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From ukraine's point of view a shortage of ammo. he rather says that this is a situation where they have failed to capture this city. they have been fighting here for eight months and now in his move, pregosian is trying to make up for the failures on the fighting line. ukraine's deputy defense minister says russia in her view is, and this is the language she used, desperately trying to seize bakhmut by tuesday, may 9th, the victory holiday you mentioned. russia is moving wagner fighters from other directions and replacing them with para trooper assault units currently fighting in the bakhmut ...

Places. >> this is the drone explosion, when it happens. you can see the viewing stands here for what is going to be the may 9th victory parade. you can see it right there. this is where the russian military will be marching in just a few days as a display of their military prowess. it makes it all the more interesting, general, that it's russia that is the one talking more about these drone attacks than almost anyone else in the world right now. why? what do they get out of publicizing this? >> out of publicizing it, they get sympathy from their population. they get the ability to put more pr...

Because otherwise, i think he would try to cover it up. it is embarrassing. >> yeah, well, that's why exactly, i was asking that former lawmaker that, and also, it would make sense that he would want to whip this kind of attention up against ukraine and the u.s. before that may 9th parade that is expected there in russia. so, as you point out, you know, the russia is accusing the u.s. of being behind this, calling this an assassination attempt. do you think the people -- the majority of russians believe this? do you think listening to putin say this, that they're -- they're buying what he's tr...

That's a fact that's especially true for the 66 million americans who are relying on social security. that's the same for veterans or for active duty troops who may miss paychecks if the debt ceiling is not raised. and anyone who has been trying to buy a home, only to see interest rates keep climbing in recent months. so, those dates on the calendar, like may 9th, they matter more than to just investors and to economists. june 1st, that's another date for your calendar. that's when all of this could go from theet ret kal to very real and very painful for those of you who rely on the government...

>> i understand that is your position. one thing i think is a little hard to understand, today is may 2nd. may 9th is when the president is scheduled for this meeting. when i say the republicans and democrats at the wales tomorrow? that would be really today. republicans have passed their version of what they want to see in the that ceiling. the president passed his budget. why not meet this week? >> my understanding is that it is out of respect for the schedule of the congressional leadership between speaker mccarthy, who i believe, has been brought this weekend. he has a succession, so we wa...