UKRAINIAN MILITARY ARE MADE UP OF THESE KEY '72 SOVIET ERA OF THESE KEY '72 SOVIET ERA MODELS. MODELS. THE UKRAINIANS HAVE AN UNKNOWN THE UKRAINIANS HAVE AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF BRITISH-MADE AND NUMBER OF BRITISH-MADE AND GERMAN-MADE ADVANCE TANKS, GERMAN-MADE ADVANCE TANKS, HIDDEN FROM VIEW INSIDE THIS HIDDEN FROM VIEW INSIDE THIS UKRAINIAN COMMAND CENTER, UKRAINIAN COMMAND CENTER, SOLDIERS WATCH LIVE DRONE FEEDS SOLDIERS WATCH LIVE DRONE FEEDS ON SOLDIERS WATCH LIVE DRONE FEEDS ODOWN ON TO THE BATTLEFIELD. ODOWN ON TO THE BATTLEFIELD. >> A DRONE FEED, YOU CAN SEE THE >> A DRONE FEED, YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE COMING UP AFTER. SMOKE COMING UP AFTER. >> THE COLONEL IN CHARGE OF >> THE COLONEL IN CHARGE OF 6,000 MEN. 6,000 MEN. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, THE INITIAL COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, THE INITIAL PHASE OF IT, ARE WELL UNDERWAY? PHASE OF IT, ARE WELL UNDERWAY? TELLING US CURRENT OPERATIONS TELLING US CURRENT OPERATIONS ARE BUILDING TOWARD THE ARE BUILDING TOWARD THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, BUT IT WON'T COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, BUT IT WON'T BEGIN WITH A SINGLE STRIKE. BEGIN WITH A SINGLE STRIKE. MARTHA, THE DEVASTATION CAUSED MARTHA, THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY MISSILE STRIKES LIKE THIS ONE BY MISSILE STRIKES LIKE THIS ONE ON A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OVERNIGHT IS PARTLY WHY UKRAINE OVERNIGHT IS PARTLY WHY UKRAINE KEEPS CALLING FOR MORE AIR KEEPS CALLING FOR MORE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS, BUT IT'S ALSO DEFENSE SYSTEMS, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT PROTECTING ITS TROOPS ON ABOUT PROTECTING ITS TROOPS ON THE FRONTLINES ONCE THAT THE FRONTLINES ONCE THAT COUNTER-OFFENSIVE BEGINS, THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE BEGINS, THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTING THAT WHITE HOUSE INSISTING THAT UKRAINE HAS THE AIR DEFENSE UKRAINE HAS THE AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITIES IT NEEDS. CAPABILITIES IT NEEDS. MARTHA?

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