this is andrea mitchell reports. back in washington where the biden administration is stepping up sanctions against russia targeting russian media and banking executives as vladimir putin appeared in moscow for a victory day parade. this is an annual parade. this year it took on added significance as vladimir putin tries to recover from unanticipated setbacks in ukraine. putin falsely claiming to be fighting a pro nazi government in kyiv, which is patently false. putin s assault on ukraine remains far from victorious. on sunday first lady jill biden paid a surprise visit to ukraine meeting with the first lady on mother s day. canada s prime minister trudeau also in kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy. and even measure high profile visits from u2 s bono performing at a subway station in kyiv. here at home, intensifying protests in dozens of cities over the supreme court potentially overturning roe v wade including outside the homes of chief justice roberts and justice
the woman tapped to run it is not instilling confidence. bill: she dismissed the hunter biden lap stop story, misleading claims on the steele dossier. mayorkas standing behind her saying the board will focus on security threats and not political speech. there is no question that we could have done a better job in communicating what it does. it does not infringe on civil rights. civil liberties. it is not about speech. it is about the connectivity to violence. that is what we need to address. you know, an individual has the free speech right to spew anti-semitic rhetoric. what they don t have the right to do is take hostages in a synagogue. that s where we get involved. bill: david spunt leads our coverage from there today. good morning to you, david. good morning to you, dana, good morning as well. this new disinformation governance board falls under the department of homeland security and also focuses on disinformation or misinformation, whatever you want to call it,
acknowledged russian forces have seized some towns and villages since the assault began last week. however, he said it is come at a high cost for russian forces. insisting that their military has incurred, quote, colossal losses. president zelenskyy said his government is planning a new effort to evacuate civilians from the steel plant in mariupol. russian forces have surrounded the factory for days. rapping 2,000 soldiers and a thousand civilians. mostly women and children. inside. in a message overnight zelenskyy said the operation can work but only with u.n. assistance and russian cooperation. meanwhile, renewed bombing overnight struck a field hospital in the plant killing and further injuring dozens of wounded soldiers being treated there. that is according to the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs which posted this video appearing to show people in hospital beds covered in rubble. a seen u.s. defense official said some russians forces are starting to pull out of the
this time in the donetsk region. the u.s. has credible information that a russian military unit executed ukrainians who were trying to surrender. russia is intensifying its bombardment in the eastern part of the country. at least 27 homes from one village were hit. for word yet on casualties. the russian-occupied city of kherson was rocked overnight. russia has installed a new government saying it will be impossible for ukrainians to return to control. the head of the united nations will be meeting with ukraine s president today after of course he met with putin just yesterday, as nato s secretary general offers a new warning that this war could last years. let s get started with cnn s scott mclean who s live in lviv, ukraine. scott, what s the very latest you re watching there on the ground? reporter: hey, kate. yeah, obviously this statement from the u.s. official to the u.n. yesterday is quite remarkable, accusing the russians of executing ukrainian troops who were tryin
rhetoric that is ratcheting things up from both sides, i might add. the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, with his promise to degrade the russian military tipped russia and you saw it live here, austin doubled down in the news conference a couple days ago during this hour, you saw it live. that tipped lavrov and putin on the russian side. the dictator and his foreign minister to say nukes are back on the table. this is going around in circles. money is needed for ukraine. meanwhile, russian dictator putin has a new threat. this one is lightning fast action against any nation which interferes with his war. the gruesome realities of russia s invasion, annihilation of a population continuing. a top united states official has told the united nations there are credible reports of a military russian military unit executing ukrainians who are attempting to surrender instead of taking them into custody. ukrainian authorities have filed the first war crime charges now against mosc