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But that is the right question at the moment. and my answer would be no. the russians have rushed this offensive. normally you would want at least 3 to 1 if not more, but with the russians, they would want way more because their forces are not as cohesive as the ukrainians are. >> so if were looking at a situation where theres not a significant gain made by the russians in a relatively short period of time, especially by this may 9th deadline, where does that leave general alexander dvornikov as...

Be a marker why he says by the time you get to may 9th, lets negotiate seriously. >> so one other thing weve been covering today, ambassador, is ukraine becoming at least e a step closer to being a member of the european union less than two weeks after ukrainian president zelenskyy was given an application to join the eu. he returned it yesterday for review. now, the application process typically takes years to complete, but eu leaders have said theyre willing to fast track ukraines request give...

Soldiers who carried out the atrocities in bucha, where bound civilians were shot and murdered in front of their families, and left in the streets, that they were rewarded back in russia and offered special military awards for their conduct there. must not shock him, but it shocked the rest of us. he said, no, that shocked me too. in your view, has vladimir putin changed? >> i think so. i think there are a couple of things that may be driving that change. one is his increasing isolation in terms...

Fascism, right, and real fascists, not alleged fasth inces like theyre fighting in ukraine. putin and his propagandists are trying to tie those threads together, right? we defeated fascism in 1945 and well defeat them again in 2022. i personally dont think its as viable looking at the calendar. i think war in donbas will be continuing. but it creates a moment in history. remember, whemp e whenever you hear save face, putin needs a win, all those things, remember, he gets to decide what that is. ...

Against it. thats something were trying to find out more if theyre getting some of those defensive capabilities in the coming days, chuck. >> courtney kube at the pentagon for us. courtney, thank you. let me bring in mike mcfaul, our former u.s. ambassador to russia. we heard from sergey lavrov today and he said the new goal is liberating, air quotes, because thats what the russians want to do, the two republics in the east, donetsk and luhansk. do you expect now on may 9th putin to declare that...

Days that may 9th, the commemoration in russia of the former soviet unions victory over germany in world war ii, could be an important landmark for this conflict too. you know russia. you know putin. we know he likes historical markers. the ukrainians have warned washington that might be something putin tries to mark. the white house less certain. what do you think? >> el well, its getting a lot of attention and most certainly may 9th is the most important date in russian history right now. i at...

Russia. so, i think youre going to see the next two weeks a rush on both sides to get weapons but also to get all the logistical support that it takes to maintain those weapons. you know, after this massive russian artillery barrage theyve been carrying on for days now, theyre going to need to resupply that ammunition. theyre going to need to continue to provide everything from fuel to the tanks and the armored personnel carriers, all of that is going to need to continue to flow, and that is the...

Dont know, significant announcement or move by may 9th, which is victory day in russia, and a significant date for mr. putin. do you think he will try to make some sort of decisive move or declare some sort of victory? >> i would separate what is actually going to happen and what he is going the say on 9th of may. even if he fails completely, he will still be announcing some kind of victory. the information based in ratio is completely isolated from the rest of the world. so he would be just mak...

The fact that the russians are gaining in kreminna but that comes against the back drop of ukrainians making real gains, more than 1,000 zelenskyy said recently? >> reporter: a lot of people said they hoped or they thought that putin would want to seek some kind of victory for victory day may 9th in russia. but if you look at whats happening on the ground and what weve seen happen over the last seven weeks, its very clear that russian forces are getting into much more of a fight that they had an...

That was an outdated ship that was still going back to soviet times, and there was a committee before that whether they should be used or not. but its a big one. and russia likes big. it kind of shows the grandiosity of russian military forces. i think militarily, it is not a problem. but it is a blow to now dragging on military campaign that i think in the beginning, it was supposed to end very quickly. in fact, mariupol has been not falling for two month. and now the next step would be to decl...