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bono and the edge met ukrainians in kyiv, and performed a concert in a subway station to support ukraine s fight for freedom. and joining us now is marcia gessen, staff writer from the new yorker, and author of the book, surviving autocracy. thank you very much for joining us tonight. so vladimir putin had a big speech scheduled for today, the annual celebration of russia s victory, soviet union s victory in world war ii. and it was an ally of the united states and britain. what the russians expect to hear from putin today? and what did they hear? well, i think actually the russians heard exactly what they expected to hear, which was a speech. and this is not putin speech. there were parades all over the country, and the local leaders spoke at these parades, both local military and local civilian leaders, and every
performed a concert in a subway station to support ukraine s fight for freedom. and joining us now is maha gessen, staff writer from the new yorker, and author of the book, surviving autocracy. thank you very much for joining us tonight. so vladimir putin had a big speech scheduled for today, the annual celebration of russia s victory, soviet union s victory in world war ii. when there was an ally of the united states and britain. what the russians expect to hear from putin today? and what did they hear? well, i think actually the russians heard exactly what they expected to hear, which was a speech. and this is not putin speech. there were parades all over the country, and the local leaders spoke at these parades, both local military and local civilian leaders, and every single parade and, they made the connection between the
about time, when it will be, but it will be. reporter: so some colorful language there, but many ukrainians that i have been speaking to say they essentially feel the same. it should be noted, though, this morning the ukrainian foreign minister striking a little optimism, saying ukraine and the west have won the first round against russia, the threat of invasion is postponed, katy. erin mclaughlin, thank you so much. joining me now is new york staff writer, and also the author of the book surviving autocracy. you know this better than most, vladimir putin uses propaganda and uses tools at his disposal in russia to keep people in line, and we had reporting yesterday about a potential wag the dog situation where they stage an attack, and claim
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