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Baltimore zelenskyy. it will gather at a pivotal point here you heard jeff paul was mentioning today that putin is regrouping. he is a new general in mind and has two and out some sort of victory bite may 9 at us with the intelligent suggest for jen psaki just said the united states is doing everything that it can. do you think it seems that way? >> no i dont think we are doing everything we can. weve done a lot of the right things of our purpose is to hold off russia in ukraine. the question no...

Such is the dependency on russian oil that theres no obvious alternative without doing a lot of self-harm. the european union is talking about making this step. the point that zelenskyy has been making for some time is that this decision needs to be made quickly. he was very keen to celebrate the uks decision to pointed to that intention already. >> thank you so much for that reporting, phil black in lviv. joining me now with insight, former moscow bureau chief jill doherty and cnns chief nati...

>> nbcs raf sanchez. thank you for reporting and coming to "the sunday show." thank you. joining me now is msnbc chief international security diplomacy and nato admiral, thank you for coming back to "the sunday show." let me pick up on something raf just mentioned, and that is may 9. on vladimir putins calendar, a big to do in red square. hes hoping or at least, you know, show some sort of victory in ukraine but also celebrate past victories in russian history. what do you make of may 9 and wh...

May 9, number one, is a huge holiday. the victory over the fascists in world war ii. they made -- in the beginning of this operation, they made it unbelievably complicated to carry out. so what theyre doing is theyre focusing on this one particular area, russian speaking in the eastern part of the country. if they can bludgeon that into submission, then by may 9, they can say, our original objective is met and president putin accomplished everything. i do not think thats the end of the story. >>...

Baltimore zelenskyy. it will gather at a pivotal point here you heard jeff paul was mentioning today that putin is regrouping. he is a new general in mind and has two and out some sort of victory bite may 9 at us with the intelligent suggest for jen psaki just said the united states is doing everything that it can. do you think it seems that way? >> no i dont think we are doing everything we can. weve done a lot of the right things of our purpose is to hold off russia in ukraine. the question no...

Of towns that civilians are being killed out well. if this conflict is changing and if we are looking at a may 9 victorious from putins at the presidents position that putin must lose this war? and if so will be president tried to get zelensky what he says he needs? >> let me first say you are absolutely right, dana. the reports were saying in a change and military including a general ins charge responsible for the brutalities was on serious shows are going to be a continuation of what weve alre...

>> to apply the weapons ukraine or ghost of any excuse might mean only one thing. such politicians when help russian authorities more than us. >> zelensky also spoke with 60 minutes this week. mean what western intelligence officials say the day to keep in mind is may 9. they believe vladimir putin will want to declare some sort of victory in ukraine then a date that coincides with the russias victory over nazi germany during world war ii, dana. >> jeff paul reporting from ukraine. jeff thank yo...

>> reporter: the ukrainian officials have no choice. they have to keep trying to get people out of the east. when you think of other towns and cities have been bombarded, the situation is going to get worse quickly because russia is planning a big new assault in the east to break through ukrainian lines and trying to grab a consolidated area. may 9 is a big public holiday in russia. they have to work out how to get vast members of people out of the east despite that terrible attack yesterday, wh...

Is this real and can the Russian Army pull it off?

Is this real and can the Russian Army pull it off?