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
ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, who declared the victory in the end will belong to ukraine. now, putin did not declare war or try to mobilize more troops, as analysts suspected. he also canceled the victory day air shows across russia that had been scheduled. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. believes this shows that putin recognizes that his war is not going well. president putin has recognized he has no victory to celebrate. his efforts in ukraine have not succeeded. he was not able to go into ukraine and bring them to their knees in a few days and have them surrender. he gave up on taking kyiv. in the east, ukrainians are fighting back in the luhansk region after russian units built multiple bridges over a key river. these could allow putin s forces to cut off supply routes to the region. ukrainian officials fear as many as 60 people are dead after they say russia dropped a bomb on a school over the weekend. let s turn to cnn s erin burnett in the capital o
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
tonight and how she wants the democrats to approach that fight. breaking news out of ukraine. the first lady making a surprise trip to the war zone showing support from others. as the world waits to see what putin could do next and on this one day of year where moms are celebrated, remind of the support we need year-round. this is american voices. . voices. this mother s day, the right to choose when and how women become a mother. today, protesters are back before the supreme court building out reached over the leaked draft opinion showing the court looking to overturn half a century of precedents. roe v. wade. it s important for me to share here today. to underscore there are state legislatures who will if roe is overturned, let women in my position die before providing access to the health care they desperately need. striking down roe will not stop abortions. we know this from decades of data, but it will make them unsafe. wouldn t underscore. according to the world h
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