We were there from the moment the invasion began. Our reporters, photographers, videographers and audio experts were there to bear witness. We want to make sure that if he town hall is hit, if a hospital is hit, that the world knows,. Because our people are there, putting themselves in harm's way, not for glory, but for amission.
For years, President Vladimir V. Putin has taken advantage of Victory Day — when Russians commemorate the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — to champion his country’s military might and project himself as a leader of enormous power.
This year, he drew on the pageantry of May 9 for an even more pressing goal: making the case for the war in Ukraine.
Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.
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