we used to think we understood vladimir putin. smart but cold, ruthless by calculating, decht by rational, the kgb man who dragged away the angry mob in dresden, the leader carefully accumulating power over a country that spans 11 time zones, but now we see a different vladimir putin, reckless, emotional, a gambler, a terrible bloody assault on ukraine despite military failures and massive economic costs. he's even made nuclear threats. should americans be afraid? 92% do not trust putin, the highest negative rating pew research has ever recorded for a world leader. what is putin doing? what is he thinking? finding the answers could be a matter of life and death. the story begins at the moment he first rose to power. december 31st, 1999. one minute until the 21st century begins. one minute until vladimir putin becomes president of russia. it's a moment of high drama. russia reeling over putin's sudden ascendance. >> a lot of things happened very quickly. >> outside the halls of the kremlin many know nothing about him. it had all st

we used to think we understood vladimir putin. smart but cold, ruthless but calculating, deft but rational, the kgb mass who bluffed away the angry mob in dredden, the leader carefully accumulating power over a country that spans 11 time zones. but now we see a different vladamir putin, reckless, emotional, a gambler, a terrible bloody assault on ukraine despite military failures and massive economic costs. he's even made nuclear threats. should americans be afraid? 92% do not trust putin, the highest negative rating pew research has ever recorded for a world leader. what is putin doing? what is he thinking? finding the answers could be a matter of life and death. the story begins at the moment he first rose to power. december 31st, 1999. one minute until the 21st century begins. one minute until vladimir putin becomes president of russia. it's a moment of high drama. russia reeling over putin's sudden ascendance. >> a lot of things happened very quickly. >> outside the halls of the kremlin many know nothing about him. it had all

until vladimir putin -- to vladimir it was a catastrophe. >> vladimir putin views the breakup of the soviet union as he said himself to be the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. >> but it wasn't just geography to putin. the breakup, he said, tore millions of russians airway from the country they loved, the country in which they belonged. >> tens of millions of russians, russian speakers were quote, unquote, abandoned a ripped away from us. it didn't have to be. the soviet union was our common past. >> the most painful separation for putin. >> of all of the former parts of the soviet union, ukraine mattered the most. >> ukraine. the loss putin never got over. part not just of the soviet union, but also the czar's empire. >> and because it had belonged to russia for 300 years. >> putin's brutal assault on ukraine may be the fulfillment of his greatest dream. the world sees an unprovoked bloodbath. putin sees a chance to restore the core of the russian empire. >> i think that down deep in putin there is this sense of extraordinary humiliation over the collapse of the sov

vladimir putin has in his mind? cynthia: if you talked to the ukrainian church they would stress there is a schism between ukrainian and russian orthodoxy. vladimir putin listed a number of cities that have courageously resisted the nazis, and the cities are in belarus, ukraine, and russia, and vladimir putin spoke to a spiritual unity which he implied is much stronger than any contemporary ideas of national sovereignty. lisa: at the same time we see spiritual unity when it comes to trade between russia and china. how is that message fit into what you are talking about? cynthia: vladimir putin is emphasizing that russia is standing together with the majority of the worlds population in resisting united states domination. he talks a lot about china, but also india and africa not supporting sanctions against russia. he stresses that is where the majority of the world's population lives. he also emphasizes, just as he did in 2014, when russia first occupied crimea, that if europe is going to cut russia off with sanctio

that is all vladimir putin's doing. neither country was in favour of nato for the longest time but what we have seenin the longest time but what we have seen in the last few months is that support for that has dramatically increased particularly in finland, to the point where both countries, politically, are poised to submit their applications for membership. it is going to take the next few days. there are some political hurdles to overcome in most countries but by this time next week probably we will know that both sweden and finland want to join nato. sweden and finland want to 'oin nato. ., , sweden and finland want to 'oin nato. . , . ,. . sweden and finland want to 'oin nato. . , ., , sweden and finland want to 'oin nato. . ., , , nato. that is fascinating. this is wide-ranging. _ nato. that is fascinating. this is wide-ranging, particularly - nato. that is fascinating. this is i wide-ranging, particularly because wide—ranging, particularly because there's so much on the plate domestically. this phase emergency

