what putin intends to do. let s ta ke let s take some live pictures now from st petersburg, this is the annual military navy day parade. vladimir putin is expected to speak at the event, probably within the next 30 minutes or so. last year there were more than 42 ships, more than 3500 personnel taking part, this is russia flexing its military muscles during the ongoing war in ukraine. live now to keir giles from the russia and eurasia programme at the chatham house thinktank. so glad to happy with some thank you forjoining us. what are you watching out for when the russian president speaks?
attack on the russian capital. two office blocks were damaged but there were no reports of any injuries. meanwhile, ukraine says a russian missile attack on the north eastern city of sumy, has killed at least one civilian and wounded five. officials said the missile hit an education centre. steve fish is a politics professor with the university of california in berkeley. earlier, he outlined how he believes the russian president would approach any peace talks. well, he s open to a ceasefire if he gets to keep the conquered territories. that s one fifth of ukrainian territory is now under occupation by russia. and he s open to a ceasefire, at least temporarily, a temporary ceasefire if he gets to keep those territories. but of course, ukraine, the entire democratic world, is not ready to. ready to accept that. and so, of course, this war is going to continue to go on, because putin s made it absolutely clear that he has no intention of stopping the war unless he gets to keep conquered t
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