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Declaration of war thats come to us from u.s. and other western officials as well. possibly as a way of sort of mobilizing the country, putting it on more of a war footing and getting more troops into that conflict zone. the kremlin, as you mentioned, has ruled that out. theyve called it nonsense. thats categorically not going to happen is the message weve had from the kremlin, but, you know, i think weve got the strong message over the past couple of months that we should sort of judge russia o...

Operation in ukraine. but i will say over the past couple months, we have learned that we should judge what russia does rather than what it says. sometimes it says things that it will not do things and it does them. i am thinking about its decision to send troops over the border into ukraine in the first place. we will be watch tack may 9th victory parade closely. we will be there and bring you what vladimir putin says about the conflict. >> and mathew, how is the kremlin responding to the news ...

Blocked the steel factory. this may be some russian bid to try and draw a line, a murderous line under what is happening there ahead of may 9th and the victory parades that russia want to have then. it also has been the situation where ukraines had its vote as well and held the russians back. they have been encircled for quite some time now and this recent attack after the singular evacuation does appear to be some sort of escalation by moscow, jim. >> goodness. and so many left behind here and ...

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new package of sanctions against Russia. Speaking to the European Parliament on Wednesday morning, von der Leyen unveiled plans to ban Russian oil imports as well as a proposal to ban three banks, including Sberbank, the country’s bigges

Railway, in the lviv area, does that tell you about expanding or putin reminding he can hit anywhere if he so chooses? >> i think there is probably two things at work here. someone age mack propaganda piece and the other is a legitimate attempt on the part of the russians to disrupt the arms flows of the west have been managing to get into ukraine, thus providing the ukrainians a better shot at slowing down and stopping the russian army so thats one part of it. the messaging propaganda is a lot ...

We asked him about mariupol and what was going on right now. for an update he says that 100 or so have gotten out but it appears that things may have been stalled. here is some of what he had to say about mariupol. >> the united nations together with the international red cross are doing this to help the evacuation of our people. however, i told them that russia wishes to destroy everybody who is still in the steel plant. >> so there is no indication that anyone else has gotten out in the last 2...

Is still weak in the world phrases of lavrov. reactions must be more powerful. the reaction must be lightning like. >> leaders of the world each year in the time of, you know, of this special dates of holocaust, they always say that never again. we have to, you know, we have to -- its about diplomacy its about something very official. dont wait. that is my message. dont wait. official dates. >> when we talk anti-semitism, i have not heard from any sort of jewish communities or societies on the t...

Through the streets of the russian capital across red square, every may 9th, thats going to have additional significance this year as well as the regular sort of grandstanding of russias nuclear weapons, of course, they often drive their intercontinental ballistic missiles through the center of the russian capital as well. thats particularly potent and worrisome as well given theres been so many warnings about the fact that russia has these nuclear weapons and indications or hints that it, at so...

Those areas which may stall this second bid by russia to see some progress here. it does appear to be in trouble, wolf. >> in ukraine for us, thanks. stay safe. well be in touch. in russia, the kremlin is dismissing claims that vladimir putin plans to formally declare war in ukraine on monday. a russian holiday known as victory day. before we go live to moscow, you should know that strict new laws on the reporting of russias ukraine operation are in effect in russia, including a prohibition on...

May 9th, which is russias victory day. cnns matthew chance live in moscow with more. we do want to remind viewers of strict laws regarding how the conflict in ukraine is described and has prohibited the broadcast of information it regards as false. so with that having been said, matthew, a kremlin spokesperson says that reports that putin could declare war on may 9th are, quote, nonsense. what else is he saying about what may happen that day? >> yeah, well, of course, theres been a lot of specul...