we've watched vladimir putin and heard from vladimir putin to and to seen him at the alexandre garden at the kremlin, commemorating, for the soldiers laying a wreath down at the unknown soldiers grave that at let's bring in sir gay mark of who is also in moscow. director of the institute of political studies there and a former public spokesman for president putin joined us now from moscow at welcome to the show. so gay mark of is interesting listening was net to vladimir putin speaking because he laid out his reasoning for the special operation be didn't throw forward at all. no mention of you know what the objectives are and, and where this might all end i. yes, of course, i made a speech language which, which should been very much expect from our audience, a special military operation on dozens vacation u. k. and a didn't claim memorization. and what we didn't didn't claim a suggestion of war against your current bill and, but if you expect, and i sent, i my, it says it's a demo because united states and nato, which is a guy that has made a mistake. now, a fully denied russian conce

and you thought vladimir putin was the guy. you even wrote a rather well—known times article in which you said, you know, "this authoritarian figure is just what russia needs." well, i had hoped he was. we all put our hopes into this guy. he had this blank face. he seemed like an uncharismatic technocrat. and so... i'm talking about regret. how much of it do you have? i was totally wrong. we were all totally wrong. george bush was totally wrong. tony blair was totally wrong. everybody was totally wrong about vladimir putin. it took me a little less time than most people in the west to understand that he's truly evil and we need to fight him. but we were all totally wrong. he fooled us all. and for people who don't remember the story, you, from 2005 on, were regarded as something of an enemy by putin, who'd been in power for five years or so, because you kept banging on about the need to root out corruption, and that didn't suit putin. by 2007, you were definitely persona non grata in the country. you were then facing legal ac

you know vladimir putin or the kremlin has published an essay written by vladimir putin last year, there was in june 3021 yeah. and we historians, we were like, okay there's a president who wrote an essay. never mind. no problem. but after the beginning of the war, the essay um came out as what it was. it is an ideological manifest of a guy who wants to redraw the map. and putin said they're very clearly that there cannot be an independent ukrainian state as a political entity which is somehow not connected to russia. so he deeply believes that ukrainian people are russian people. i'm talking about the so called tree you nation, belarus ukraine and russia and that's why he has to show them who they really are and he's actually doing this by force. okay, let's say we're talking about vladimir putin and his response to the latest developments about the scandinavian bid to join nato. let's just hear a little bit of his reaction to that move developments about the scandinavian bid to join nato. let's just which was pretty unexpected. here we go tamina. there are those who say we should alway

but vladimir putin remaining very quiet on that. he's just, they're spending the day talking about how significant this day is, and of course, tying it into the events that have unfolded in ukraine. i think it's important to highlights that this is one of the most important days in russia during the year. this is and now 77 years since the a soviet union defeated the nazis. and it's something that is taught in school schools at all levels and are on the day that vladimir putin actually announced the start of the operation in ukraine. state tv started broadcasting footage and movies from world war to time. so i think it was very much a part of this narrative that the officials here in building at to coincide with what they're.

vladimir putin defending his actions in ukraine at russia's victory day ceremony. putin claiming the west was creating threats and preparing to invade russia. the big plan to have 77 aircraft fly over red square to commemorate the 1945 victory over nazi germany. that did not happen. the kremlin blaming bad weather for that. as putin was speaking in moscow, ukraine's president released his own victory day message. >> translator: very soon there will be two victory days in ukraine, and someone won't have any. we won then, and we will win now. happy victory over naziism day. >>> u.s. diplomats return to kyiv for the first time since the war began. it's a big step towards officially reopening the embassy. let's go right to cnn's matthew chance live for us in moscow. mat matthew, what stood out to you about putin's speech this morning is this. >> -- this morning? >> look, first of all, the atmosphere, the spectacle of the display of russian military might was as we expected it to be, quite dramatic. we saw thousands of russian troops on the cobbles of red square chantin

major red news source for vladimir putin. eric: we will have more reaction both on the leaked supreme court opinion and later issues this hour. we will speak with new york republican congressman claudia tenney on what she respects, aishah. aishah: looking forward to that. dozens of ukrainians feared dead, this comes as experts say vladimir putin could use tomorrow's victory day parade in russia commemorating the 1945 defeat of nazi germany to perhaps reframe this invasion or even declare victory in eastern ukraine. that would be something. right now live for us in ukrainian capital greg. >> we have been hearing few sets of air raid sirens in kyiv. no reports of any attacks nearby but this country is on edge waiting for the next move of russian president vladimir putin. we have already witnessed as you noted some russian brutality today. russian forces bombing overnight a school used as a refugee shelter in the ukrainian town in the east, 30 civilians have been rescued so far we are told but, yet 60 are feared dead under the r

