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WATCH: Nolan Peterson on Fox News — Ukraine Won’t Be ‘A Repeat of Afghanistan’

January 27, 2022Matt White
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Coffee or Die’s Nolan Peterson joined Fox News Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, to discuss his reporting in Kyiv. Photo by Nolan Peterson.

Coffee or Die Magazine‘s Nolan Peterson appeared on Fox News to discuss his front-line reporting in Ukraine on Wednesday, Jan. 26, the same day that the US State Department issued its strongest warning yet for US citizens to leave the country. Peterson has lived in Ukraine for eight years, reporting on the conflict there with Russian forces, and has embedded with numerous Ukrainian military and paramilitary units in recent months as they prepare for a possible Russian invasion.


“I’m from Florida and the best analogy I can give you for the mood here right now are those days before a hurricane,” Peterson told Fox hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino. “You have to decide whether you are going to stay or whether you are going to go.”



Peterson was on Fox to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed on likely civilian resistance within Ukraine and to report on military preparations. Russian forces are in the midst of massing what is estimated to be 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders with both Russia and Belarus, positions that essentially encircle northern Ukraine, including the capital of Kyiv. The Belarus-Ukraine border is about 80 miles from Kyiv.


“Millions of citizens are dealing with this choice: Do I flee and become a refugee in the middle of winter, or do I stay put in my home and risk being trapped in a Russian siege,” Peterson said.


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The 436th Aerial Port Squadron palletize ammunition, weapons, and other equipment bound for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 21, 2022. US Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino.

For two years, Peterson has been filing reports from the Ukraine-Russia front for Coffee or Die, visiting front-line units as they exchange sniper and mortar fire with Russian units sometimes as close as 50 meters away. He has chronicled how Ukrainian citizens are rushing to arm themselves and form militias.


Peterson said he had been at Kyiv’s airport Tuesday night as shipments of US arms arrived, part of a $200 million package that includes 300 Javelin anti-tank missiles.




 


“We are not looking at a repeat of Afghanistan,” Peterson said, referencing the collapse of Afghan resistance when US forces withdrew. “I have no doubt […] the Ukrainian nation is going to go on fighting until they have their freedom.”


Elsewhere, the US Embassy issued its sternest warning yet for US citizens to leave. The State Department had previously issued a Do Not Travel advisory earlier this week and announced it had begun to evacuate families of diplomats, but the statement urging US citizens already in Ukraine to leave represented a higher level of warning.


Due to the increased threat of Russian military action, the statement said, “The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens in Ukraine to consider departing now using commercial or other privately available transportation options.”


Read Next: Nolan Peterson’s Reports From Ukraine


Ukraine Says ‘Massive’ Cyberattack Has Russian Fingerprints


‘I Am Super Worried’ — Ukrainians Live in Limbo Amid Russian Threat


Exclusive Front-Line Report: Modern Trench Warfare in Eastern Ukraine


Taking the Train to War: A US Air Force Special Operations Pilot Remembers a Tank Battle in Ukraine


The Drone War Over Ukraine’s Trenches Foretells the Future of Air Combat


‘Where Freedom Is Won’ — A US Veteran Visits Ukraine’s Eastern War Zone


Delivering Pizza and Coffee to the Front Lines, One Ukrainian War Veteran Uses Business Success To Fight for Freedom




Read Next — Peterson’s Reports From Ukraine:


In Ukraine, a Sense of Guarded Calm Amid Russian Invasion Warnings


Exclusive Front-Line Report: Modern Trench Warfare in Eastern Ukraine


Ukraine’s Military Downplays Threat of Russian Border Buildup


‘Drone Alliance’ Between Turkey and Ukraine Moves Ahead


Assassination Attempt on Top Aide Spurs Zelenskyy’s Early Departure From New York


Taking the Train to War: A US Air Force Special Operations Pilot Remembers a Tank Battle in Ukraine


The Drone War Over Ukraine’s Trenches Foretells the Future of Air Combat


‘Where Freedom Is Won’ — A US Veteran Visits Ukraine’s Eastern War Zone


Delivering Pizza and Coffee to the Front Lines, One Ukrainian War Veteran Uses Business Success To Fight for Freedom


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Matt White
Matt White

Matt White is a former senior editor for Coffee or Die Magazine. He was a pararescueman in the Air Force and the Alaska Air National Guard for eight years and has more than a decade of experience in daily and magazine journalism.

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