It was Victory Day in Moscow, usually cause for swelling Russian patriotism and a display of military might with parading soldiers, thanks and fighter jets marching through Red Square. While there were the requisite soldiers and tanks, it was a subdued Victory Day event for Vladimir Putin and Russia's elite ... Putin didn't call for mass mobilization of hundreds of thousands more Russian soldiers, nor did he declare any kind of victory in his war in Ukraine.

Instead Putin presented a list of the usual manufactured reasons for his invasion of Ukraine ... and his usual grievances against NATO and the West. We will take a closer look at what Victory Day means for the ongoing war in Ukraine.

And we go live to Kyiv to talk with a group of filmmakers ... who are both U.S. Army veterans ... embedded on the front lines with Ukrainian forces. 

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