vladimir putin lied about russia's plans in ukraine. putin unleashed one of the bloodiest wars in the 21st century. these are all the headlines on the news website today. record spending on the army did not help russia defeat ukraine. the ministry of defence allied to the relatives of those killed on the cruiser, moskva, that big russian naval ship that was sunk by ukrainian missile. also this one, russia completely destroyed the city of mariupol. russia leaves the corpses of its soldiers in ukraine. vladimir putin is afraid to reveal the truth about his family. putin turned to the state into the main robber, meaning like the main thief, of russians. vladimir putin has turned into a pathetic dictator and paranoid. russia threatens to destroy the whole world. zelenskyy turned out to be cooler than putin. but what makes it easier to cover up failures and the economy. putin must go. he unleashed a senseless war, and is leading russia into the abyss. again, this was all today, all separate headlines today. one of the biggest pro kremlin sta

vladimir putin is about to speak in 20 minutes. may 9 a huge day, we are expecting him to give us an indication of what we want next in ukraine. tom: we are seeing quite remarkable pictures out of moscow as they marked that anniversary in the capital. at the markets, you're looking at this hour to sentiment. friday last week investors had to digest that jobs report. that tightness in the labor market suggesting that the fed cannot walk back from its hiking cycle. mohamed el-erian saying that the fed should never have taken 75 basis points off the table. we continue to look at cpi out of the united states on wednesday. that will give us a sense of whether the recession is starting to peek. after five straight weeks of losses across global stocks and bonds, the cac 40 up by .7%, the spanish ibex also lowered with a drop of 30 points. in the u.k., basic resources will be a factor in the weakness. the ftse 100 lower, the italian would see in similar territory. let's see how things are playing out across the assets. building on further

and you thought vladimir putin was the guy. you even wrote a rather well—known times article in which you said, you know, "this authoritarian figure is just what russia needs." well, i'd hoped he was. we all put our hopes into this guy. he had this blank face. he seemed like an uncharismatic technocrat and so... i'm talking about regret. how much of it do you have? i was totally wrong. we were all totally wrong. george bush was totally wrong. tony blair was totally wrong. everybody was totally wrong about vladimir putin. it took me a little less time than most people in the west to understand that he's truly evil and we need to fight him. but we were all totally wrong. he fooled us all. and for people who don't remember the story, you, from 2005 on, were regarded as something of an enemy by putin, who'd been in power for five years or so, because you kept banging on about the need to root out corruption, that didn't suit putin. by 2007, you were definitely persona non grata in the country. you were then facing legal action. y

today at 1pm, we're live in ukraine, as vladimir putin claims his invasion was to protect russia during a major address in moscow. he was speaking during the victory day parade in moscow, marking the defeat of nazi germany, and he sought to justify the war, claiming nato and the west had been preparing to invade russian lands. translation: nato began active military development of - the territories adjacent to ours. this was an absolutely unacceptable threat, systematically created for us, and right on our borders. the uk says president putin made "fairy—tale claims" to justify the invasion while ukraine's president says russia is imitating the tactics of nazi germany by deporting ukrainians and targeting civilians. we'll also have a special report this lunchtime from eastern ukraine, where the fighting in this war is most intense. the picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin�*s offensive has largely stalled. they've taken hardly any significant towns, and the ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. and the other main stories this lunchtime: after

and so, the only person you can rely on is vladimir putin. >> you know, you could take out vladimir putin and the west and replace it with donald trump and "the new york times," and it was the same thing, even though fox news fawned all over donald trump every single night of his candidacy and presidency and still, and that, to julia's point, is what i watch so none of you have to. it's the same sort of psychological profile, right? i mean, donald trump had plenty of adoring fans. he had 30% to 40% of the country at any given time, and he had an entire, you know, highly watched cable network devoted to basically propaganda about his presidency. it wasn't enough. he was always tweeting at my colleagues, joe and mika, obsessed with "new york times'" maggie haberman. it is the same psychological profile that julia is describing about putin and the west. >> the degree of insecurity that donald trump has is stunning, and it's part of the reason why he projects so much, and he accuses his opponents and antagonists of doing exactly what he does all the time. and his need for adoration from his c

