operation in ukraine. but i will say over the past couple months, we have learned that we should judge what russia does rather than what it says. sometimes it says things that it will not do things and it does them. i am thinking about its decision to send troops over the border into ukraine in the first place. we will be watch tack may 9th victory parade closely. we will be there and bring you what vladimir putin says about the conflict. and mathew, how is the kremlin responding to the news the european union will ban all russian imports by the end of the year? reporter: well, he s not happy about it. obviously, the european union is one of the biggest importers of russian oil. and if it eventually mansion to succeed in tapering off its diplo dependance on oil.