intercontinental ballistic missiles even more sinister. but the kremlin leader drew repeated links between the sacrifices of the second world war in which millions of soviet citizens were killed and the battles currently being fought in ukraine. links ukrainians and their allies reject. translator: i am now addressing our armed forces and militias of donbas. you re fighting for our mother land, for its future so that no one forgets the lessons of the second world war. so that there is no place in the world for tortures, death squads and nazis. reporter: that is what was no the said that was most conspicuous. there have been wide speculation putin would use this parade to formally declare war on ukraine and announce a general mobilization to bolster the stuttering forces there.
horrific battle. against that backdrop, the armored columns rumbling over the cobbles of red square may seem less heroic. the intercontinental ballistic missiles even more sinister. but the kremlin leader drew repeated links between the sacrifices of the second world war, for which millions of soviet citizens were killed, and the battles currently being fought in ukraine. links ukrainians and their allies reject. translator: i am now addressing our armed forces and the militias of donbas. you are fighting for our motherland, for its future, so that no one forgets the lessons of the second world war, so that there is no place in the world for torturers, death squads, and nazis. reporter: but it is what was not said that was most conspicuous. there had been wide
back? rebecca grant joy just president of the independent research national security and military analysts, also fox contributor. doctor grant always good to see you. we have the reports of russians continuing to attack that plant. at the same time they re running into trouble in the east of donbas. what can make pooch and stop this bombardment? he promised he would clearly he has not. right, but will make him stop the bombing in mariupol i just don t know. you can seat no one can get to him. if they are still bombing it means they don t feel they have complete control over that area. i think to be the bigger question is what to do about the east. right now everything depends on how fast ukraine can get combat ready with the new heavy weapons that are going in from nato and the u.s. and allies. do you think those are getting in fast enough we just saw a turn bite germany were
basically we are. when germany is reflects basically a we are. when germany is reflects basically a german policy of decades and trying basically a german policy of decades and trying to cultivate good relations with russia, which also nreans relations with russia, which also means very strong trade directions, by the means very strong trade directions, by the way, means very strong trade directions, by the way, much stronger than we have ever by the way, much stronger than we have ever had with russia. as by the way, much stronger than we have ever had with russia.- have ever had with russia. as we turn, we have ever had with russia. as we turn. we will have ever had with russia. as we turn, we will carry have ever had with russia. as we turn, we will carry on have ever had with russia. as we turn, we will carry on with - have ever had with russia. as we turn, we will carry on with the . turn, we will carry on with the subject, lord jones, let s turn to the front page
against it. that s something we re trying to find out more if they re getting some of those defensive capabilities in the coming days, chuck. courtney kube at the pentagon for us. courtney, thank you. let me bring in mike mcfaul, our former u.s. ambassador to russia. we heard from sergey lavrov today and he said the new goal is liberating, air quotes, because that s what the russians want to do, the two republics in the east, donetsk and luhansk. do you expect now on may 9th putin to declare that he s got control of these republics and he s liberated them, regardless of the facts on the ground? first, chuck, it s really important what lavrov said. if you watch russian tv i m watching it for you so you don t have to watch, chuck the language has changed. yeah. that s right. special military operation in the defense of donbas. they added that phrase, in the