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 momentum is shifting in favor of ukraine. overall, nato says the war is at a standstill for now, neither side expected to make major gains. one area of progress for ukraine is a counter offensive in the kharkiv region. ukraine s military says another settlement has bee
victory. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a dismal day for wall street as the roller coaster ride on the u.s. stock market continues. the dow tumbled more than 700 points in its worst trading day since june of 2020. nasdaq lost nearly 4.8%. [ applause ] the sell-off began after target reported a 52% drop in profit for the first quarter, a day after walmart stock posted its worst day since 1987. markets in asia are also in the red this hour. live for us this hour in hong kong following the latest. after this, what are the marketing like in asia? yeah. asian markets are feeling that downward pressure after u.s. stocks, they posted the worst single day decline in two years. investors apparently spooked by two things. they re spooked by inflation fears. and they re also being spooked by weak earnings. target is the latest big box retailer to inject fear into the market. it posted that stunning first quarter profit decline of about 52%. it blam
momentum, that offensive momentum, as much as you can. but ukraine must be careful. it must be careful with offensive overreach, which could result in at least a near term offensive culmination. they have rocked and pushed the russians on their heels, but the russians are consolidated in places like crimea and in eastern ukraine, so ukraine must be careful on that. so if i were to recommend anything to ukraine at this point, it would be to consolidate what they have, gain strength, gain offensive weaponry, such as the mig-29 jets and/or more tanks to help them to continue the next phase, but but if ukraine is not careful, they will have an overreach and end up being offensively culminated, because they are not ready to be able to take the crimea and other
that offense momentum as much as you can. but ukraine must be careful. it must be careful with offensive overreach which could result in at least a near term offensive culmination. they have rocked and pushed the russians on their heels. but the russians are consolidated in places like crimea and in eastern ukraine. so ukraine must be careful on that. so if i were to recommend anything from ukraine at this point it would be to consolidate what they have, gain strength, gain offensive weaponry such as the mig 29 jets and/or more tanks to help them to continue the next phase. but if ukraine is not careful, they will have an overreach and end up being offensively culminated because they are not ready to be able to take the