And president putin s intentions then. there were some who are concerned that he might announce an expansion of this war, including a national mobilization, which would be a draft, in effect, and therefore expand the number of forces that he could use in ukraine. and others who think that would be too costly, even for putin, and that really he tries to claim some sort of fake, manufactured victory on may 9th and keeps on keeping on. what s your view? i m probably in your second camp and i will go out on a limb and also suggest that i don t think putin can really afford to declare an official war on ukraine on may 9th and mobilize the russian forces. but it is a fraught decision. and he s kind of caught between a rock and a hard place, because if he does not mobilize the public in support of this war, i think overtime, the balance of forces does favor ukraine. so if he doesn t mobilize, he will not be able to replenish those russian forces and will
Infrastructure as well. there were a series of strikes across the country. the mayor of lviv said there were 18 or 19 missiles fired at this country. many of them were shot down including in kyiv and venizia but in dnipro and three in lviv that took out power stations. we know many of these strikes were related to training infrastructure as well. they re trying, the russians are trying to cut off the flow of weapons towards the front line and one of the things that really surprised me was the strike on an area that has not seen any kind of missile strikes or fighting since the war began yesterday. closer to hungary there with the strike yesterday, and listen, this is as those weapons are trying to make their way cross country over to the east. scott mclean, thank you. well, we turn now to russia. the kremlin denying that putin might declare war on ukraine on
9th and the victory day parade as an opportunity to formally declare a war on ukraine, they re saying that s nonsense, the idea that russia is going to announce some sort of mobilization, a former declaration of war would do, of forces so they can bring more troops to bear on the conflict in neighboring ukraine, they have ruled that out, too. but jake, i think we have all learned over the past couple months more than ever that we have to sort of judge russia on its actions rather than what it actually says it s going to do. remember, it said it wasn t going to send troops into ukraine and look where we are now. we ll be watching that victory day parade on may 9th in moscow very closely indeed. it will be an opportunity for the russians to show off their military swagger, their latest military hardware will be wheeled out once again. their intercontinental ballistic missiles as well, particularly potent given the nuclear threats the kremlin has been making over the past couple months wi
Chance, he was categorical, no chance that putin will declare war against ukraine on may 9th, which is a crucial day in russia, the so-called victory day to honor world war ii. u.s. and other officials told cnn that putin was likely to do that, to formally declare war, which would enable him to have a draft and mass conscription. has the u.s. changed their assessment on putin s plans? it s difficult to take the russians at their word. in some ways whether or not they declare war is irrelevant. russia has been launching a campaign of violence against ukraine for the last 2 1/2 months. it s impossible not to look at the images you just showed on the screen and conclude that this is anything other than a war that russia is launching against ukraine. the broader point i would make on victory in europe day, this is not just a holiday that is significant to russia. this holiday it s important to remember is celebrated across europe as a time when the united
i think glen is right but if you just look at facts and what lev parnas is starting to say. he s making statements that make it hard to believe there was absolutely no discussion with donald trump. we have to hear more but the timing of conversations and public statements between say in may when we hear that there s trump literally said on fox news after a discussion that rudy giuliani had made about his public trips that he was going to take to the ukraine on may 9th and that he had talked to trump about it and trump knew about it. it s not as if there aren t public statements that make trump s statements just not credible, including from trump himself. this happens at multiple periods of time if we track the time line between rudy giuliani trips to the ukraine or conversations