tonight a message of defiance from vladimir putin, not stopping the war in ukraine. the russian president making a series of false claims to justify the invasion. he says he is defending the motherland. he continues to rail against the west. meanwhile, central kyiv is almost quiet after ukraine cancels public events remembering the end of world war ii for fears of russian attacks. europe's two most powerful leaders pledging unwavering support. the french president emmanuel macron makes a state visit here to germany, dominated by the invasion of ukraine. in the dictator's's son, ferdinand marcos junior heads for a landslide election win in philippines. he takes a commanding lead over his main rival, with more than 80% of the votes already counted. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. reviewers watching from the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. great to have you on this monday. is important is praising his armed forces fighting in ukraine and promising to push on with the invasion without calling it an invasion. he spoke during moscow's annual victory d

i blame vladimir putin entirely for the war. i think we had a strategic choice back then and perhaps we chose the wrong option. having said that i do not oppose finland and swedenjoining nato now. understandably they have included that vladimir putin is a bit more reckless and i predict will that we had bought before and the strategy of getting along with the russian bear such that it will not want to attack, whatever logic might have supported that approach before has been invalidated by vladimir putin's actions since debris. at this point i support any potential request by sweden and finland tojoint any potential request by sweden and finland to joint nato. any potential request by sweden and finland tojoint nato. it interesting. their populations have also come around to it in intervening years as well so we will be following that closely. you talked about being worried about provoking for example in previous years. with this, there is that risk even hearing from the prime minister of russia, potential nuclear responses for e

today on the program, vladimir putin invaded ukraine in part to weaken nato. now the leaders of finland say they want their nation to join the western alliance and vladimir putin is not pleased. i'll talk to the former british prime minister tony blair about this big move and much else. >>> then i'll talk to ian bremmer and minton beddoes about the world's other crises, covid, comet, food and more. >>> finally, i will take you inside the mind of vladimir putin. it's a preview of my latest special. >>> first, here's "my take." the biden administration deserves huge credit for the economic measure that's it's been able to take against russia for its invasion of ukraine. they are the most comprehensive imposed against a major power since the second world war. on a punishment scale, they rank them at least an eight out of ten. but the unprecedented nature are producing concerns around the world that the united states has weaponized its financial power and could lead over time to the decline of the dollars' dominance, which is what givens america its financial supe

vladimir putin has blamed the west for the war in ukraine. in a speech of russia's annual victory day parade in moscow. buckingham palace is the queen will not attend the state opening of parliament in london on tuesday due to ill health. we are going to turn to sri lanka now because the prime minister has resigned after weeks of economic protest. meanwhile, his mother -- brother has not yet stood down. it looks like he will form a new coalition government but protesters are still calling for both to go. >> when we talk about the others, they have a family business and politics, a political dynasty that has ruled for many years theormer finance minister also accused of bringing sri lanka into this current financial mess. now they have stepped down as prime minister and actually was president before. it wasn't really a surprise that he was going to step down today because there had been mutterings about this for the last week. the president remained in office. >> earlier, i spoke to a journalist who has been covering the protests in colombo an

the terrible part for the taiwanese is that vladimir putin had to go first. so he made a lot of mistakes. xi jinping is learning from those mistakes. and according to u.s. officials i talked to, xi jinping, if he dozen said taiwan, he's going to be much better at it. in other words, he's going to be quicker and more brutal and more devastating and make sure that he gets that capital city before they have a chance to rally the international community to defend them. and he's going to know what our economic playbook is and he's going to fight the information war better than putin did. what that should tell us in view of u.s. officials i talk to, we should learn from the ukraine war as well when we think about how to defend taiwan. we should give them things they're going to need to fight a's ukraine-style uinsurgency ad invasion. all those things are being poured into ukraine which makes it really hard for the taiwanese to get their hands on them. >> do you think, josh, these historic sanctions against russia will give president xi pause? i mean, is that someth

what else does russia have up to his lease or other vladimir putin? what else is he capable of doing what other delusional ideas of plants he may have, as these war rages on? people are quite on edge because things are so unpredictable in ukraine also in keith, where i am right now, people that very much in lute and, ah, as it is, may, 9th, as these that day has not been concluded. you may see be i'm abs, it is nothing is nobody on the streets, these a curfew on going and people wonder really when is this all over? is it going to be over any time soon? is this aggression was some people call aggression? others just simply a full fledged wall that ukraine is facing since february 24th. is it going to be over anytime soon? and at what price for the civilians here in ukraine? yeah, it put and gave no clarity at all to day on his intentions. so what do we know tonight about the latest on the finding that we're seeing in the south in the east of ukraine, that fighting and those rockets said that ukraine has seen over last week. and, but also today i that d

