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Completes isolation of putin. putin moving very quickly to the status of north korea, and i think this is the first time after world war ii when russia do not celebrate the victory, but definitely, but the feet of russia in transforming of russias not this, because they are now and thats the aggressor against ukraine against the rest of the world, and we dont allow them to do. that >> of course, the may 9th you are describing is victory day in russia. its the equivalent of victory v. idai in the...

You are going to do on may 9th. >> i am busy, as we look to may 9th, whats the risk for generals here? >> we saw the john mayer kyiv, talk about everyone is in bunkers. thats going to be okay right-hand turn we got to see exactly what he does. >> does he mobilize s double down and try toing to bring some -- you dont know it until monday but it is an important day. >> lets hope he creates some kind of victory tims. in hes endanger of losing it. >> the ukrainian military is destroying it. >> alway...

You talk about the artillery, the howitzers, has america produced and is there enough in the pipeline to send the sort of quantity that ukraine needs? i believe so, yes. there is one thing the american powers are industry based, we will not run out of artillery, rounds or artillery guns. looking ahead to may 9th, the great patriotic war victory for russia, the former soviet union. what are you expecting in terms of the show of weaponry at these parades which were reinstated by president putin wh...

Embarrassment so they need to probably do something about that and thats what these arguments are. >> do you have, does it matter this whole talk about whether russia and putin may declare war on ukraine, this is a weird thing right ukrainians, every ukrainian i spoke to while i was in the country, when we are both in the country thought that this was a war. theyre also very clear that this war basically started in 2014. does this matter this business a bit being a war or not being a war for put...

And destroyed in the south. throwing the whole effort to control the land bridge and see the west coast, including odessa ... the situation is unclear. russians arent giving up. monday, may 9th, may be some dramatic signal by putin. i might add, a cautionary word dont have a big parade in mariupol. it will be a honorable target. >> peter, give us a bit of a history lesson. why is victory day so important? >> yeah, obviously, more than the united states, russia found itself redefined, transformed...

United states, united kingdom to celebrate the victory over germany. may 8th is celebrated to this day among western islands of world war ii as the eve day, victory in europe day. that is this sunday, may 8th, v dates also mothers day, so dont forget to call your mom. but you will note, that in that german surrender documents from 1945 at the end of it, the official end of with 11:01 pm, 20 301 military time central european time on may the 8th. but in eastern europe, in this union, that was aft...

European time on may 8th. so, on a may 8th, 1945, crowds went to the streets in the united states, united kingdom to celebrate the victory over germany. may 8th is celebrated to this day among western islands of world war ii as the eve day, victory in europe day. that is this sunday, may 8th, v dates also mothers day, so dont forget to call your mom. but you will note, that in that german surrender documents from 1945 at the end of it, the official end of with 11:01 pm, 20 301 military time cent...

Need for some victory, whether its before or after may 9th, russias moving slowly in eastern ukraine, there is some sense that this is just a continuation of failed strategy in the battlefields, theres some sense and its been this way for some weeks that the regrouping for something, and theres been warnings particular in luhansk that theyre ready for a massive offensive, what do you know and think about this? >> theres already been for a couple weeks, and yes they are. theyre trying to do this,...

>> yes and no. theyre going to celebrate victory day no matter what. may 9th is always celebrated. i was there. its a very big event. its a quasi-religious event. it legitimize the soviet union. for russia, its still plays that role. by the way, ukrainians also used to celebrate this victory. day they fought and died emerald over two, as well as many other nationalities within the former soviet union. but, remember, youre right. to the outside world, whether hes winning or losing, i think hes al...

World to know that russias military remains a vital part of this proud nation. >> that was 1995, the 50th anniversary of the allied victory over germany, the russians had every right to throw a huge celebration of that victory, they still do every year. soviet union lost far, far more soldiers and civilians in world war ii than anyone else. 27 million people. but did you catch tom brokaws theyre saying that in 1995, president clinton and other western leaders blockade of the russian parade. they...