Page 30 - May 9th News Today

The last person, in the last corner of the last labyrinth of this steel plant. clearly, putin would like to say on monday, may the 9th, the victory of the fascism parade, that hes taken mariupol. thats 72 hours from now. given the russian militarys inability to clean it up, i doubt very much he is going to be able to say that. so this is a real testament to the tenacity, inch by inch, of ukrainian resistance. >> hagar, what do you make of the nuclear rhetoric out there? some of it is coming from...

Railroads and they dont have a nimble process like we do. and it is continuing to cause a problem for them. not to mention, mike, that it is the spring there and so it is very muddy. and so they are now limited to pave roads an railroads to get stuff to their troops. they cant go off road right now. >> so admiral, just looking at map, you could see the strategic importance of mariupol to the russians. what the concerns about what is going to be happening in mariupol over the next 24, 36, 48 hour...

Up the memory of that but also indictcative of the local effor they anticipate will increase to try to capture the city is part of the russian campaign in the east. elsewhere, the campaign has really run into the sachnd. theyre unable to punch through. exchanging artillery fire. there are report of substantial russian build up and also great deal of focus on this may 9th day. the anniversary of the russian victory in the second world war day marked in anticipation by the yukrainians. those are t...

That they were providing specific targeting information, especially for russian generals, but also for the count of the russian navy is that it makes it more personal between the u.s. and russia right ahead of the may 9th victory day parade in russia when were expecting vladimir putin to make some sort of an announcement and the fear is that he might announce an actual full-scale war and these kind of reports can help fuel the drive to do that and create a wider war because putin will say, look,...

Televisions what youve been showing quite brilliantly in the last 20 minutes. what youre seeing is one of the main prop grandists for russian television, somebody who makes tucker carlsen look like walter kronkite was sent to mariupol and act like this is the salvation area that russia was saving mariupol and i think what youll see by may 9th which is monday, victory day, is a kind of pseudo-world war ii narrative in which russia is saving the ukrainian brothers. even though theyre destroying th...

Their allies, separatists of the donetsk peoples republic showing off their newly won territory or at least the ruins they thought to sees. this commander points to a massive crater just outside the asovstal plant, says the bodies of ukrainian soldiers are everywhere, we find more everywhere he adds. amid the ruins of mariupol, once a thriving city of 400,000 people, authorities are changing the road signs to russian. expecting to organize a parade on may 9th when russia celebrates its victory i...

To troops in the fields, they use paved roads and railroads and they dont have a nimble process like we do. and it is continuing to cause a problem for them. not to mention it is the spring there and it is very muddy so they are limited to pave roads and railroads to get stuff to their troops. they cant go off road right now. >> so admiral, just looking at the map, you could see the strategic importance of mariupol to the russians. what are the concerns about what is going to be happening in mar...

Could be one of the best decisions youll ever make. >> dagen: heavy fighting continuing as russia attempts last-tisch efforts to take over the port city of mariupol by monday. also known as victory day when russia marks the anniversary of the soviet unions defeat of nazi germany in world war ii. trey yingst is live in kyiv with the latest on the ground. trey. >> good morning. british intelligence indicates russian forces will try to completely seize that steel plant in the southern port city of ...

Ground. >> we understand there is no logic in putins actions. he has this thirst for victory, the 9th of may and show he is victorious. if it is not happening he will make further steps to further escalate the conflict. >> ukrainian officials dont know what russian troops will do if they make it further into the plant but they do know there are not only civilians inside but also around 2,000 ukrainian soldiers. dagen. >> dagen: thank you so much for that report ing, please be safe. >> bill: apri...

You know, several weeks ago, whether mariupol would be the win, the trophy that generals would probably be handing him. some of the times perhaps not, he wants the donbas, but hes really struggled on that front. do you believe, as weve been hearing from u.s. and western officials, as they have been suggesting, that putin will use this, perhaps, daniel, as an excuse to really -- to declare victory over the donbas or do you think its going to be more a de-escalatory move from him, or will he doubl...