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
the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good to be with you, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. just into our newsroom, the pentagon says the u.s. is finding signs that vladimir putin s military is forcing ukrainians to enter russia. ukraine s president puts that number at more than a million people. the u.s. has not assessed a figure yet. today, putin s propaganda took center stage in moscow against a backdrop of military parades, putin gave a national address to recognize victory day in russia, and he falsely blamed the west for the war he started. the u.s. and its allies are also noting what putin did not say. he did not declare war or try to mobilize more troops as analysts had speculated. he also cancelled the victory date air shows across russia that had been scheduled. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said that putin is recognizing that he has no victory to claim. russian strikes are claiming more lives on the battlefield. ukrainian officials fear as many a
escape. a very idaho way of thinking about things is to be loving and welcoming. then there s this fear of will they change what we have? boise is booming. and with it the local housing market, why some say the new recognition is actually bad for business. oh, my goodness! the longest shot has won the kentucky derby! and it was a stunning upset at churchill downs for a horse that just 48 hours ago was an alternate in the kentucky derby. new day starts right now . it is sunday, may 8th. thank you very much for waking up with us. happy mother s day to you and to all the moms out there. thank you. thank you so much. it means a lot. and, you know, it s interesting because i was thinking about this morning the moms in ukraine who are separated from their husbands and potentially their sons today and what this must be for them. and we want to start in ukraine because there is news from there where 60 people are feared dead following the bombing of a school in the luha
we begin in ukraine where 60 people are feared dead following a bombing on a school in the eastern luhansk region. local officials are saying 90 people were sheltering in that school when a russian plane bombed the building. there were rescued. we believe 60 were killed. a regional official says they are most likely dead. president biden is holding a virtual summit today with other g7 leaders and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. this meeting was deliberately scheduled ahead of russia s annual victory day celebrations which is tomorrow. it marks the nazi surrender in world war ii. president zelenskyy today marking a day of remembrance and celebration. it s marked every day on may 8th to honor the people who lost their lives during world war ii. translator: this year we say never again differently. we hear never again differently. it sounds painful, cruel, without an exclamation, but with a question mark, you say never again? tell ukraine about it. ukraine says
around mariupol, kovs skating passports holding them in conditions so unrealtime that ukrainian call them a ghetto. the russian military calls them filtration camps. people forced together to sleep on the floor. horrific conditions there. we ve more to come on all this in a moment. in the wake of the bombshell draft opinion that could overturn roe v. wade, cnn s brand-new poll finds most americans do not support that. 66% say that they don t want to see roe overturned. but what happens if that happens? what happens? so we ve got to look at what could be who could be prosecuted and where. coming up. plus we have lots of new developments tonight on the manhunt for the alabama corrections officer and the inmate she is accused of springing from jail. their escaped vehicle found abandoned in tennessee. they apparently tried to spray paint it. a tow truck driver saying the suv was in the road blocking traffic and look like someone had broken down and left it there. we re sort o