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
operation to throw a military bridge across the donetsk river, shown here in this satellite image. the move is intended to cut this supply route to russian speaking ukraine towns now under bombardment. ukrainian forces are counterattacking but russian artillery is already hitting the road and oil refinery next to it. with the killing of at least 60 people, civilians cowering in a school not far from here, it s clear the russians are continuing with their campaign to obliterate civilian life, but this is also a sign that they re pursuing traditional tactics, trying to break the infrastructure that could support the ukrainian war effort. putin s allegations of naziism in ukraine are turned back on the russian leader by survivors of the real war against hitler s ideology. she says, i think victory will be ours, only ours. if i were younger, i would have ripped this thug s throat out with my teeth. the president is insisting ukraine s victory is certain. the one who is repeating