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Opinion. we will continue to follow this story of course. now for the latest on the situation in ukraine, lets bring in live from lviv. >> thanks. good morning. u.s. and west officials believe vladimir putin could formally declare war in ukraine as soon as may 9. that is victory day in russia marking the defeat of the nazis in world war ii. up to now russia called its actions in ukraine a special military operation. and there could be more. have a listen. >> according to the most recent reports ...

Man, kharkiv is at the very top northwestern point of the donbas region. that is why kharkiv is critical. but what we have seen in the last 24 to 48 hours, hearing from u.s. defense officials, is really that ukrainians have been able to push the russians further out of east of kharkiv, even taking some of the settlements. one defense official calling the efforts an incredible effort from really the ukrainian side. weve seen that push and ukrainians really standing their ground overnight as well ...

Really does not change dynamics of the war. >> yeah, putin said that were just having exercises, the west is crazy for thinking that there would be an invasion and here we are. lets talk about that big steel plant in far mariupol. despite the partial evacuation of civilians, the state department says it is racing to get more people out. listen to what ned price had to say about the conditions there. >> we want to make sure that the limited you humanitarian access weve seen is not fleeting. doing...

Us live. the russian president is already at war if not in name. what could he gain on this declaration on this important day for russian citizens? >> so may 9 is a very important day for russia, it is known as victory day. it commemorates the day that the russian forces defeated the nazis. and u.s. and western officials have long believed that may 9 could be a day when the russian president either announces some kind of major victory in ukraine or a significant escalation. and they are honing i...

The upcoming anniversary of Russia’s liberation at the end of World War II will have no bearing on Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

To be quite candid and people in the international security space, my former colleagues, they didnt do a very good job of setting the space with disinformation. and so we are seeing him adjust. at the same time that he was pulling troops back and making a decision to focus on the donbas region and go after luhansk and donetsk, we see a talking behind the rationale of this war. we do think hes making adjustments. i dont think well see less disinformation, but i think the nature of the disinformat...

Ukraine for three reasons, weapons, weapons, weapons. this is what we need. we started receiving heavy weapons that we have been asking for since day one of the war. right now, we are working together with our partners on making sure that their logistics is efficient, and were not getting two or three weeks later, but really quickly. we know that the russians are preparing for the parade on may 9, and they will be making attempts to have some victories in ukraine by that time. we also need to co...

Predict from here what they may or may not do. i expect we will have more in advance of monday what we will do. >> just to clarify the last point, you expect you will announce more things the united states will do ahead of may 9? >> we will mark support for the ukrainians and europeans but nothing specific at this point in time. >> interesting. no, no, that was good, yeah. alabama, president is the subject of plenty of republican attack ads down there, anyone of the elected official variety will...

>> lets get more on all this. joining me now from kyiv ukrainian member of parliament. very good morning to you. let me start with what we have been seeing as he out lined on the front lines. heavy shelling along the entire line of contact. in eastern part of ukraine. what you hearing from your sources as to whats happening the movement in the front lines there? >> good morning. thank you for having me. so, we know that russians have this target. that may 9 the victory parade needs to happen som...