Worked. came all the way back with a nice 80-1 odds win right there. at least you looked the part, very dapper. you did look good. in your khaki. you did look good. thanks, andy. nice to see you. what a race. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. laura jarrett. new day starts right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is monday, may 9th. i m brianna keilar with john avlon. john berman is off. vladimir putin defending his unprovoked invasion of ukraine, claiming that the west was preparing to invade.
Find its footing after a week of big swings. good morning. and welcome to a jam-packed way too early on this monday, may 9th. i m jonathan lemire. russia s failures on the battlefield in ukraine didn t stop moscow from flaunting its military might this morning. the annual victory day parade happening now commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany. just wrapped up in moscow s red square. the celebration is taking on a new meaning this year as vladimir putin frames his invasion of ukraine as a means to defeat a new wave of so-called naziism. the new york times described the event as a quote claim of rightful dominance over a lost empire. a day to galvanize public support for the war by slandering ukraine as a successor to nazi germany.
Sent to her by her husband, president joe biden. happy mother s day. thank you. kate bennett, cnn, brataslyva, slovakia. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world, it is monday, may 9th. i m brianna keilar with john avlon. john berman is off this morning. and this morning, a show of military might in moscow. vladimir putin defending his actions in ukraine at russia s victory day ceremony. putin claiming the west was creating threats and preparing to invade russia. the big plan to have 77 aircraft fly over red square to commemorate the 1945 victory over nazi germany.
He was very proud of the work they had done to push the germans back. he had even met years later vladimir putin himself. so, he felt this allegiance at first. he said he just could not believe they would turn on the ukrainian people like this. so, he said he did feel a bit torn. his wife, however, every time he would say something, would shake her head in anger and she would start murmuring things next to him. she said she could not keep her mouth closed because she s just disgusted with putin. sara, really great report. thank you so much for sharing it with us. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, may 9th. i m brianna keilar with john av
Russians aren t giving up. monday, may 9th, may be some dramatic signal by putin. i might add, a cautionary word don t have a big parade in mariupol. it will be a honorable target. peter, give us a bit of a history lesson. why is victory day so important? yeah, obviously, more than the united states, russia found itself redefined, transformed by world war ii. even to this day, 35 years later, you know, it is still an important part of their national psyche, national identity over nazi germany. it remains part of an annual transition. this may day event. victory day. celebration and prayed is something that s a big, big deal there.