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Lot of their troops on the ground are completely demoralized. they were promised, according to the military contracts, they have to get out of russia by 21st of may, so, i think that willen be a breaking point for many russian soldiers as russia has to break the contracts with them. maryan, great to get your perspective. thank you. cnn s matthew chance was at the victory parade in moscow and he has our report, but first, a reminder here, the kremlin has imposed strict laws limiting how journalists can talk about russia s presence in ukraine. reporter: this is how russia glorifies its embattled military. a spectacular display as a stony-faced commander in chief, president putin, inspects the troops paying such a high price for his special military ....
About it. i m ashamed and scared. reporter: she shows us where russian soldiers fired a shot in her home in march. she said she heard them say their names. danya started to pull me by the hood. i told him it s painful. he said, come with me. reporter: she says they dragged her down the street to her neighbor s small farmhouse. there, a grandmother, her daughter, her daughter s husband, and her grandson were all inside sleeping when the soldiers arrived. what happened when the soldiers showed up at your house? translator: i hear them banging at the door, so hard that everything around was shaking, even the windows. reporter: she says she stayed in the house. her son-in-law went outside with the soldiers and the neighbor. translator: there was a short conversation, then there was a sound like a bang. shot like a firework. my body was shaking. reporter: they killed him, she says. they took his wife while the russian soldiers marched the two ....
Ukraine. and accused the west of creating threats on russia s border. u.s. president joe biden says he s concerned that putin may feel backed into a corner with russian troops making little headway in ukraine and with no clear path to get out of the conflict. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. echoed those claims, telling cnn that clearly putin has no victory to celebrate and remarks show he s in denial, trying to rewrite history. many analysts have feared mr. putin would use the holiday to expand the war in ukraine or make a major announcement. instead, he stuck to a familiar script, aimed at selling the war domestically. cnn was there, tanks rolling across red square on monday. we have more there, but first, let s go to isa soares live in lviv, ukraine. thank you, john. well, even as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, russia now appears to be focusing on the southern port city of odesa. ....
A barrage of missile strikes from fighter jets, ships, as well as submarines has hit the city in the past day. local officials report a shopping mall and two hotels have been struck with russian hypersonic missiles. at least one person is dead and several others are wounded. and this is the scene near ukraine s second-biggest city, kharkiv, and that is in the northeast. video posted on social media shows the aftermath of an attack on a civilian convoy that killed a number of people. you can see a baby stroller and an infant s car seat just among the wreckage there. it is not clear when the video was recorded, but authorities say they lost touch with the convoy on friday. and if i take you to mariupol in the south, ukraine s defense ministry says russian forces are mounting a storm offensive on the azovstal steel plant. ukrainian soldiers claim they are still holding out and video shows the country s blue and ....
Places russians can legally enter finland, traffic is one-tenth what it was two years ago. and no apparent cross-border threat. the reverse, even. this young russian seeking finland s safety, an escape from putin s war. i think i will never come back to russia. reporter: really? yeah, probably. i don t want to die in ukraine. it s not, like, what i would like to do. reporter: it may look like a flimsy fence, but in a few days, when finland s parliament is expected to vote for nato membership, this wire and wood border could become part of a new iron curtain, keeping putin s ill intent at bay. nic robertson, cnn, on the finnish/russian border. well, abortion rights protesters have been rallying ....