be more we re going to have to talk about as well. first, i want to be crystal clear about the problem. there are two leading causes of inflation we re seeing today. the first cause of inflation is a once in a century pandemic. not only did it shut down our global economy. it threw the supply chain and economy out of whack. especially were more recovery responses weren t available. especially in the areas that rely on semi conductors. the supply challenges have been hampered by the onset of delta and omicron viruses. and you ve all seen it. you ve all felt it. and this year we have a second cause. a second cause. mr. putin s war in ukraine. you saw we saw in march that 60% of inflation that month was due to price increases at the pump for gasoline. putin s war has raised food prices as well because ukraine and russia, two of the world s major bread baskets for wheat and corn are essentially completely stalled. ukraine has 20 million tons of grain in storage and silos right
about this conflict in ukraine. what can you tell us about putin s rhetoric today and the reaction? well, this was a much-anticipated event. speculation, the victory day parade would be used to make an important announcement about what russia calls the special military operation in ukraine. possibly a formal declaration of war or a mass mobilization of troops. but that didn t happen. what we did witness, though, was a spectacular display of russian military might, even though the air display was cancelled because of bad weather. 11,000 troops marched over the cobbles of red square followed by columns of tanks and rocket launchers and, of course, those intercontinental ballistic missiles. putin tried to justify the conflict in ukraine, that russia was facing an imminent attack and it had to act preemptively, claims that have been disputed by ukraine and by its allies. he also drew parallels with the soviet victory over nazi germany in the 40s which is what victory day is mea
described and has prohibited the broadcast of information the government regards as false. with that matthew filed this report just moments ago. reporter: this was a much anticipated event amid speculation that the victory day parade would be used to make an important announcement about what russia calls its special military operation in ukraine. possibly a formal declaration of war or a mass mobilization of troops. but neither of those things happened. what we did witness was a spectacular display of russian military might. even though the air display was cancelled because of bad weather, 11,000 troops marched over the cobbles of red square followed by columns of tanks, rocket launchers and interballistic missiles. vladimir putin repeated claims trying to justify the conflict in ukraine that russia was faising an eminent attack and that it had to act preemptively. he also drew parallels between the soviet victory over germany in the 1940s which is what victory day is meant
new details on the three americans who died as a popular vacation site in the bahamas and the american woman flown to a florida hospital. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead. what was billed as a world war ii victory day parade in russia ending with no new victories for vladimir putin to declare. celebration just wrapped up with fireworks ending a day of events meant to honor the soldiers who helped defeat nazi germany. the west feared putin would use today to escalate his so-called special military operation in ukraine to declare an outright war. instead, putin spent his speech defending his decision to invade his neighbor to the west and selling the war to his own people by falsely claiming the danger from ukraine was growing every day before he ordered his troops to invade. united states ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield responded to putin s rhetoric and lies in an interview earlier today with cnn. president putin
thanks for your company, everyone. it s 8:00 a.m. in ukraine. orthodox christians across this country are celebrating easter sunday today. but this year s holy observance has been deeply marred by russia s ongoing as well as brutal invasion and the unspeakable atrocities left in their wake. that said, there are high expectations this easter that u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd outaustin will arrive ear today in the capital. their presence a powerful symbol of u.s. support as the russian war hits the two-month mark and shows every sign of getting worse. on saturday, a russian missile slammed into the residential building in the southern port of odesa. the mayor says eight people were killed, including an infant. but ukrainians continue to fight back. the defense ministry reports taking out 17 russian air assets just on saturday. it said anti-aircraft missiles shot down three russian aircraft, five c cruise missiles, and nine tactical drones