destroying them every day. forcing the russians into a battle of attrition, here, allowed ukraine to prepare for a massive counteroffensive he says could begin anytime. translator: we are clearly aware of when where how and what should start. the final decision is up to the president and the security staff when the decision is made russia will definitely feel it. greetings from bakhmut, graffiti from one of the videos of the cross border raid into russia reads, the kremlin are already using the incident to try and justify vladimir putin s war in ukraine. putin, himself portraying moscow as the victim. translator: we are often told that russia has started some kind of war no. russia with the special military operation is trying to stop this war being waged against us. but clearly not all russians agree. the groups who say they re behind the cross border attacks are vowing to battle on
war being waged against us. clearly not all russians agree. the groups who say they re behind the cross border attacks are vowing to battle on, defending ukraine. and jake, i also asked the national security adviser whether he now fears there could be big retaliation coming from the russians after this humiliation of this cross border raid like for instance, some sort of large missile attack by the russians once again. he said the russians have hit us with more than 1,400 missiles already. how much worse can it get. with us now, democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin of michigan. thanks for joining us. what are you hearing about this incursion into russia by anti putin russian fighters from ukraine? yeah. we re still trying to get ground truth on it but it s a pretty m momentus thing to happen if the
we have been listening to president putin speaking during the world war ii victory celebration, falsely claiming a real war is being waged against our motherland. i want to bring in claire sebastian about what we just heard from president putin. a lot of misinformation and disinformation in that speech. let s start that the claim of a war being waged on the motherland. this didn t seem to be anything new from president putin. this is his justifications for the war in ukraine, among them that russia is under siege, under attack. this rings particular ly true i recent days. it s been less than a week that drones hit the kremlin, close to where he was standing, while making that speech. we ve seen attacks near the
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spent time with women whose lives have changed in what is now a changing society. piano plays. there are many lines in life. ukraine s women are on them, from ballet to the battlefield. fighting now for what matters, in their lives, the life of this nation. this war in ukraine is upending so many lives, ukrainians sense of self, their sense of purpose. a war being waged over ukraine s borders is also changing a people within. translation: when the war began, i thought i wouldn t perform on the stage again. now, it s one of the most important things for us and for people, to save our culture and save our soul.