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How would that be received? given what weve all witnessed in terms of russian troop deaths, failures, withdraws on the battlefield, and of course civilian rapes and executions as they retreat. and what does putin think victory looks like? >> well, i think something like the may 9th parade which is the celebration, which is the celebration of the defeat of the nazis during world war ii, at the end of world war ii. um, that is made for domestic audience and is part of the narrative that putin has....

Now, the idea of a negotiated solution, given what has happened and president zelenskyys remarks saying, you know, its kind of hard to see how one can negotiate in the wake of -- of these atrocities with the perpetrators. so, theres that. and theres the idea that ukrainians, given this in particular, that already were not willing to give up an inch of ukrainian territory. and so that leads us back to the battlefield. and putin needs to create some facts on the ground that look like winning. and ...

To seize. it will be more like kyiv. to be effective, and push the forces back. >> in the coming days and weeks, many more than rubble by the time they are able to wrestle them back. what is the significance of taking back a decimated city? >> the answer is no, the cities are the people. all of the refugees, even the people who are hiding in the rubble, that is the city. it is not the building. it is the ukrainian people. they will live again. >> and to have results by may 9th, victory celebrate...

Wants to be able to declare victory by may 9th. what do you say to this? >> they try to redirect efforts from north of ukraine to the east, as you say. they have eight operational directions. now it is left only to mariupol and try to surround our forces. >> also we appear to have lost -- >> can you hear me? >> yes. please continue. >> they have a lot of disorganization and loss of force. they try to tay reserves from russia, an army from the east -- the last army, 10 field armys they have taken...

Region. so in some ways its a way for the russian forces to regroup, do a temporary halt, operational halt out of the kyiv region, and move to the eastern region of ukraine, donbas region where theyve had more success. in fact, theres even reports the russians may claim a victory in the east by declaring eastern ukraine as almost an independent republic or nation in time for the may 9th celebration of the end of world war ii, also called the great victory war in russia, the 70th universery. that...

Declare victory on may 9th. this is from a european defense official who told cnn this weekend, putin will have a victory parade on the 9th of may, regardless of the status of the war or peace talks, but with what troops and vehicles. so it is an important day in russia. it marks the nazi surrender in world war 2. if he declares vaekictory on th day, i dont know what it means for the next day and for troop movements. which one do you put stock in. >> if he goes with may 9th as the deadline, hes ...

It off. >> and we now have a deadline that theyve given themselves which is may 9th. i got to wrap it here for today, general wesley clark. thank you so much. really appreciate your expertise and insights. just ahead, forced to escape ukraine, again. we follow a holocaust survivors journey out of a war zone away from the country she loves. first, an unexpected message from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during the grammy awards. take a listen. >> musicians wear body armor instea...

That the russians have to somehow consider in their propaganda war when it comes to this. as far as the other parts of this, now what putin could do in this time, i believe that he is going to certainly move to the east, so this area is the donbas region and what hell want to do is lunge up his southern and other forces at the town of dnirp rov, he will have captured the eastern area of the country which is where they say they are repurposing moving their forces toward that area for part of thei...

West as well because putin and the kremlin have learned or known for years now after theyve learned it, in the west, we are typically a more fair minded legalistic society so well say things like i dont know, maybe theres another side of this story, we should take a look. a lot is belied by not only correspondents on the ground but just individuals with telephones mapping and photographing whats really happening. so i think its a little bit of both, jim. >> we are seeing now movements of russian...

Mass graves and civilians fallen in the streets. russia says it is fake. what reality is putin feeding to the russian people right now? >> well, i guess theyre saying that this was a false flag essentially that these things occurred after the russians left. i guess -- but i will tell you wolf, it is my belief that at some point the truth is going to collide with all this fiction. the magnitude of this horror has got to reach him and got to reach the washington people in some ways more important....