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Of the donbas, these larger portions of luhansk and donetsk regions. that is likely to unfold the next four to six weeks and grant putin some sort of victory that he could claim in preparation for victory day may 9th. this is the first phase of this next part of this war. it doesnt end this war. its likely a victory here, will spell further aggression, turning back to some of the cities in the north, as well as pressing further in the south. this is supposed to isolate that kind of area thats be...

Danger. so its not exactly clear where putin needs to stop or wants to stop, and i think thats whats so dangerous. we dont know what the final goal is. is it the full occupation of ukraine, is it to punish ukraine that ukraine has resisted so much. is it really to come up with some sort of solution for donbas, and leave ukraine alone. we simply do not know. first, yesterday, there was a conversation that by may 9th they would need to finish this operation. its the victory, the world war victory ...

Three hours. Afterwards the two president s held separate News Conferences but hit some of the same tones and themes, Mutual Respect and optimism tempered by realism. I did what i came to do. The bottom line is i told President Putin we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by. I made it clear to him that i believe. Consequences of that would be devastating for russia. I dont think hes looking for a cold war with the United States. President putin seemed to be looking f...

It is bad enough anyway that this war has started, but through whatever missteps on either side that this could lead to a wider conflict? does that thought trouble you? yes. i think putin is unstoppable. and i understand that he must bring victory until may the 9th. _ its victory day in russia. and if he fails, i dont know- what would happen in his mind. i dont know. i feel its a very, - very complex situation, and it might lead anywhere. jeff. im sorry to hear that, but i agree with you absolut...

Where putin can, before may 9th, declare victory and go home and whatever that is. and thats a very, very tough thing. do you think that is in the wests mind yet? because the focus seems to be more about holding things together and getting everybody on the same page. i think that is going to be in peoples minds. people are going through scenarios of what could be taken by ukraine and the rest of the world and what is sufficiently robust that it would discourage russia from the next phase of this...

Vladimir putin appears to be resetting the goals of his invasion moving those goalposts. u.s. officials telling cnn its a revised strategy which is now focused on taking control of the donbas and other regions in the east. and putin may want them in control by may 9th. why may 9th? its a key holiday from russian known as victory day and commemorates the nazis surrendering in world war ii. the newest pictures and sounds we have for you still prove that the nation remains under siege. take a look....

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Maybe to the south as well by early may. and then, i was reminded, um, by -- by one of our guests that may 9th is the day they celebrate every year of the end of the great patriotic war. they have been doing that since obviously the end of world war ii. so it is a major date for them. is that even possible do you think that, given what you have seen unfold on the ground over the last six -- six-plus weeks, that they could secure that kind of victory in that period? >> it doesnt seem likely that ...

Vladimir putin to sell that as anything like the great victory that may 9th is supposed to celebrate. he really is in a box and its one of his own creation. >> how concerning is that box? how concerning is it to have vladimir putin backed into a corner? >> well, it is and only a week or so ago people in brussels were thinking about escalation and we do have to worry about the fact that he is in some ways regrouping rather than giving in. hes not turning tail. hes taking his forces away from kyiv...