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described and has prohibited the broadcast of information the government regards as false. with that matthew filed this report just moments ago. reporter: this was a much anticipated event amid speculation that the victory day parade would be used to make an important announcement about what russia calls its special military operation in ukraine. possibly a formal declaration of war or a mass mobilization of troops. but neither of those things happened. what we did witness was a spectacular display of russian military might. even though the air display was cancelled because of bad weather, 11,000 troops marched over the cobbles of red square followed by columns of tanks, rocket launchers and interballistic missiles. vladimir putin repeated claims trying to justify the conflict in ukraine that russia was faising an eminent attack and that it had to act preemptively. he also drew parallels between the soviet victory over germany in the 1940s which is what victory day is ....
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 cap ....
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 ....
troops, and missiles. making no declaration of victory in ukraine and failing to chart a new course for his faltering invasion. president zelenskyy offering a message of his own. all that is coming up, but right now, i want to go to a news conference in alabama. the sheriff in lauderdale county is speaking on the missing alabama corrections officer and the missing inmate. let s listen in. ford f-150 and casey white was driving that vehicle. vicki white was a passenger. during the pursuit, pick up truck wrecked. casey white surrendered. vicki white has been transported to the hospital for treatment. so this is ending a very long and stressful and challenging week and a half. it ended the way that we knew it would. they were in custody. what i m very thankful for tonight is that no one was hurt. no citizens were hurt. no law enforcement officers were hurt. as a result of this escape. casey white is now back in custody and i cannot express enough to the u.s. marshal task ....
operation to throw a military bridge across the donetsk river, shown here in this satellite image. the move is intended to cut this supply route to russian speaking ukraine towns now under bombardment. ukrainian forces are counterattacking but russian artillery is already hitting the road and oil refinery next to it. with the killing of at least 60 people, civilians cowering in a school not far from here, it s clear the russians are continuing with their campaign to obliterate civilian life, but this is also a sign that they re pursuing traditional tactics, trying to break the infrastructure that could support the ukrainian war effort. putin s allegations of naziism in ukraine are turned back on the russian leader by survivors of the real war against hitler s ideology. she says, i think victory will be ours, only ours. if i were younger, i would have ripped this thug s throat out with my teeth. the president is insisting ukraine s victory is certain. the one who is repe ....