to vladimir putin, it was a catastrophe. >> vladimir putin views the breakup of the soviet union as he said himself, to be the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. >> but it wasn't just geography to putin, the breakup tore millions of russians away from the country they love. the country in which they belonged. >> tens of millions of russians, russian speakers, were quote, unquote, abandoned. ripped away from us but didn't have to be. the soviet union was our common past. >> the most painful separation for putin? >> of all of the former parts of the soviet union, ukraine mattered the most. >> ukraine. the loss putin never got over. part not just of the soviet union, but also the czar's empire. >> because it had belonged to russia for 300 years. >> putin's brutal assault on ukraine may be the fulfillment of his greatest dream. the world sees an unprovoked blood bath. putin sees a chance to restore the core of the russian empire. >> i think that down deep in putin, there is this sense of extraordinary humiliation over the collapse of the soviet union, because it wasn't just

jenny, you said vladimir putin will perhaps be l vladimir putin will perhaps be intimidated by this. he is not acting intimidated, izzy �*si intimidated by this. he is not acting intimidated, izzy' acting intimidated, izzy 's i would not use the _ acting intimidated, izzy 's i would not use the word _ acting intimidated, izzy 's i would not use the word intimidated - acting intimidated, izzy 's i would| not use the word intimidated with vladimir putin, because he would never admit to being intimidated. it will annoy him, make him angry, he loves it when there is division that is why loves brexit, that is why russians got involved with meddling on social media to sow division in the us elections. so he will be incredibly annoyed by this. but i don't think he will be threatened. i mean, look, it is great that we have done this, the share of unity is fantastic but there does not take an enormous amount of courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with two countries that are not under attack. we didn't is show the same support to ukraine when they have been asking for our support since the

and of course vladimir putin made a speech as well. it was a lot of anticipation about, you know, how he was going to make some kind of major pronouncement about the campaign in ukraine, which he calls russia's special military operation. would he formally announce the declaration of war? will he bolster troops on the ground? he didn't do either of those things. so, it was slightly more muted than we anticipated. >> the language we heard from vladimir putin was very specific. >> reporter: it was. i mean, he talked about -- he was very defensive. he talked about how russia was facing an imminent threat of attack from ukraine, an attempt to justify russia's military action there, saying that you have to act defensively and preemptively to secure russia. i mean, these are claims that we've heard before. they've been pushed back on hard by the united states, by ukraine, by its allies. but nevertheless, vladimir putin spent some time sort of making them and remaking them during this speech. it was also meant to be a commemoration of the sov

steve: vladimir putin russians to believe the decisions he takes are right. this giant victory day event portrayed him as the father of the nation, but in a system built around one man, if he gets it wrong, it is dangerous. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: ukraine's president zelenskyy has released his own video message commemorating the victory over nazi gmany, saying his country will win its war with russia. much of the fighting inside ukraine is in the east and south of the country with russia's defense ministry saying 200 targets have been hit today. the former industrial heartland that hugs the border with russia. despite the attacks, the russian offensive overall does appear to have stalled in the east with reports of heavy losses. andrew harding has sent this report from eastern ukraine. it contains pictures you may find distressing. andrew: a quiet village in the donbass is saying farewell to ivan, killed by a scrap of russian shrapnel. the 30-year-old builder volunteered to fight the day after putin's invasion. his wife begged him not to go.

putin and negotiate with vladimir putin and negotiate seriously. the negotiate with vladimir putin and negotiate seriously.— negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation _ negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation in _ negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation in a _ negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation in a war - negotiate seriously. the question i about negotiation in a war depends on the state of mind and on the battlefield of the parties contesting it. it has to get to a point where either side is suffering so much, they are prepared to go into a negotiation and give some ground. orthat into a negotiation and give some ground. or that one side feels it has achieved enough and is prepared to bank those gains. but at the moment, i think both the russians and ukrainians have unfinished agendas. the ukrainians want the russians out, the russians want to move forward and make their point and a victory. so i think politically, war is all about politics, there is no chance right now for a negotiation that me

vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers — who moscow says took part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, when its destiny - was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our people in donbas, for the security of our motherland, for russia. on display — lots of firepower. and yet in ukraine, moscow has suffered military setbacks. what russia does next isn't clear. you can march thousands of soldiers across red square, you can parade your very latest military hardware. but that does not automatically make you an internationally recognised superpower. the point is that the kremlin�*s decision to attack ukraine has sparked global condemnation and sanctions — and is turning russia into a pariah. and that has consequences. protestors chant. doused with paint, russia's ambassador to poland at a soviet military cemetery today. the crowd is cal

