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I've -- obviously he knows that part of the world really. well i think that he enjoys being unpredictable, i think he probably enjoys having tweaked us for the last number of days, thinking that something big was going to come, and then watching us get all worked up, and then showing oh i didn't do what you thought i was gonna do, i'm not so easily categorized. that doesn't mean that something big can't happen, or doesn't have to have to happen on victory day for him to decide that he's going to escalate, or in some way make this war even more deadly and devastating and it's already been. so, ...

The, east and in the southern part of the country's cities marred by massive bombardment. the city of mariupol has been wiped off the map, the city of odessa issued saying the last six hours has come under cruise missile fire. at least seven rockets landing in the city of odessa. a lot of fear about what could happen in odessa, as well, because it is one of those black sea ports. >> nbc's cal perry, life earth in kyiv, ukraine. kyle, thank you. let's bring in our experts peter, baker chief white house correspondent in the new york times, he spent years as a moscow bureau chief for the washingt...

Ukrainian people that are so tough. >> peter, we also saw evidence on russian media of anti war sentiment, there is hacking on russian tv, instead of a display of the usual channels, a message took over the screens that read, quote, the blood of thousands of ukrainians, and hundreds of murdered children's on your hands. the kremlin has made it a crime to express anti war sentiment. people could get arrested, could a protest like that prompt the kremlin to crack down even harder? >> certainly, yes, absolutely. they are very, very jealous of the information space they have, over the years, repea...

>> it's also difficult to know what president putin is planning. it's difficult to speculate because his decision circle is so small. if i were a betting person i'd say it's most likely the president putin is doubling down his special military operation in ukraine. >> peter, putin tried to defend the war today, but why do you think he chose to refrain from making any major declarations about what is next for ukraine? >> well, i think first of all, the reality on the ground is such that it makes any kind of pronouncement along those lines pretty hard to, cell. even in a country where the kremli...