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You, general. >> everybody knows exactly what happened, so and what i do is i authorize my military. >> i have generals that are great generals. my generals and my military, they have decision-making ability. >> again, as the most virulent carrier of this sort of antidemocratic virus in america, that man right there, how do you think he views the military today? >> well, it's hard to say today because, first of all, you're right. he considered them his generals, which was a terrible spot to put these officers into, and i describe another incident that happened may 9th, i think 2020. just weeks...

It's holding onto the russians. while they're here, we're fighting to the last. >> let's get live to ukraine, lviv, scott mclean, what's the latest? >> reporter: john, odesa has been a pretty scary place as of late. it has been hit by a constant barrage of missile strikes over the last few weeks. officials were expecting more of that on may 9th. russia's victory day, and frankly, that's exactly what they got with missile strikes up and down the black seacoast of the city. there was a warehouse that hit north of the city center. there was also a shopping mall hit. this is one of the largest in ...

Poultry farm and several residential billings. all of that follows a devastating attack on a school that was being used for a shelter. roughly 90 people were hiding in the school basement when it was hit. 60 of them are believed to have died in the attack. >> let's bring in retired four star general barry mccaffrey. he's an nbc news military analyst. >> and also with us, mary elise sarotte. a post cold war historian. >> so general. let's begin with you. here we are on victory day, may 9th. what does vladimir putin have to show for his eight, nine weeks of war in ukraine. >> well, that speech b...

Not making an official declaration of war, does that diminish the chance that he will do that here in the near future, the fact he did not do that today? >> i think we had so many expectations about what would happen today and perhaps wrongly so, going back into the start of the war. of course, vladimir putin would have loved for this to look like a very different may 9th victory parade. instead, i think he's preparing the russians at home to say, once again, we are the victims here. this is not something just related to ukraine and russia. this is related to the west, right, trying to interfe...

He was very proud of the work they had done to push the germans back. he had even met years later vladimir putin himself. so, he felt this allegiance at first. he said he just could not believe they would turn on the ukrainian people like this. so, he said he did feel a bit torn. his wife, however, every time he would say something, would shake her head in anger and she would start murmuring things next to him. she said she could not keep her mouth closed because she's just disgusted with putin. >> sara, really great report. thank you so much for sharing it with us. "new day" continues right...