hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause. ahead this hour, standstill. russia s eastern offensive appears to have stalled in ukraine. the plummet continues. stock markets in asia sharply lower following a big fall on wall street, all triggered by dismat earning reports by big retailers and fears of record high inflation. and still too early to call in the pennsylvania senate republican primary. but not too early for donald trump to urge the candidate he endorsed to declare victory. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with john vause. vladimir putin s three-day war is now into day 85 and appears to be going nowhere, with one nato official saying
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victory day. they have a giant parade in red square celebrating their victory in world war ii. there are a lot of people who thought initially that putin wanted to use that day to be able to declare some kind of victory in ukraine. now it s shifted a little bit. there is some concern he might be using it to reframe what he sees as the terms of this conflict. by the way, it was the u.s. intel assessment that there was an intent or at least a hope in moscow to declare something on may 9th. the perception being that this eastern offensive might have something to show for it. you know, we gained all of the donbas or something. that doesn t happen. he doesn t have that. the question is, what does he go with on that day? and given the rhetoric coming both from putin s mouth, lavrov s mouth, also russian state media, increasingly framing this as not just us against ukraine, but us, the russians, against nato and the west. that s a concern, right? is that a rhetorical statement on may 9th? s
says that its truck 400 ukrainian targets overnight. the state emergency service of ukraine reported that a hospital in the northeastern city of kharkiv was hit by russian shelling earlier this morning. there were no casualties, thankfully. united nation officials say they are trying to mediate humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from the steel plant in mariupol. heavy bombardment of the donbas region continues. u.s. defense officials say that moscow s eastern offensive is struggling to make gains. russian foreign minister insists that russia is not at war with nato, even as both russia and the west appear to be digging in for a protracted conflict. more than 5 million ukrainians have fled the country since the war began according to the un. neighboring poland reports that its resources for refugees, housing, volunteers, unemployment opportunities are running thin. here is foreign news correspondent raf sanchez in
been at least one death resulting from this morning s early morning attack. this is something that is part of this eastern offensive. we heard from the russians that they are gearing up for a major assault on the east, where i am now. british intelligence have said that ukrainians are preparing this city for an assault from the south. that would bring russian offensive straight besieged city of mariupol which has been destroyed. we can expect to see more of an assault coming up in the coming days and weeks. i gotta tell you, we have been hearing that for weeks, that this eastern assault, which is where the russians have been focusing forces, could be coming at any time. so far, all we have seen are artillery bombardments, cruise missiles. we have seen modest gains on the part of the russians. we are waiting to see the other