neither has vladimir putin ever officially declared war on ukraine. russia's ambassador to poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by opposed protesters. hundreds of angry people waiting for ambassador sir and he arrived with a wreath of flowers at the warsaw cemetery to give to soldiers who lost their lives during world war ii. poland says the incident was deplorable. they ignored advice from the polish government not to attend. police help them safely leave the area. it is now currently the place where most ukraine refugees are being held. russia bombed a residential area and school at a town near luzhanska and killed ukrainian citizens. this came from clans president ukraine's presiden they contie to contr of luhansk in preparation of further assault on the town's. ukraine officials sent for -- had struck the odessa area in southwestern ukraine. odessa of course for many generations, russia's favorite holiday destination. the governor in the southwest said overnight strikes had been very heavy on his town. now a sight from the donbass in

putin was looking for here in— that vladimir putin was looking for here in the — that vladimir putin was looking for here in the donbas, having failed so spectacularly earlier in this campaign in his attempt to seize the capital— campaign in his attempt to seize the capital kyiv. so from the donbas really _ capital kyiv. so from the donbas really very— capital kyiv. so from the donbas really very grim. but too early still to — really very grim. but too early still to be _ really very grim. but too early still to be sure which side has the upper— still to be sure which side has the upper hand. thank you very much for that upper hand. — thank you very much for that update. andrew harding live from the donbas region. northern ireland secretary brandon lewis will meet political leaders at stormont today, and urge them to agree a power—sharing government following sinn fein's historic election victory. let's find out more from our correspondent danjohnson. dan, when can we expect to see a functioning executive at stormont? morning. oh, it is tricky making predictions like that

and vladimir putin must be held accountable. why is there an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation? whose only desire is to be free, to be a democracy, to associate itself with the west. why is that a provocation for being invaded, for the massive destruction that ukraine is undergoing at the moment? again, vladimir putin and his cronies must be held accountable. this bill does that. by protecting democracy, limiting russian aggression and strengthening our own national security. we must act swiftly and decisively tonight. we have not seen such a mobilization of support around the world for an ally since world war ii. and i am so proud that that mobilization has been led by united states president, president biden. it is a moral obligation, it is a moral responsibility. we can't sit by and watch news day in and day out and seeing the massive destruction that is being wrought on ukraine and its citizens. you know, president zelenskyy said, light will overcome darkness and our job is to help to provide the light. i think it was

when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer anything more than ritual condemnation. if so, he was wrong. american weapons are now flowing into ukraine. unprecedented sanctions have been imposed on moscow. my guest today is the senior democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake—up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine's victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude that's reflected by politicians, by the american public, quite honestly, i think it is the british government, the british public. what has taken place over the last few months is, you know, the west, nato have come back together, an organisation that candidly a year ago at the end of the trump presidency was totally broken. i think a lot of that was due to the fact that the american intellig

vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers — who moscow says took part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, - when its destiny was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our people in donbas, for the security of our motherland, for russia. on display — lots of firepower. and yet in ukraine, moscow has suffered military setbacks. what russia does next isn�*t clear. you can march thousands of soldiers across red square, you can parade your very latest military hardware. but that does not automatically make you an internationally recognised superpower. the point is that the kremlin�*s decision to attack ukraine has sparked global condemnation and sanctions — and is turning russia into a pariah. and that has consequences. doused with paint, russia�*s ambassador to poland at a soviet military cemetery today. the crowd is calling the rus

steve: vladimir putin russians to believe the decisions he takes are right. this giant victory day event portrayed him as the father of the nation, but in a system built around one man, if he gets it wrong, it is dangerous. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: ukraine's president zelenskyy has released his own video message commemorating the victory over nazi germany, saying his country will win its war with russia. much of the fighting inside ukraine is in the east and south of the country with russia's defense ministry saying 200 targets have been hit today. the former industrial heartland that hugs the border with russia. despite the attacks, the russian offensive overall does appear to have stalled in the east with reports of heavy losses. andrew harding has sent this report from eastern ukraine. it contains pictures you may find distressing. andrew: a quiet village in the donbass is saying farewell to ivan, killed by a scrap of russian shrapnel. the 30-year-old builder volunteered to fight the day after putin's invasion. his wife begged him not to g

