minutes or so as russia commemorates the soviet victory against nazi germany in world war ii. these are live images coming to us from red square in moscow. mr. putin wrapped up his remarks about 45 minutes ago or so during victory day ceremonies, and during his speech putin defended russia s invasion of ukraine as necessary, claiming the west was creating threats next to russia s borders and preparing to invade. he also said that russian soldiers fighting ukraine are inspired by soviet troops who fought during world war ii. have a listen. translator: in kyiv they were talking about the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons. the nato bloc started developing territories adjacent to us and, therefore, in a planned way were creating an absolutely unacceptable threat immediately next to our borders. everything pointed to a collision with the nazis, with the nazis and that was inevitable. and that was supported by the west. well, the annual victory day holiday is also mem
atlanta. ia i ll have all the other latest including a new prison sentence for awning sung suchy. a military court has found her guilty of corruption. and we begin this hour with a dramatic escalation and tension between russia and the west over the war in ukraine. now threatening to hammer european economies. they say they ve now halted supplies. after them denying russia to pay in rubles. they re cutting to the pipeline you re seeing in green. the move could signal trouble for european economies more broadly, which is still heavily reliant on russia s energy. meanwhile with, a state of attack in and around moldova is raising fears russia is planning a new front on the war in ukraine. after explosions destroyed radio towers and a reported rocket attack a day earlier. the blast happened in a russian-backed break-away region highlighted in red on your screen. we re hearing they hit a key rail and road bridge. russia s trying to sew tension between his country and moldova wi
an atmosphere of fear, people don t want russia there. what people here fear in this city is that kharkiv could be the next mariupol. the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we have to move at the speed of war. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, april 27th, 11:00 a.m. here in ukraine. and we begin with new developments in building the case to prove russia committed war crimes amid repeated denials from moscow. cnn has exclusively obtained drone video placing russian forces near the scene of civilian killings in the city of bucha. and in the middle of your screen is a russian military vehicle sitting at an intersection in bucha, right up the street are the bodies of several dead civilians. it is the first evidence to emerge really showing russian forces operating there. and it was filmed on march 13th. and this video from march 12 shows russian soldiers around military vehicle parked outside a house down the street from the same killed civilian
Continuity, of support, continuing to help ukraine not just fight the war with the weapons that it needs to hold russia back, but potentially push russia back off of ukrainian territory, which we have heard from so many western leaders is the aim. this is what ukraine calls for and there is respect and support for that. but also the immediate day-to-day needs of the ukrainian government to run the country, to pay its workers, to pay its soldiers, to pay the nurses, to pay the doctors, to pay all those in transport, the international community will continue to stand behind. look, there absolutely is a recognition among ukrainians, ukrainian businessmen and others, of course, that western support can only last a finite amount of time. but it stands there today. that was the message. nic robertson for us in helsinki, finland. that does it for me, isa soares