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As you have heard earlier, as Russia, which has recently been pushed back by Ukraine's counterattack, decided to deploy a large-scale military force, the war could no longer be predicted.
So, what the hell is going on in Ukraine right now, we heard the local situation from the Ukrainian parliamentarian.
I will continue the story after watching the exclusive interview with reporter Kim Soo-hyung.
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Izium, a strategic point in the northeastern region of Ukraine.
Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers are searching for bodies in the ground.
At least 440 bodies were found buried here after the Russians who had occupied Igeum retreated.
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We asked Ukrainian National Assembly member Lecia Vasilenko, who had explained to SBS the situation in the early days of the war, what had happened.
[Lesia Vasilenko/Ukrainian lawmaker: We can no longer laugh (that we have won) until the perpetrators are punished for the crimes they committed.]
He says that heaps of mutilated bodies were found at the scene.
[Lesia Vasilenko / Ukrainian Member of Parliament: Atrocities such as sexual assault, mutilation, and torture of civilians have been committed.
The burial chambers found in Izium were much larger than the bucha.]
It revealed that 10 torture facilities were found throughout Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, which was reclaimed by Ukraine.
[Lesia Vasilenko/Ukrainian MP: The Russian military tortured citizens just for fun or to change their minds.
Sometimes they even got their children to testify against their parents.]
The Ukrainian counterattack gave up land ten times the size of Seoul and retreated, but Russia claimed in an interview with SBS on the 15th that it was a planned military reorganization.
[Konstantin Kosachev/Vice-Chairman of the Russian Senate (SBS 8 News on the 15th): The reorganization of the Russian army at a specific time is necessary in order to carry out operations that are more efficient and produce better results.]
Senator Vasilenko said He expressed that he was tired of Russia's constant lies.
[Lesia Vasilenko / Ukrainian Member of Parliament: I am tired of hearing the propaganda that Russia and its gang are spreading to their own people.
we are losing
We are retreating.
Hundreds of Russian soldiers are dying every day.
He couldn't say that.]
Following the Zaporiza nuclear power plant, Russia also bombarded a point just a few hundred meters away from the South Ukraine nuclear power plant within the territory of Ukraine, criticizing the nuclear threat threatening the world too far.
This explains why Korea should participate in the Russian oil price cap system.
[Lesia Vasilenko/Ukrainian Member of Parliament: (Why do you think Korea should participate in the Russian crude oil price cap?) (Korea) can make profits in the short term by trading (energy) with Russia as usual.
But at the same time, it's also helping murder and international crimes.]
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So, let's summarize what we've been told so far with reporter Kim Soo-hyung.
Q. Putin's nuclear threat?
[Reporter Kim Soo-hyung: It seems virtually impossible for Russia to defeat Ukraine, which is receiving extensive arms support from Western countries, in the conventional way.
There is also an analysis that Russia has a clear military advantage only with its nuclear power.
If a referendum is held, a decision to annex Russia with an overwhelming approval rating is certain, and after it becomes Russian territory, it can be warned that nuclear weapons can be used if attacked from outside.
Listen to what Kosachev, Vice-Chairman of the Russian Senate, said to SBS.]
[Konstantin Kosachev/Vice-Chairman of the Russian Senate (SBS 8 News on the 15th): If they invade Russian territory, nuclear weapons can be used as countermeasures.]
[Reporter Kim Soo-hyung ]
: The US and other Western countries have declared that the referendum itself is illegal and that they will not recognize the result even if the merger with Russia is passed.]
(Video coverage: Gyun-jong Kim, video editing: Ho-jin Kim)
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