has said that he plans to talk with russian president vladimir putin on monday earlier. my colleague nicky air and discussed bunker as the current position in the nato blog with turkish political scientist owner seen on google touch since 1952 turkey is a member of nato. and from 50 to 2. now that nettle was never really a lie or friend for church turkish nation of interest and quiet the use of ripple against the membership of these countries. i mean finance and see them in this. they are some negotiations between turkey. so a purchase official and also natal official, but i think there will be not a positive result from these are these meetings, these negotiations because ne toss and took his interest now is completely separate . it's not we don't have any. we are not sharing any comments target or comments, potentially tomato or the members of need, for example, now from the grain crisis, the day of attacking russia. and they have a lot of problems with on a, on the other hand. but these 2 countries like russia and iraq, they are the neighbors still stock if you have r

putin, if you give a rubles or currency to vladimir putin you are underwriting the death of innocent ukrainians. you're just not going to let it happen. primary sanctions on each of these nations, secondary sanctions was short and forced the iranian sanctions we did to you talk about china buying iranian oil would never accomplish shut it off. but we are dang close to get that done we were that a couple hundred thousand barrels a day of heaven the chinese complete the shut off for my radiant oil and they did not get the proceeds from the sales. just the kind of paul to the put america's first. it also keeps us more safe and more secure in addition to being more prosperous here at home, maria. bss has become as dangerous as they are because one adversary sees the u.s. response as a week and thanks i might as well do whatever i want and create death and destruction were not going to get a response from the leader of the free world. >> maria there's the old line which says you are now free to move about the cabin. i think authoritarian leaders around the world see they are freer to move

vladimir putin does not want a nuclear war with the united states or nato. he does not want a conventional war with us either because he can barely win the one he is waging in ukraine. i don't think we should be deterred by this fear he is going to reach for nuclear weapons. i am not dismissing it. the objective we have right now, the stakes are so high. it is not just about ukraine. it is about the international order. we are fighting to stop vladimir putin from turning after ukraine to georgia and moldova, destroying nato, reasserting a sphere of influence system which is what we put to bed after the end of world war ii when we set up the united nations and the rules-based order. judy: i hear you saying you fear russia cannot be deterred. there may be a decision made by vladimir putin to use weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons and that the u.s. is moving inexorably toward that direction? >> i think it is very important to understand if you were to use nuclear weapons, he would use them in all likelihood in western ukraine. there are no na

. >> good evening, battle on the ground in ukraine in mariupol that vladimir putin is trying to deny ahead of a russian holiday, ahead of a steel plant in mariupol his spokesman says today isn't happening and vladimir putin himself said would not need to happen but it is happening, this video shows some of the on going conflict, it's something we found today it's harrowing and just some of what soi what civilians have been suffering from for weeks now, the video is of the asovstal steel plantd in mariupol, the resistance to the war that vladimir putin will not call a war, official inside the plant tells the washington post the situation is, quote, critical. >> translator: the shelling and storming of asovstal is not stopping but civilians still need to be taken out. women, many children remain there. >> president says, quote, if there is hell in the wuorld it s in asovstal. the hell is intense, growing darker by the hour by all accounts yet an official said russian troops entered the territory of the steel plant but, were, quote, repelled by defenders. again, that is the reality, one

vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers — who moscow says took part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, - when its destiny was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our people in donbas, for the security of our motherland, for russia. on display — lots of firepower. and yet in ukraine, moscow has suffered military setbacks. what russia does next isn't clear. you can march thousands of soldiers across red square, you can parade your very latest military hardware. but that does not automatically make you an internationally recognised superpower. the point is that the kremlin�*s decision to attack ukraine has sparked global condemnation and sanctions — and is turning russia into a pariah. and that has consequences. doused with paint, russia's ambassador to poland at a soviet military cemetery today. the crowd is calling the russian o

one has said that he plans to talk with russian president vladimir putin on monday earlier. my colleague, nicky air and discussed anchor as the current position in the nato blog with turkish political scientist owner seen on google top since 1952 turkey is a member of nato and from 50 to 2. now that nettle was never really a lie or friend for touch turkish nation of interest and quiet the use of ripple against the membership of these countries. i mean lunch and see them in this. they are some negotiations between turkey. so it took you so official and also natal official but i think there would be not a positive result from these are these meetings, these negotiations because ne toss and turkeys interest now is completely separate . it's not we don't have any. we are not sharing any comments target or comments that contribute to nato or the members of need, for example, now from the grain crisis, the day after attacking russia. and they have a lot of problems with on a, on the other hand. but these 2 countries like russia and iraq, they are the neighbors of turkey, have rela

