Former US official: Russia’s Ukraine accusation ridiculous

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00:00Right. So Russia is essentially, you say, telling the United States that it can do things like this and a lot worse.

00:07At the same time, Moscow is blaming Ukraine for this attack, saying the Ukrainians are using human shields.

00:15I mean, what's this line of argument, do you think?

00:18Oh, that's just ridiculous.

00:19I just, the idea that they're going to use that kind of excuse, that kind of language concerning Ukraine, that's ridiculous.

00:31Ukraine has no history of using civilians as human shields.

00:35What were they shielding? They were in the middle of a town square.

00:39I just think that's ridiculous. They must take us for fools.