yeah, i mean are there all those who say we should always take vladimir putin at his word . there are those who say we should never take blood. he may voted out his word. what's your response to that comment when you hear a do take, do you believe what he say? well, i think, as i said before, this reaction seems quite what mild. and i think he knows that he, he actually doesn't have any chance. of course his crying now he's calling his buddy and turkey. he will wizard adderly ann who also has yet some some interest in meeting him and he to and, and am trying dead to, to, to, to yeah. to meet interests but no, i think yeah. if eslie he doesn't know what to do, he simply he knows he has to accept it. well, okay, the his deputy foreign minister saga re upped gov came out and told russian news agencies, there is another great mistake being made here with far reaching consequences. so there is some very, very hard talking going on there. that's more what we would have would have expected. what are those consequences or what may they be? actually, i'm not quite sure about it. i me

i mean there are those who say we should always take vladimir putin at his word. there are those who say we should never take blood, he may voted out his word. what's your response to that comment when you hear a do take, do you believe what he's saying? well, i think, as i said before, this reaction seems quite what mild. and i think he knows that he, he actually doesn't have any chance. of course he's crying now he's calling his buddy and turkey. he will wizard adderly ann who also has yet some, some interest in meeting him and he to and, and am trying dead to, to, to, to yet to meet interests. but no, i think yeah, it, it actually he does know what to do. he simply, he knows he has to accept it. well. okay. the his deputy foreign minister saga re upped gov came out and told russian news agencies there is another great mistake being made here. with far reaching consequences. so there is some very, very hard talking going on there. that's more what we would have would have expected. what are those consequences or what may they be? actually, i'm not quite sure abo

but he personalizes it, meaning vladimir putin. he differentiates between the russian people and signing of putin himself. and traditionally, the 8th of may, is seen as a day of liberation. it's also a day where germany commemorates the sacrifices brought by the allied forces, sacrifices brought by ukraine and by russia. and now this turn around in history that all the sold spoke about 3 days after the russian attack on ukraine. also means that this perspective on history is changing in germany. as he puts it, he's telling the german people must stand up against falsification of history. and how will his speech be received in give? well, it's of course welcome support. it's also welcome support. as germany holds the d 7 presidency, germany has demonstrated that it backs ukraine also, ever since the annexation of crimea, almost 2000000000 euros in german money has been pumped into the ukranian economy. and germany has also crossed its own red lines in supplying weapons and supplying heavy weapons there. of course also is this invita

and vladimir putin must be held accountable. why is there an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation? whose only desire is to be free, to be a democracy, to associate itself with the west. why is that a provocation for being invaded, for the massive destruction that ukraine is undergoing at the moment? again, vladimir putin and his cronies must be held accountable. this bill does that. by protecting democracy, limiting russian aggression and strengthening our own national security. we must act swiftly and decisively tonight. we have not seen such a mobilization of support around the world for an ally since world war ii. and i am so proud that that mobilization has been led by united states president, president biden. it is a moral obligation, it is a moral responsibility. we can't sit by and watch news day in and day out and seeing the massive destruction that is being wrought on ukraine and its citizens. you know, president zelenskyy said, light will overcome darkness and our job is to help to provide the light. i think it was

in addition to pollutants war, -- vladimir putin's work, it has been cold and wet. many farmers in the midwest have been put behind the eight ball. american farmers always find a way. they always feel something extra, a spark of patriotism. a sense of never given up. always finding a solution. all of our farmers, i want you to know, your congresswoman, me, the secretary of my cabinet, we have your back. robin has your back. reducing the red tape so it is easier for farmers. for people at home who do not know what double cropping means, harvesting two different crops from the same field in the same year. that is what jeff does with wheat and soybeans. wheat will be harvested around july 4 if all goes well. then you plant soybeans in the same acreage and double cropping comes with some real risks. the growing season for week this short and if conditions are not good, then the timing of everything is thrown off. but it is a risk we need to take. that is why my administration is looking at how to extend crop insurance coverage to give financial security to farmers like

we are expecting to hear from russian president vladimir putin in a few minutes. of course, as soon as that happens, we shall bring that to you. the annual holiday